Fret Not Gospel - Cool Down Here

"Cool Down Here" (traditional, ca1900)
From Gloryland - American Funeral Songs

Fret Not Gospel at the Noe Valley Ministry for the 2008 San Francisco Bluegrass and Old-Time Festival. Sometimes called "Cool Down by the Riverbanks", we first heard this on a sweet 1951 recording by the Mello-Tones. Our version un-mellows it for festival use.
Last Song Recorded - February 8, 2008

We play, what could be called Americana gospel, the old-time roots music from the traditions of the black and white rural American churches, plus a few of our own.
www.fretnotgospel.com

Fret Not is:
Lori Arthur (lead vocal, guitar)
Max Butler (vocal, lead guitar)
Spiro Tsingaris (vocal, fiddle)
Rich Ferguson (vocal, banjo, dobro)
Brian Smith (banjo)
Rachel Butler (vocal)
Reed Sutton (bass)
Greg Arthur (vocal, mandolin)Steal AwayIt's Cool Down Here

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• Down
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• Noe
• Valley
• Minsitry
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• Max
• Butler
• Rich
• Ferguson
• Reed
• Sutton

[pewinne]

Anyone know where they got this song? Cooke duet? just curious.

[fretnotgospel]

@pewinne

We heard it on a Columbia-Okeh anthology entitled "There Will Be No Sweeter Sound", by the Mello-Tones in 1951. We changed up the groove and sang it quite a few notches worse than the Mello-Tones.

[pewinne]

Anyone know where they got this song? Cooke duet? just curious.