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Bozie Sturdivant Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down

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Uploaded by on Aug 12, 2009

I do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes

This recording from the CD "The Greatest In Country Blues (1929-1956) Vol. 3"

There are no known existing photos of Bozie Sturdivant.

Bozie Sturdivant:Vocals with congregational responses.

Recorded at Silent Grove Baptist Church, Clarksdale, MS. July 25, 1942 by The Library of Congress.

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  • From my research there's no such thing as a public domain recording in The United States due to conflicting state and federal laws. However a lot of old recordings are saved on Internet Archive as public domain. I haven't looked to see if this one is over there.

  • Thank you for uploading this song! I have a copy of Bozie Sturdivant singing this

    song on cassette that I recorded from a cd a few years ago. I'm a Johnny Cash fan but much prefer Bozie's version of Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down.

  • @jennyjmae You're very welcome

  • my god i got goose bumps when i was listening to this song hats off bro !

  • @yourddlcrew Thank you!

  • Excellent rendition! Thank for sharing.

  • @acidm0nkey You're very welcome!

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  • This is from a US Library of Congress (by Alan Lomax, I think). I bought this on an LP from the LOC in the late 1960's while still a teenager. It is one of the most remarkable recordings I have heard in a life full of music.

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  • This version of "Ain't no grave" is so fantastic. I have it on an LP called "Black religious singers".

  • Do you happen to have the rest of the album that this was on? I recall a Good Friday sermon, also collected by the Lomaxes, that was on it.

  • Is this public domain?

  • ...Damn

  • its sounds like wood burning in fire lol very old

  • @VintageMusicFan I don't mean any dis to Brother Claude, but he was less than 20 years old when this recording was made, so it is difficult to give credence to his copyright claims.

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