Prison Songs - Early In The Mornin'

Recorded over 60 years ago at Parchman Farm "these songs belong to the musical tradition which Africans brought to the New World, but they are also as American as the Mississippi River."
- Alan Lomax

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Historical
• Recordings
• Alan
• Lomax
• 1947-48
• Mississippi

[MidtempoSoundLabs]

Thanks everyone for your comments...this is real "goosebump-ville" for us..

Shaolinkin... could u tell us what the Greenthink track is... would love to hear how they used it...

[bear83706]

I grew up in the segregated South, and I know first hand how wrongly American Blacks were treated. As a child, I played with black children who were my friends, but couldn't drink outta the same water fountain as me, or use the same bathroom. I didn't like it then, and I'm glad that things in this country have changed. In regards to this music, it amazes me how much intense spiritual power can be created in conditions of such abject misery and adversity. The human spirit is a marvel...

[LadyofWar1980]

So...who else is bobbing their head?

[smarzotais]

@ariellaserafina all music is potentially head bobbing music, pain is an ingredient can make music great

[bloodbathism]

i think i raped the replay button..

[strayinghyaen]

@hoopdreams2g2btru it`s not pain it`s hope

[hoopdreams2g2btru]

you can hear the pain when their sangin

[xTheWarlordx]

this is so strong seriously

[FuriousLegion]

can you send me the lyrics to this song asap please if possible

thank you

12/5

[ariellaserafina]

Not bobbing my head out of the respect of the men who shared their pain of being oppressed simply by being a different color than their oppressors. Listening more to the pain, the frustration, the bottled anger and the passion of being hated and punished for nothing more than being God's creation. This IS NOT "HEAD BOBBING" music.

[placentiabayman]

Fine Music. I really do like this. Thank you for posting.

[iamjabali]

Gold for the ears mined from deepest despair.

[bariskeskin]

@liveinkindnesslivewi faggot