Too Blue to Not Sing
When getting along is hard to keep on, find your friends and hold fast. There is music in the air and words on the wind.
Playlist
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Wade Ward, “June Apple”
from Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records
County Records - 2004
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Eli Framer, “Framer's Blues”
from Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music, Vol. 5
2006
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Blind Willie Davis, “Rock of Ages”
from How Can I Keep From Singing Vol. 2: Early American Religious Music and Song
2006
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Rev. I.B. Ware, “I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself)”
from American Primitive, Vol. I: Raw Pre-War Gospel
Revenant - 1997
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Arizona Dranes, “My Soul Is a Witness for the Lord”
from Arizona Dranes (1926-1929)
Document Records - 1993
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Joseph Spence, “I'm Going to Live That Life”
from Joseph Spence: The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1960
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George Coleman, “This Old World Is In a Terrible Condition”
from Field Recordings, Vol. 6: Texas (1933-1958)
2005
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Charley Patton, “Some of These Days I'll Be Gone (Take 2)”
from The Very Best of Charley Patton
1999
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Turner Junior Johnson, “Steal Away”
from Negro Religious Field Recordings from Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vol. 1 1934-1942
2005
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Mississippi Sheiks, “Last Stage Blues”
from Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down: The Best of Mississippi Sheiks
2004
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Elinor Boyer, “You're Gonna Need My Help Someday”
from Field Recordings, Vol. 8: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi (1934-1947)
2005
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Blind Jesse Harris, “Sun Going To Shine In My Door Some Day”
from Field Recordings Vol. 4: Mississippi & Alabama (1934-1942)
2005
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Elder J.E. Burch and Congregation, “My Heart Keeps Singing”
from How Can I Keep From Singing, Vol. 1
2005
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Big Joe Williams, “Baby Please Don't Go”
from Big Joe Williams Vol. 1 1935 - 1941
Document Records - 1966