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Shall We Gather At The River 
African-American Sacred Music from the Florida Folklife Collection  RSS Feed What is RSS?

This disc highlights Florida’s African American religious music traditions. The collection features both nationally recognized acts and previously unknown local artists, including the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Georgia Sea Island, the Versiteers, and the Amigo Male Singers.

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Shall We Gather At The River 
MP3
1. Amazing Grace - Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention MP3Music
2. I've Got Heaven on My Mind - Hickory Bottom Harmoneers MP3Music
3. Babylon Is Falling Down - Deacon Dan Smith w/Nick Hallman & the Georgia Sea Island Singers MP3Music
4. I Can't Even Walk Without You Holding My Hand - The Cisrow Gospel Allstars MP3Music
5. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well - The Versiteers MP3Music
6. Soon I Will Be Done - Amigo Male Singers MP3Music
7. Wasn't That a Mystery - Madison County Senior Center MP3Music
8. Excerpt from church service - Testerina Primitive Baptist Church MP3Music
9. Daniel in the Lion's Den - Bessie Jones and The Georgia Sea Island Singers MP3Music
10. I'm in His Care - The Washington Singers MP3Music
11. Jesus Be a Fence Around Me - Antioch Junior Choir MP3Music
12. Jesus is Coming Soon - Dixie Hummingbirds MP3Music
13. Come and Go to That Land - The Religionaires MP3Music
14. The Peaceful Death of the Righteous - Troy Demps, James Robinson, & Frank Spaulding MP3Music
15. There's a Bright Side Somewhere - Reatha Pearl Marshall MP3Music

Liner Notes
1. Amazing Grace - Florida-Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention

Recorded: 18 May 1980 by Dwight DeVane [Florida Folklife Program]
Florida Record Project, Crestview, Florida
(S 1576, reel T83-83)
     
2.  

I’ve Got Heaven On My Mind - Hickory Bottom Harmoneers

Recorded: 1 May 1955 by Foster Barnes [Stephen Foster Center]
1955 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T76-12B)

       
3.  

Babylon Is Falling Down - Deacon Dan Smith w/Nick Hallman & the Georgia Sea Island Singers

Recorded: 30 August 1975 by the Stephen Foster Center
1975 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T79-18)

       
4.  

I Can't Even Walk Without You Holding My Hand  - The Cisrow Gospel Allstars

Recorded: 15 September 1985 by Peggy Bulger [Florida Folklife Program]
Golden Gospel Concert, Orlando, Florida
(S 1576, reel T85-151)

       
5.  

Jesus Met the Woman at the Well  - The Versiteers

Recorded: 27 May 1995 by the Florida Folklife Program
1995 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, tape D95-41)

       
6.  

Soon I Will Be Done - Amigo Male Singers

Recorded: 2 May 1958 by Foster Barnes [Stephen Foster Center]
1958 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T77-68)

       
7.  

Wasn't That a Mystery - Madison County Senior Center 

Recorded: 19 April 1983 by Nancy Nusz [Florida Folklife Program]
Rural Folks Arts in Education
Madison County Senior Citizen Center, Madison, Florida 
(S 1576, tape C84-58)

       
8.  

Excerpt from church service - Testerina Primitive Baptist Church

Recorded: 11 May 1980 by Dwight DeVane & Doris Dyen [Florida Folklife Program]
Florida Record Project, Seville, Florida
(S 1576, reel T83-89)

      
9.  

Daniel in the Lion's Den - Bessie Jones and The Georgia Sea Island Singers

Recorded: 29 August 1975 by the Stephen Foster Center
1975 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T79-15)

       
10.  

I'm In His Care - The Washington Singers

Recorded: 15 September 1985 by Peggy Bulger [Florida Folklife Program]
Golden Gospel Concert, Orlando, Florida
(S 1576, reel T85-151)

       
11.  

Jesus Be a Fence Around Me - Antioch Junior Choir

Recorded: May 1970 by the Stephen Foster Center
970 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T77-214)

       
12.  

Jesus is Coming Soon - Dixie Hummingbirds

Recorded: 15 September 1985 by Peggy Bulger [Florida Folklife Program]
Golden Gospel Concert, Orlando, Florida
(S 1576, reel T85-153)

       
13.   Come and Go To That Land - The Religionaires

Recorded: 15 September 1985 by Peggy Bulger [Florida Folklife Program]
Golden Gospel Concert, Orlando, Florida
(S 1576, reel T85-152)
       
14.  

The Peaceful Death of the Righteous - Troy Demps, James Robinson, & Frank Spaulding

Recorded: 28 May 2004 by the Florida Park Service
2004 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
Library Folklife Program
(S 2034, tape CD04-91)

       
15.  

There's a Bright Side Somewhere - Reatha Pearl Marshall

Recorded: 5 September 1976 by the Stephen Foster Center
1976 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T77-255)

       

 

 


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