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