Cornbread for Your Husband Biscuits for Your Man: Mr. Clifford Blake, Sr., Calls the Cotton Press

Accession No.: 
C010-0013

Non-commercial record, no serial number; fieldwork by the Louisiana Folklife Center. 

Interview with Clifford Blake, Sr of Natchitoches, LA. Shares cotton press calls, slave tales, animal tales, explains the blues in his perspective, and sings a few black protestant hymns. 

Side One

  1.  God Give Me A Gift! (6:13)
  2. Let Her Fall, Let Her Fall! Mr. Blake Calls the Cotton Press (1:24)
  3. All Right, Mr. Dankyman! The Boilerman Basses Mr. Blake (1:38)
  4. It's Gone, Mr. Blake Explains the Press (5.14)
  5. You Groan to Fool the Devil (2:24)
  6. My Gal Done Gone Dead on me (4:37)

Side Two

  1. A Cardcutter and a Hoodoo (2:34)
  2. Snake in a Wagon Rut (1:26)
  3. Mule and Ox (1:14)
  4. Saul and the Skeleton (1:04)
  5. You Think I'm Working But I Ain't (0:51)
  6. Brer Rabbit and the Babies (1:50)
  7. Keep Your Head Over Your Eyes (1:55)
  8. How You Sell Your Stew? Mr. Blake Plays Peter Rabbit (2:58)
  9. Mr. Blue and the Dog Ghost (1:10)
  10. Watch Yourself Preacher (0:52)
  11. Tone the Bell, I Done Got Over (2:19)

 

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
CLS Commercial Collection
Subject: 
Louisiana, Slavery, Folk Tales, Black Protestant Hymns
Creator: 
The Louisiana Folklife Center
Recording date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1980
Coverage Spatial: 
Natchitoches, LA
Publisher: 
The Louisiana Folklife Center
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:41:52
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Original Format: 
Record - LP
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz