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
- God Give Me A Gift! (6:13)
- Let Her Fall, Let Her Fall! Mr. Blake Calls the Cotton Press (1:24)
- All Right, Mr. Dankyman! The Boilerman Basses Mr. Blake (1:38)
- It's Gone, Mr. Blake Explains the Press (5.14)
- You Groan to Fool the Devil (2:24)
- My Gal Done Gone Dead on me (4:37)
Side Two
- A Cardcutter and a Hoodoo (2:34)
- Snake in a Wagon Rut (1:26)
- Mule and Ox (1:14)
- Saul and the Skeleton (1:04)
- You Think I'm Working But I Ain't (0:51)
- Brer Rabbit and the Babies (1:50)
- Keep Your Head Over Your Eyes (1:55)
- How You Sell Your Stew? Mr. Blake Plays Peter Rabbit (2:58)
- Mr. Blue and the Dog Ghost (1:10)
- Watch Yourself Preacher (0:52)
- 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
