VA - 2013 - Drop On Down In Florida 2xCD

 Sinecure Books ‎– 5100

Based on four years of fieldwork throughout the state, the florida folk life program released the two-album, 27-track lp “drop on down in florida” in 1981. the album was intended to highlight african american music traditions for a statewide public audience, blues and sacred traditions in particular. in recent years, the folklife program sought the opportunity to produce an expanded reissue of the album that would include previously unissued fieldwork recordings and photos. drawing upon extensive fieldwork materials now housed in the state archives of florida, the expanded reissue includes nearly 80 previously-unreleased minutes of music on 28 new tracks, plus numerous photos documenting the musicians and communities that perpetuated these traditions
notable among the previously unreleased tracks are additional musical selections and personal narratives from one-string musician moses williams, four-shape-note sacred harp singing from an african american community in the florida panhandle, and recordings from the richard williams family in the blues and gospel-blues traditions. the reissue also includes new track notes from respected music scholars david evans and doris j. dyen; reflective essays from past and present folklorists with the florida folklife program, including peggy a. bulger, dwight devane, doris j. dyen, and blaine waide; and an extensive essay on african american one-string instrument traditions by david evans
the 2012 edition of “drop on down in florida: field recordings of african american traditional music 1977–1980,” highlights the significance of the previously unreleased material. in addition, it calls attention to the importance of the original lp and makes its contents available once again, this time to a larger audience

Disc 1: 

1. Robert Dennis – Early One Foggy Morning2. Robert Dennis – Boogie3. Robert Dennis – Questionnaire Blues4. Robert Dennis – Mean Mistreater Blues5. Richard Williams – Tain't But The One Thing That Grieves My Mind6. Richard Williams – Baby Please Don't Go7. Richard Williams – Old Forty8. Ella Mae Wilson & Richard Williams – Careless Love9. Ella Mae Wilson & Richard Williams – Polk County Blues10. Willie Gillard – Polk County Blues11. Emmett Murray – Old-Time Rounders12. Emmett Murray – She's A Fool, She Ain't Got No Sense13. Emmett Murray – Mobile Blues14. Emmett Murray – I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole15. Emmett Murray – I'll Find My Way16. Emmett Murray – Drinkin' Bad Bad Whiskey17. Moses Williams – I'm From Itta Bena, Mississippi18. Moses Williams – Rolling And Tumbling19. Moses Williams – Sitting On Top Of The World20. Moses Williams – Mama Got More Out Of Me Away From Home21. Moses Williams – I Was Natalie Roberta's Son22. Moses Williams – Harmonica Solo23. Moses Williams – Harmonica "Hustle"24. Moses Williams – The Train25. Moses Williams – Catfish Blues26. Moses Williams – Come Back Baby27. Moses Williams – Apple Farm Blues28. Moses Williams – I3 Highway29. Moses Williams – Which Way Did My Baby Go?
Disc 2: 

1. Johnny Brown – That's All Right2. Johnny Brown – Precious Lord, Take My Hand3. Johnny Brown – Will The Circle Be Unbroken4. Johnny Brown – He Got The Whole World In His Hand5. Johnny Brown – I Don't Know What I'd Do Without The Lord6. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams – Motherless Children7. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams – Do, Lord, Remember Me8. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams – Trial In Judgement9. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams – When The Saints Go Marching In (When The Moon Go Down In Blood)10. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams – You Got To Move11. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams – I Knew It Was The Blood12. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams – In The Morning13. Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams & Richard Williams – He's A Battle Axe14. Testerina Primitive Baptist Church – I Don't Know What I'd Do Without The Lord / Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep? (The Weeping Savior)15. Miccosukee Church Of God And Prophecy – Altar Call / Prayer / He Set Me Free16. Florida - Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention – God's Gonna Set The World On Fire17. Florida - Alabama Progressive Seven-Shape Note Singing Convention – Inside The Pearly Gates18. Southeast Alabama And Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention – The Old Ship Of Zion19. Southeast Alabama And Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention – Florida Storm20. Southeast Alabama And Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention – Service Of The Lord21. Southeast Alabama And Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention – Sweet Morning22. Southeast Alabama And Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention – Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed23. Southeast Alabama And Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention – Pisgah24. Southeast Alabama And Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention – Parting Hand