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GEORGE PICKOW INTERVIEWS DOC REESE FROM TEXAS - PASTOR OF CHURCH - DOC ROSS TALKS ABOUT "NEGRO SPIRITUALS" AND WORK SONGS WHICH HE SANG ON THE CHAIN GANGS WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN - TALKS ABOUT HOW ROUGH THOSE DAYS WERE AND WHAT THE PRISON FARMS WERE LIKE
EX CHAIN GANG MEMBER |
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DOC ROSS
BLACK BETTY
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SINGS PRISON WORK SONG CHAIN GANG FOLK SONG AND TALKS ABOUT HOW WORK SONGS WERE SUNG WHILE THEY WERE CUTTING WOOD
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DOC ROSS CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CHAIN GANGS, WORK GANGS WORKED, CUTTING TREES, SINGING WORK SONGS WHILE WORKING
TALKS ABOUT HOW SINGING THE WORK SONGS ON THE PRISON FARM HELPED |
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DOC ROSS
JACK O' DIAMONDS ( MAKE YOUR HAMMER RING )
(live)
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DOC ROSS DESCRIBES THE WORK FARMS - PRISON FARMS IN TEXAS IN THE 1930'S
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