001.1990.013

Sun Apr 29 1990

57:05 - Audio Cassette Master; WAV and Mp3 on Server and Cloud

00:00 Allison Miner explains how she met Rev. Pinson and her experience with his music. Mentions Lynn Abbott. Introduces the participants. 01:40 Wirth Long explains the type of music to be performed, traditional African American Music, not Mississippi Delta music. Reintroduces Rev. Leon Pinson and Elder Roma Wilson 04:22 Demonstration: “Since I Laid My Burden Down” 08:20 Demonstration: “Make More Room” 11:57 Demonstration: “Give Me My Flower While I live” 14:58 Demonstration: “Jesus is on the Main Line” 18:54 Demonstration: “I’ve Been Buked and I’ve Been Scorned” 22:11 Demonstration: “Hand Writing on the Wall” 26:14 Demonstration: “I’m so Glad that Trouble Won’t Last Always” 30:02 Demonstration: “Playing for Gods Service” with introduction 31:35 Demonstration: “This Train is a Clean Train” with introduction 36:50 Demonstration: “Motherless Child” 40:10 Demonstration: “I’m just packing up getting ready to go” 45:17 Wirth Long gives some history about Delta Blues. 47:19 Demonstration: “Hold to Gods Unchanging Hand” 51:42 Demonstration: “When the Saints Go Marching In” 57:05 Interview ends.

Reverend Leon Pinson and Elder Roma Wilson. Worth Long moderator. This item is part of the “Crescent City Living Legends Collection” that was admitted to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in 2002.

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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive