Harlem Street Singer

by Blind Gary Davis

Harlem Street Singer cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1960
  • Label: Prestige
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Captured by Kenneth S. Goldstein during the height of the folk revival, this acoustic document focuses entirely on the Reverend's sacred repertoire. His incredibly complex ragtime fingerpicking and gruff, impassioned vocal delivery profoundly influenced a generation of young Greenwich Village musicians.

Genres

Descriptors: christian, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Samson And Delilah
  2. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
  3. I Belong To The Band
  4. Pure Religion
  5. Great Chance Since I Been Born
  6. Death Don't Have No Mercy
  7. Twelve Gates To The City
  8. Goin' To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River
  9. Tryin' To Get Home
  10. Lo, I Be With You Always
  11. I Am The Light Of This World
  12. Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin' On

Credits

  • Blind Gary Davis - primary artist, vocals, guitar, written-by
  • Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by, recorded by
  • Kenneth S. Goldstein - producer [produced by]
  • Lawrence Cohn - sleeve notes
  • Traditional - written-by

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