- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of the McIntosh County Shouters, McIntosh County, Georgia, 1985 December
- Creator:
- Georgia Folklore Society
- Date of Original:
- 1985/12
- Subject:
- McIntosh County Shouters (Musical group)
Ring shout (Dance)
Singing games--Georgia--McIntosh County
Community music--Georgia--McIntosh County
Playground music--Georgia--McIntosh County
Games--Georgia--McIntosh County
Play--Georgia--McIntosh County
Songs
Singing
Slavery--Georgia
Slaves--Emancipation--Georgia
Christmas--Georgia
New Year--Georgia
Spirituals (Songs)--Georgia - People:
- McIver, Lawrence
Sanders, Clate - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, 31.48381, -81.37557
- Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Video of Art Rosenbaum interviewing members of the McIntosh County Shouters, including Jim Cook, Lawrence McIver, and Oneitha Ellison. The video begins with Jim Cook, begins by talking about his life, and particularly where he has lived. He sings segments of a "shandy." He talks about the shout tradition, a holy dance that was performed during and after Christmas, in celebration of entering a new year. He and his wife would "beat the stick," or use a stick as percussion, during shouts. Oneitha Ellison talks about "Move Daniel," an old slave song that is performed as a shout. Ellison learned to shout from her mother and aunts. She says that Gussy Jenkins, Fanny Ann Evans, Lizzy Smith, Martha Palmer, her mother were good shouters. Ellison doubts that the younger generation will continue the tradition. Lawrence McIver describes how the shout is performed, and his history with shouting, which he learned as a boy. He says that the best shouters were Fanny Ann, because she had excellent rhythm. He also speaks about Move Daniel, the slavery song. Lyrics were about slaves having a party, and the song was a way of warning Daniel, a slave who was assigned to take meat from the smokehouse, that the master was coming. McIver then sings "Move Daniel." The video cuts to the McIntosh County Shouters performing. McIver explains the story behind the song "Read John," which is about a slave John, who is able to read a letter that tells the slaves that they're free. He also sings and talks about the oldest slave song, "Kneebone Bend," which was sung by the slaves who first arrived. He explains that shouters never cross their legs. The Shouters perform "Eve and Adam."
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2158
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2158
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 29 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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