- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Musical recording and interview with Bessie Sheats, Athens, Georgia, 1979 November 12
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Date of Original:
- 1979-11-12
- Subject:
- Hymns--Georgia--Athens
Scared songs--Georgia--Athens
Spirituals (Songs)--Georgia--Athens
Gospel music--Georgia--Athens
Songs
Singing
Field recordings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
United States, Georgia, Oconee County, 33.83494, -83.43705 - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Art Rosenbaum records Bessie Sheats singing spirituals in Athens, Georgia. Bessie Sheats was born in 1918 in Oconee County, Georgia. Between songs she makes comments on spirituals and gospel music. Songs: Old Time Religion, Shine On Me, Jesus Loves Me, Where He Leads Me I Will Follow, Sit Down Servant, Get Right With God, We Are Climbin' Jacob's Ladder, Little Sally Walker, I Shall Not Be Moved (learned from Lucy Barnes Father), When The Saints Go Marching In, Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2363-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2363-01
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 00:26:46
- 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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