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The Bahamas: Islands of Song
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Album: The Bahamas: Islands of Song
# Song Title   Time
1)    You Ain't Hurryin' Me - The Dicey Doh Singers
2)    Girl, If I Write You - Nat Saunders
3)    Watermelon Is Spoilin' on the Vine - Thomas Cartwright & The Boys
4)    Rain Children - Sons of Andros
5)    When I Get Inside - Cat Island Mites
6)    I'm Going Home on the Morning Train - Israel Forbes
7)    Big Belly Man Polka - Ex Moxey's Rake 'N Scrape/Ed "Rake 'N Scrape" Moxey/Ed Moxley's Rake 'N Scrape
8)    All in the Woods - Almeda Campbell/Avis Armbrister
9)    Let the Church Roll On - The Dicey Doh Singers
10)    Lynn - Nat Saunders
11)    Went to the Bight - Cat Island Mites
12)    Nobody's Darling But Mine - Thomas Cartwright & The Boys
13)    Christian's Automobile - Sons of Andros
14)    Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Israel Forbes
15)    Sloop John B. - The Dicey Doh Singers
16)    Jimmy Bend a Tree While It's Young - Thomas Cartwright & The Boys
17)    Round and Round the Bar Room - Orlando Turnquest/Huelon Newbold/Nat Saunders
18)    Roll of Pin - Almeda Campbell/Avis Armbrister
19)    Dry Bones - Sons of Andros
20)    Bid You Goodnight - Patricia Bazard/Cat Island Mites/The Dicey Doh Singers
21)    Timestable, The - Ed "Rake 'N Scrape" Moxey
22)    God Sent Jonah - Israel Forbes
23)    Liar - The Dicey Doh Singers
 

Album: The Bahamas: Islands of Song
# Song Title   Time
1)    You Ain't Hurryin' Me - The Dicey Doh Singers
2)    Girl, If I Write You - Nat Saunders
3)    Watermelon Is Spoilin' on the Vine - Thomas Cartwright & The Boys
4)    Rain Children - Sons of Andros
5)    When I Get Inside - Cat Island Mites
6)    I'm Going Home on the Morning Train - Israel Forbes
7)    Big Belly Man Polka - Ex Moxey's Rake 'N Scrape/Ed "Rake 'N Scrape" Moxey/Ed Moxley's Rake 'N Scrape
8)    All in the Woods - Almeda Campbell/Avis Armbrister
9)    Let the Church Roll On - The Dicey Doh Singers
10)    Lynn - Nat Saunders
11)    Went to the Bight - Cat Island Mites
12)    Nobody's Darling But Mine - Thomas Cartwright & The Boys
13)    Christian's Automobile - Sons of Andros
14)    Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Israel Forbes
15)    Sloop John B. - The Dicey Doh Singers
16)    Jimmy Bend a Tree While It's Young - Thomas Cartwright & The Boys
17)    Round and Round the Bar Room - Orlando Turnquest/Huelon Newbold/Nat Saunders
18)    Roll of Pin - Almeda Campbell/Avis Armbrister
19)    Dry Bones - Sons of Andros
20)    Bid You Goodnight - Patricia Bazard/Cat Island Mites/The Dicey Doh Singers
21)    Timestable, The - Ed "Rake 'N Scrape" Moxey
22)    God Sent Jonah - Israel Forbes
23)    Liar - The Dicey Doh Singers
 
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Performer Notes
  • Personnel: Nat Saunders (vocals, banjo); Patricia Bazard, Harrington "Zippy" Frazier, Almeda Campbell, Avis Armbrister (vocals); Thomas Cartwright (accordion).
  • Liner Note Author: Pete Reiniger.
  • Recording information: The Culture Club, Nassau, New Providence (02/02/1995/02/03/1995).
  • A collection of songs from the various islands of the Bahamas. The music is almost always vocal, with accompaniment only by a few musicians, either self-accompanying on guitar/banjo or with a small trio (accordion, drum, saw). The songs are based either in religion, in children's game-songs, or on simple happenings within the town. The recording quality is quite nice throughout, though the music can at times drag on at a far too low tempo for anyone's good (case in point: "Roll a Pin"). Despite an occasional drop, the music is however generally pretty good. There are three- and four-part harmonies thrown everywhere in this collection, usually to good effect. On top of this, the saw player in Thomas Cartwright's group (Huelon Newbold) shows off some level of virtuosity in his rhythmic accompaniment on the tool. The album overall presents a nice look at a music culture generally not thought of along with the other Caribbean genres that have overshadowed it, and not often grouped in with the Southern U.S. traditions which it shares so many features with. Pick up the album for such a look into the vocal traditions in their simplicity, but don't go in expecting grandiose instrumentation. ~ Adam Greenberg
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