Bessie Jones

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Sometimes 00:00 Tools
Go to Sleep Little Baby 00:00 Tools
You Better Mind 00:00 Tools
O Day 00:00 Tools
Beggin' the Blues 00:00 Tools
Sometimes' 00:00 Tools
O Death 00:00 Tools
Hambone 00:00 Tools
Sink 'Em Low 00:00 Tools
Daniel in the Lion's Den 00:00 Tools
Buzzard Lope 00:00 Tools
Oh Death 00:00 Tools
Shoo Turkey 00:00 Tools
So Glad I'm Here 00:00 Tools
The Buzzard Lope 00:00 Tools
Sheep Sheep Don't You Know the Road 00:00 Tools
Go to Sleepy Little Baby 00:00 Tools
Yonder Come Day 00:00 Tools
Johanna 00:00 Tools
Sometime 00:00 Tools
Amazing Grace 00:00 Tools
Turkle Dove 00:00 Tools
O Day (Yonder Come Day) 00:00 Tools
See Aunt Dinah 00:00 Tools
Before This Time Another Year 00:00 Tools
Old Lady From Brewster 00:00 Tools
Titanic 00:00 Tools
Diamond Joe 00:00 Tools
May Be The Last Time, I Don't Know 00:00 Tools
Turn My Body Round 00:00 Tools
Johnny Cuckoo 00:00 Tools
Riley 00:00 Tools
Kindlin' Wood 00:00 Tools
It Just Suits Me 00:00 Tools
Beulah Land 00:00 Tools
Walk Daniel 00:00 Tools
Plumb The Line 00:00 Tools
Down In The Valley 00:00 Tools
Way Down Yonder In The Brickyard 00:00 Tools
Moses Don't Get Lost 00:00 Tools
Blow Gabriel 00:00 Tools
No More Tears 00:00 Tools
Little Johnny Brown 00:00 Tools
Oh Green Fields, Roxie 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (Moby - Honey) 00:00 Tools
Adam in the Garden 00:00 Tools
Got to Lie Down (How Shall I Rise) 00:00 Tools
Little David, Play on Your Harp 00:00 Tools
O Mary Don't You Weep 00:00 Tools
The Titanic 00:00 Tools
Get In Union 00:00 Tools
Way Go, Lily 00:00 Tools
Nana Thread Needle 00:00 Tools
Shoo Lie Loo 00:00 Tools
You Got to Reap Just What You Sow / Just a Little Talk with Jesus 00:00 Tools
At Last 00:00 Tools
Throw Me Overboard 00:00 Tools
Reg'lar, Reg'lar, Rolling Under 00:00 Tools
Going to Chattanooga 00:00 Tools
Juba 00:00 Tools
John Henry 00:00 Tools
Draw Me A Bucket Of Water 00:00 Tools
Bob-a-Needle 00:00 Tools
Old Bill Rolling Pin 00:00 Tools
Grey Goose - Ballad 00:00 Tools
That Suits Me 00:00 Tools
Steal Up, My Young Lady 00:00 Tools
Elephant Fair 00:00 Tools
Live Humble 00:00 Tools
Soup, Soup 00:00 Tools
Peep Squirrel 00:00 Tools
Josephine 00:00 Tools
Uncle Ned 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Lay Down My Life for My Lord 00:00 Tools
No Hiding Place Down Here 00:00 Tools
Dead And Gone 00:00 Tools
Reg'lar, Reg'lar, Rolling Under (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Prayer 00:00 Tools
Reg'lar, Reg'lar, Rolling Under - Remastered 00:00 Tools
One Morning Soon 00:00 Tools
Drinking That Wine 00:00 Tools
Sign Of The Judgment 00:00 Tools
There Was An Old Lady From Brewster 00:00 Tools
Take Me To The Water 00:00 Tools
Once There Was No Sun 00:00 Tools
Let Me Fly 00:00 Tools
I'm gonna lay down my life for the lord 00:00 Tools
This Train Is A Clean Train 00:00 Tools
Once There Was No Sun (II) 00:00 Tools
Read 'Em, John 00:00 Tools
One Of These Days 00:00 Tools
Prodigal Son 00:00 Tools
Sheep, Sheep, Don't You Know The Road 00:00 Tools
One Of These Days (II) 00:00 Tools
Reg'lar, Reg'lar, Rollin' Under 00:00 Tools
It Just Suits Me [#] 00:00 Tools
The Titanic [Southern] 00:00 Tools
Little David [#] 00:00 Tools
Yonder Comes Day (New Year Shout) 00:00 Tools
Li'l Gal, Li'l Gal - Game Song 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (sampled By Moby 'Honey') 00:00 Tools
Kneebone Bend (prayer shout) 00:00 Tools
Bob Young's Song And Whoop 00:00 Tools
Sheep, Sheep, Don'tcha Know the Road 00:00 Tools
Go To Sleep, Little Baby 00:00 Tools
Prayer (spiritual) 00:00 Tools
East Coast Line 00:00 Tools
Kneebone Bend - Prayer Shout 00:00 Tools
Little David 00:00 Tools
Go to Sleep Little Baby (sampled By Moby) 00:00 Tools
Old Bill Rollin' Pin 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (Moby - Sometimes) 00:00 Tools
Hambone - Bessie Jones 00:00 Tools
Union [#] 00:00 Tools
You Better Mind [#] 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (orig.mix. by Moby - Honey) 00:00 Tools
18.All Hid 00:00 Tools
Hello Blues 00:00 Tools
Yonder Comes Day - New Year Shout 00:00 Tools
Way Down Yonder In The Brickya 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (aka Moby - Honey) 00:00 Tools
Grey Goose 00:00 Tools
Prayer - Spiritual 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (Moby/Honey) 00:00 Tools
Ii'l Gal, Li'l Gal 00:00 Tools
Go To Sleep You Little Baby 00:00 Tools
This May Be The Last Time I Don't Know 00:00 Tools
Union 00:00 Tools
The Titantic 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (Edit) 00:00 Tools
I'm A Rollin', I'm A Rollin' (Everybody's A Rolling Stone) 00:00 Tools
O Day (1960) 00:00 Tools
Medley: Hello!, Where's That Rainbow?, A Tree in the Park 00:00 Tools
All Hid 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (From Moby's Honey) 00:00 Tools
Sometimes - Sampled By Moby Honey 00:00 Tools
Sometimes (Moby - "Honey") 00:00 Tools
Reg'lar, Reg'lar, Rolling Under (Remastered) - Bessie Jones 00:00 Tools
Lazarus 00:00 Tools
Li'l Gal, Li'l Gal 00:00 Tools
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Bessie Jones (February 8, 1902 - July 17, 1984) was an American gospel singer from Smithville, GA. She learned her songs from her grandfather, a former slave born in Africa. She was a founding member of the Georgia Sea Island Singers. Alan Lomax first encountered Bessie Jones on a southern trip in 1959, Jones made her way up to New York City two years later and asked Lomax to record both her music and biography. Jones told an interviewer in Alachua, Florida in the early 1980s, that she was born in Lacrosse, Florida, (Alachua County), when that area was a tung oil production area. Jones also said she hadn't been to a doctor since 1925 and that she wore many copper bracelets which protected her from disease. Jones' 1960 song "Sometimes" was heavily sampled in American electronica musician Moby's 1998 single "Honey". Partial discography Southern Journey Recordings, V. 12, Georgia Sea Islands: Songs and Spirituals (Rounder 1712) Southern Journey Recordings, V. 13, Earliest Times: Georgia Sea Island: Songs for Everyday Living (Rounder 1713). Put Your Hand On Your Hip, and Let Your Backbone Slip: Songs and Games from the Georgia Sea Islands (Rounder 11587) 2001 Step It Down (Rounder) 1979 So Glad I'm Here (Rounder 2015) 1974 Additional Reading: Although closely associated with the unique music of the Georgia Sea Islands, singer Bessie Jones was not actually born on the islands, but in a small mainland Georgia town. As a young woman she moved to the islands and became an intrinsic part of the cultural life there. Located directly off the Georgia coast, these islands represent a small but fascinating chapter in American history, a bit of which bears repetition to fully understand Jones' background. Once the site of large plantations, the islands were seized by the Union in 1861, early in the Civil War. It was a strategic location from which the Union could easily blockade shipments that were headed to the rebellious Southern states. The original landowners had fled, leaving something in the neighborhood of 10,000 former slaves behind. These people became part of what was known as the Port Royal Experiment, a chance to see what fate would bring to the newly freed slaves. Since the Northern army had consistently rejected the enlistment of black soldiers, the governing and security of the Georgia Sea Islands was handed over to locally enlisted citizens, meaning that for the first time in American history, African-Americans were allowed to protect themselves. From the end of the Civil War until the '30s, these islands enjoyed a period of isolation from mainland life. During these years, a further cultural blend took place between the descendents of two sets of former slaves: the Afro-Americans and a huge group of former slaves from the Bahamas who traveled there following the abolishment of slavery in the British empire. The Sea Islanders, having suffered captivity, enjoyed the release of their bonds and created a music of endurance and freedom utilizing the unique dialect of the islands. There was a strong influence of the Bahamas in this music. And although all American folk music has been influenced by various types of African music, the African content of the Georgia Sea Islands is of a much purer variety; the result is a style of music unlike any other in America or the world. Jones became a shining representative of this musical heritage, singing in a Bahamian accent accompanied by wild, outrageous African handclap rhythms. In the '60s, she helped form the Georgia Sea Island Singers, recording both with them and as a soloist. The material in both cases includes both songs and a selection of musical games for children that she recalled from her past. These performances brought audiences face to face with a distinct culture from another century. Jones published a book entitled Step It Down, which is a collection of such children's games as well as various stories from her life. Her performances, recordings, and educational programs earned many awards, including a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Like all great folk artists, her voice has continued ringing on since her death. She perhaps may not have had much in common with the rap and techno music of the '90s, but the techno recording artist Moby chose to sample her voice on his recordings. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.