''American Street Songs'', reissued as ''Gospel, Blues and Street Songs'', is a shared album by blues musicians

Pink Anderson Pinkney "Pink" Anderson (February 12, 1900 – October 12, 1974) was an American blues singer and guitarist. Life and career Anderson was born in Laurens, South Carolina, and raised in nearby Greenville and Spartanburg. He joined Dr. William ...

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Reverend Gary Davis Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis (born Gary D. Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina and blind since infancy ...

recorded in 1950 and 1956 and released on the Riverside Folklore Series label in August 1956.

Reception

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reviewer Lindsay Planer stated: "these sides loom large in the available works of seminal blues icons Pink Anderson and Rev. Gary Davis. Both performers hail from the largely underappreciated Piedmont blues scene – which first began to flourish in the late 19th and early 20th centuries – near the North/South Carolina state border. Anderson's seven tracks were recorded in Charlottesville, VA, on May 29, 1950 – while he was literally on the road. His highly sophisticated and self-accompanied style of simultaneously picking and sliding – accomplished using a half-opened jackknife – could pass for an electronic effect. ... The Rev. Gary Davis side – which appropriately contains all spirituals – was recorded in N.Y.C. on January 28, 1956. However, Davis' delivery is steeped in the minstrel and street blues of his native Carolinas. Here is where the worlds of Davis and Anderson sonically intersect. As a performer, his clean and intricate acoustic picking and guttural vocalization stand as his trademark. Included here are several of the Reverend's most revered works".

Track listing

All compositions are uncredited traditional blues/gospel except where noted

Pink Anderson Side: Carolina Street Ballads

# " John Henry" – 5:25 # "Every Day in The Week" – 3:30 # " The Ship Titanic" – 3:14 # "Greasy Greens" – 2:56 # "

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" – 3:26 # "I've Got Mine" – 3:05 # " He's in The Jailhouse Now" (

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) – 3:42 *Recorded in Charlottesville, Virginia on May 29, 1950

Reverend Gary Davis Side: Harlem Street Spirituals

# "Blow, Gabriel" – 2:14 # "Twelve Gates to the City" – 3:23 # "

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" – 3:52 # "Oh Lord, Search My Heart" (Reverend Gary Davis) – 3:04 # "Get Right Church" (Davis) – 3:05 # "You Got to Go Down" (Davis) – 2:42 # "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning" (Davis) – 2:36 # "There Was a Time That I Was Blind" (Davis) – 2:38 *Recorded in New York City on January 28, 1956

Personnel

Performance

– guitar, vocals *

– guitar, vocals *Jumbo Lewis – washboard ("Every Day in The Week" only)

Production

* Paul Clayton (Pink Anderson Side),

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References

{{Authority control Pink Anderson albums Reverend Gary Davis albums 1956 albums Riverside Records albums