''It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In'' is a 1975
gospel blues LP by American street-performing musician
Reverend Pearly Brown (191586, vocals, guitar and harmonica, active in
Macon, Georgia
Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...
) on the Rounder label.
Track listing
; Side 1
# "How Long Has It Been Since You've Been Home"
# "The Day Is Past and Gone"
# "It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In"
# "What a Time"
# "Pure Religion"
# "Help Me to Understand"
; Side 2
# "How About You"
# "Nothin' but Joy"
# "Another Child of God Gone Home"
# "
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burnin'"
# "Please Mommy Stay Home with Me"
# "Peace Will Prevail"
# "Goodbye"
; Bonus tracks on CD re-release Rounder
82161-0221-2
These are placed between "Peace Will Prevail" and "Goodbye" in the original release order.
# "
Steal Away
"Steal Away" ("Steal Away to Jesus") is an American Negro spiritual. The song is well known by variations of the chorus:
Songs such as "Steal Away to Jesus", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Wade in the Water" and the " Gospel Train" are songs with ...
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# "
You Got to Move
''You Got to Move'' is a 1985 documentary by Lucie Massie Phenix and Veronica Selver that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various processes of becoming involved in social change. The film's centerpiece is ...
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# "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way"
# "Sometimes I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long"
# "
Motherless Children
"Mother's Children Have a Hard Time", also known as "Motherless Children", is a gospel blues song recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. It is a solo performance, with Johnson singing and playing an acoustic slide guitar.
Johnson recorded t ...
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# "When I Take My Vacation"
References
1975 albums
Blues albums by American artists
Rounder Records albums
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