VIDEO/MP4: Takin' Name (Traditional African American Spiritual - vocals by Bill Breitsprecher, iPod/Zune)

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DATE : Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:02:45 +0000
Entered in Database : 2010-02-07 12:02:45
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In honor of African American History Month, I have recorded this old-time spiritual. It goes back to at least the 1890s and is probably much older. It is performed under different names, "The Angel of Death," "There's a Man Goin' Round", "There's a Man", and just plain "Takin' Names (title as I learned it). Various people have recorded it over the years, including Josh White, though many know it from a Peter, Paul, and Mary release. It's a haunting melody with chords that absolutely ring with dark overtones on a guitar. (February 9, 2010).