This double disc CD highlights the rich cultural diversity and history found in the music of the lower Mississippi delta. These musical expressions, many of which have had a worldwide influence and some that remain mysterious to most, connect the Lower Mississippi Delta's National Parks and their partnering organizations through music. Park rangers and researchers have provided song material, suggestions, and expertise in this collaborative effort to identify and interpret songs connected to national parks and neighboring communities throughout the lower Mississippi delta region.
Songs of the Mississippi Delta is produced by New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park. It contains two CDs with a total of 39 songs.
Disc One:
Arkansas Tongue Twister
Aux Natchitoches
Bamboula
The Battle of Fort Donelson
It's Better to be Born Lucky
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Brass Band Medley
Cascades
Death of Floyd Collins
Delta Bound
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
Eyesight to the Blind
Tale of the Harmonica
I Hate a Man Like You
Jambalaya
Looka Yonder Where the Sun's Done Gone
Make the Devil Leave Me Alone
Mama Inez
Oh Dego
Roll on, Mississippi, Roll On
Disc Two:
Rosie
Run, Mary, Run
Same Train
Shem 'em on Down
Shiloh: A Requiem (April 1862)
'Twas at the Siege of Vicksburg
Sign of the Judgement
Stories from da Dirt III
Sweet Lotus Blossom
Take this Hammer
Wicked Superintendent
You Got to Move
Les Zydeco Sont Pas Salés
La Danse de Mardi Gras
Indians, Here They Come
Foxhunt
Deep River
Soul Make a Path Through Shouting for Elizabeth Eckford, Little Rock Arkansas
