Featuring;

Washington Phillips, vocal, dulceola.

A.C. Forehand, vocal, harmonica, guitar.

Blind Mamie Forehand, vocal, finger cymbals.

Luther Magby, vocal with unknown organ; unknown tambourine.

Genre; Gospel.

Informative booklet notes by Guido van Rijn.

Incl;udes detailed discography.

Washington Philips

In 1983 Lynn Abbott discovered a photograph and a drawing of Washington Phillips. The photo is the size of a postage stamp and was found in an issue of the Louisiana Weekly, dated a week before the release of Phillips' first 78. The photo shows Phillips holding two stringed instruments. Two other photos, from 1927 and 1950, clearly show the same man. The shape of the head, the little moustache, the nose with its shining tip and especially the characteristic heavy bags next to the base of the nose are clearly identical.

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