Wednesday, March 16, 2016

WADE IN THE WATER DEPOT

"Wade In the Water" is a Negro spiritual that dates back to the days of the underground railroad, first recorded in 1901. Since then, it's been recorded a million times. The years 1965-68 produced these kick ass versions, my favorites, of what I've heard so far anyway. I'll never hear all of them. Neither will you.

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Listen:
The Staple Singers - Wade in the Water (streaming) at YouTube 1965
The Graham Bond Organization - Wade in the Water mp3 at Rising Storm 1965
Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade in the Water mp3
at Soul Treats 1966
Marlena Shaw - Wade in the Water mp3
at Le Mellotron 1966
Big Mama Thornton - Wade in the Water mp3
at Joshua Vorbis (?) 1968

1 comment:

espege said...

Ramsey Lewis gone:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/arts/music/ramsey-lewis-dead.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-time-cutoff-30_impression_cut_3_filter_new_arm_5_1&alpha=0.05&block=more_in_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=72573251&impression_id=1bd04732-339d-11ed-9eac-c36a059f6a0f&index=4&pgtype=Article&pool=more_in_pools%2Fobituaries&region=footer&req_id=956272826&surface=eos-more-in&variant=0_bandit-all-surfaces-time-cutoff-30_impression_cut_3_filter_new_arm_5_1

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