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Music on the Mississippi River

• Sharon Mei
• Paige McAllister
• Shalimar Rosario
• Rina Shust
• Sabrina Yang

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Steal Away to Jesus

• written prior to the Civil War
• composed by slaves
• some believe it to have a hidden meaning
• Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus
• Steal away, steal away home
• I ain't got long to stay here
• My Lord, He calls me
• He calls me by the thunder
• The trumpet sounds within-a my soul
• I ain't got long to stay here

3
I am Bound for the Promised Land

• old hymn
• slaves sang in hopes of reaching the free
  states, while others sang in hopes of new
  beginnings and prosperity
• Johnny Cash did a cover
• popular songs among churches

4
Blues

• emerged in the late 1800s
• originally songs of suffering sung by poor blacks
  in the South along the river
• later accompanied by acoustic guitars and
  harmonicas
• called devil music by whites
• blacks moved north in early the 1900s, bring this
  music with them
• W.C. Handy, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly
• later a bass guitar was added
  rhythm and blues music

5
When the Levee Breaks

• originally composed in 1929 after the Great
  Mississippi Flood of 1927the flood was the most
  destructive in American history
• made famous via a Led Zeppelin cover in 1971

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Mississippi Suite

• composed by Ferde Grofé for an orchestra
• based on the lands the river runs through
• created in 1925

7
Proud Mary

• originally written in 1969
• Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
• Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans
• But I never saw the good side of the city
• Til I hitched a ride on a river boat
  queen
• Famous Tina Turner, David Bowie, and Santigold
  cover verisons