Exodusters WREN Radio Station, Eva Jessye Special
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Publication Date
8-5-1979
Document Type
Book
Description
An assortment of songs played on the Exodusters WREN Radio station, selected by Eva Jessye and produced by Tom Roberts. Recording is 33 minutes long.
00:00-01:14 – Introduction by Tom Roberts
01:15-03:25 – Shake Hands with Your Brother, performed by a black and white duo, neither trained but "the difference in vocal color is interesting”
03:26-05:46 – Interview section with Jessye
05:47-08:14 Exhortation, composed by Will Marion Cook, performed by Robert Smith, a student
08:15-10:36 – I Belong to that Band, performed by the Eva Jessye Choir, 1936 recording
10:36-14:17 – Interview section with Jessye
14:18-18:40 – Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me), performed by Richard Cook of Pittsburg State University faculty
19:10-21:57 – Bill, song from Show Boat, performed by Mary Offenbacker
21:58-24:11 – Interview section with Jessye
24:12-26:26 – I Want to Go to Heaven and Rest/Little David Play on Your Harp, arranged by Eva Jessye and recorded by a male quartet in 1945
26:27-30:10 – Hubert Humphrey tribute, arranged by Eva Jessye and Gene DeGruson, Special Collections librarian at Pittsburg State University
30:11-32:44 – Sunny Kansas, lyrics by Eva Jessye and Gene DeGruson
32:45-End – Outro by Tom Roberts
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Recommended Citation
Roberts, Tom and Jessye, Eva, "Exodusters WREN Radio Station, Eva Jessye Special" (1979). Other Media. 12.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/ejom/12
