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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

F L O R A   M O L T O N; source: Front cover of Evidence ECD 26105-2
source: Evidence ECD 26105-2; photographer: Axel Küstner
Flora Molton
b. March 12, 1908 in Louisa County, Virginia
d. May 31, 1990 at the Greater Southeast Community Hospital in Washington, DC.
buried at National Harmony Memorial Park in Landover, Maryland
discography
F L O R A   M O L T O N at the 100 Club, London, August 13, 1987; source: Juke Blues 10 (Autumn 1987), p. 4; photographer: Cilla Huggins
Flora Molton at the 100 Club in London, UK, August 13, 1987
source: Juke Blues 10 (Autumn 1987), p. 4; photographer: Cilla Huggins

#year
of release
title / label / notes
1197?Flora Molton

- I Heard It Through The True Vine (1001)   @ youtube
- The Sun Will Shine In Vietnam (1002)   @ youtube

Flora Molton, voc, g; Ed Morris, g; prod. by Kemp Brown

7 inch 45 rpm

Molton's Record 0001/0002

2197?Flora Molton

- I Can't Stand It (A)
- Rejected Stone (B)

Flora Molton, voc, g; Ed Morris, g; prod. by Kemp Brown

7 inch 45 rpm

Molton's Record 4295

31980Living Country Blues USA
The Introduction


LP 1:
Guitar Frank (Hovington)
- Lonesome Road Blues
Memphis Piano Red
- The Train Is Coming

Flora Molton & The Truth Band
- What's The Matter Now #
- The Titanic *
Lottie Murell
- Trouble Late Last Night
Sam Chatmon
- Sittin' On Top Of The World

James "Son" Thomas
- Rock Me Mama
Hammie Nixon
- Corinna, Corinna
Cora Fluker & Ola Mae Bell
- Talkin' 'Bout Jesus
Walter Brown
- So Hard To See
Archie Edwards
- Bear Cat Mama Blues


LP 2:
Bowling Green John Cephas & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
- Reno Factory
Lonnie Pitchford
- My Babe
Sam "Stretch" Fields
- Bluebird Blues
Joe Savage
- Mean Ol' Frisco
Arzo Youngblood
- I Can't Be Successful

CeDell "Big G" Davis
- I Don't Know Why
Othar Turner & the Rising Star Five & Drum Band
- Tango Twist
Guitar Slim (Stephens)
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Lula's Back In Town
Boyd Rivers
- You Got To Move
Boogie Bill Webb
- Big Road Blues


# rec. October 7, 1980 in Washington, DC. by Siegfried A. Christmann; Flora Molton & The Truth Band: Flora Molton voc, g, cabasa, cymbals, tambourine; Phil Wiggins, voc; Larry Wise, hca; Ed Morris, g; Vgo (Phillip McTerry), dulcimer
* November 28, 1980 in Washington, DC. by Siegfried A. Christmann; Flora Molton & The Truth Band: Flora Molton voc, g, cabasa, cymbals, tambourine; Ed Morris, g; Vgo (Phillip McTerry), dulcimer

photos by Axel Küstner

"none of the takes included in this double album will re-appear in further releases"

= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)

DLP
notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.030 (Germany 1980)


some tracks reissued on
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"

2 CD set
notes by Axel Küstner

[CD notes do *not* contain liner photos that were part of the original LP release!]
= Bellaphon CDLR 711921 (Germany 2008)

= Bellaphon LR 713014 (Germany 2014) (180 g DLP) (includes download code)

L+R Records discography

41981Living Country Blues USA Vol. 3
Flora Molton & The Truth Band


- Last Words My Mother Said To Met   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- I Can't Stand It   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Mean Old World   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- My Mother Left Me Standing On The Lonesome Highway   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King   @ Spotify

- Your Enemy Can't Harm You   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Louis Armstrong   @ Spotify
- Get Right With God   @ Spotify
- The Trainsong   @ Spotify
- Vacation In Heaven   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. October 5, 7 & 9, 1980 at Flora Molton's house, 614 Hamilton St. N.W. in Washington, DC. by Siegfried A. Christmann; Flora Molton & The Truth Band: Flora Molton voc, g, cabasa, cymbals, tambourine; Phil Wiggins, hca; Ed Morris, g; Larry Wise, g; Vgo (Phillip McTerry), dulcimer
photos by Axel Küstner

= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)


Ed Morris
photographer: Axel Küstner



Vgo (Phillip McTerry)
photographer: Axel Küstner

notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.033


some tracks reissued on
Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999)
Living Country Blues
- An Anthology

notes by Axel Küstner

[CD notes do *not* contain
liner photos that were part of
the original LP release!]



= Bellaphon CDLR 712928 (Germany 2008)

L+R Records discography

51982Living Country Blues USA Vol. 11
Country Gospel Roots


L+R 42.041 track sequence:
Boyd Rivers
- You Gonna Take Sick And Die   @ youtube
- When The World Seems Cold   @ youtube
- Jesus On The Mainline   @ youtube
- I'm Wrapped Up   @ youtube
- O Lord I Wanna Be Your Child   @ youtube
- Precious Lord   @ youtube
Guitar Frank (Hovington)
- Go Down Moses   @ youtube
Cora Fluker
- The World, She's Winding Up   @ youtube
- Yonder Comes Jesus   @ youtube
Walter Brown
- Mother Bowed   @ youtube
Guitar Slim (Stephens)
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus   @ youtube
Othar Turner
- When I Lay My Burden Down   @ youtube

Flora Molton
- When The War Is Over   @ youtube

L+R LRCD 712126 track sequence:
Boyd Rivers - You Gonna Take Sick And Die   @ youtube
Guitar Frank (Hovington) - Go Down Moses   @ youtube
Cora Fluker - The World, She's Winding Up   @ youtube
Boyd Rivers - When The World Seems Cold   @ youtube
Walter Brown - Mother Bowed   @ youtube
Boyd Rivers - Jesus On The Mainline   @ youtube
Guitar Slim (Stephens) - What A Friend We Have In Jesus   @ youtube
Boyd Rivers - I'm Wrapped Up   @ youtube
Othar Turner - When I Lay My Burden Down   @ youtube
Cora Fluker - Yonder Comes Jesus   @ youtube
Boyd Rivers - O Lord I Wanna Be Your Child   @ youtube
Boyd Rivers - Precious Lord   @ youtube

Flora Molton - When The War Is Over   @ youtube

= on Evidence 3 CD set (US 1999)

rec. October/November 1980 by Siegfried A. Christmann
photos by Axel Küstner

notes by Axel Küstner

L+R 42.041 (Germany 1982)

3 CD set
48-pp. booklet with notes by Jerry Gordon, Axel Küstner & Brett Bonner

some tracks reissued on Evidence ECD 26105-2 (US 1999) "Living Country Blues - An Anthology"


= L+R LRCD 712126 (Germany 2008)

L+R Records discography
Boyd Rivers discography
Guitar Frank Hovington discography
Guitar Slim Stephens discography

61985Sisterfire!

All Artists - This Little Light Of Mine
Jane Sapp - Go Tell It On The Mountain
Cathy Fink - Coal Mining Woman
Amparo Onchoa - Mujer
Moving Star Hall Singers - Oh Mother Don't You Worry 'Bout Me
Alicia Partnoy - Song Of The Exiled: For Sisterfire
Sweet Honey In The Rock - Chile/Soweto-Biko-Venceremos

Holly Near - Perfect Night
Reel World String Band - In My Girlish Days
Ronnie Gilbert - Ghannu Ma'i

Flora Molton - Do Lord [Remember Me]
Cris Williamson - Native Dancer
Alexis Deveau - Everyone Is Nicaragua
Holly Near - Emma

All Artists - This Little Light Of Mine

rec. 1985 at the third annual Sisterfire Festival in Washington, DC.
"Special Thanks to Kate and Ralph Rinzler"
cover photography by Sharon Farmer


Redwood RR 8507 [Holly Near's label]

71987Flora Molton: I Want To Be Ready To Hear God When He Calls

- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot   @ youtube
- I Can't Stand It   @ youtube
- Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door   @ youtube
- I Want To Be Ready To Hear God When He Calls   @ youtube
- All Around Me Shine   @ youtube

- Tell Me How Long The Train Been Gone   @ youtube
- In The Little Country Town Where I Was Born   @ youtube
- Sun Going To Shine In Vietnam Some Day   @ youtube
- Rejected Stone   @ youtube

rec. 1987; Flora Molton, voc, slide g, tamb, shaker; Larry Wise, hca; Phil Wiggins, hca; Charles A. Walls, p; Eleanor Ellis, ac g; Gregory L. Walls, steel g; Joseph Hunter, dr; Bernice Johnson Reagon, voc

photo by Julie Wiatt

notes by Dick Spottswood

Lively Stone LSLPS 0101 (LP / cassette 1987) [Flora Molton's label]


= Patuxent CD-257 (US 2014) "Spiritual and Truth Music"

81988Flora Molton: Gospel Songs

LP track sequence:
- Pharaoh Got My People
- I Heard It Through The True Vine
- Come On In This House, It's Going To Rain
- Crying Holy Unto The Lord
- Peace In The Valley
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Traveling Shoes

- When I Law My Burden Down
- I Want To Be At The Meeting
- Louis Armstrong
- Don't You Want To Ride This Train?
- Lord Will Make A Way   @ youtube
- Don't Let The Devil Ride
- Path By The Sea

CD track sequence:
- Pharaoh Got My People
- I Heard It Trough The True Vine
- Come On In This House, It's Going To Rain
- Crying Holy Unto The Lord
- Peace In The Valley
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Traveling Shoes
- Move On Up A Little Higher °°
- When I Law My Burden Down
- I Want To Be At The Meeting
- Louis Armstrong
- Don't You Want To Ride This Train?
- Lord Will Make A Way
- Don't Let The Devil Ride
- Path By The Sea
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well °°
- Where Is The Gambling Man? °°
- Vacation In Heaven °°

°° CD bonus tracks

rec. July 8, 1987 at Studio 105 of Radio France; Flora Molton, voc, slide g; Eleanor Ellis, g

front cover photo by Roger Picard

notes by Alain Weber

Ocora 558 684 (Fr 1988)

notes by Alain Weber and Kirsten Johnson

Ocora C 580053 (Fr 1993) "Etats-Unis Gospel Flora Molton, Eleanor Ellis"


= Ocora OCR 583053 (Harmonia Mundi) (Fr 2014)

91999Living Country Blues: An Anthology

disc 1:   Mississippi Moan
- Catfish Blues (James Thomas)
- Bye Bye Blues (Arzo Youngblood)
- Gonna Cut You Loose (Eddie Cusic)
- You Gonna Take Sick And Die (Boyd Rivers)
- Maggie Campbell Blues (Bill Webb)
- Sittin' on Top Of The World (Sam Chatmon)
- Move Daniel (Cora Fluker)
- My Babe (Othar Turner)
- Boogie Chillen (Lonnie Pitchford)
- Bull Cow Blues (James Thomas)
- Stop And Listen Blues (Sam Chatmon)
- Swing, Swing (Arzo Youngblood)
- Jazz Boogie Woogie (Stonewall Mays)
- Jesus On The Mainline (Boyd Rivers)
- Shake Your Money Maker (Lonnie Pitchford)
- Rock Me Mama (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones)
- Big Road Blues (Bill Webb)
- My Daddy Was A Jockey (Sam Chatmon)
- That's The Boogie (Napoleon Strickland)
- Vicksburg Blues (Sam Chatmon)
- Mississippi Moan (Walter Brown)
- When I Lay Down My Burden (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)


disc 2:   Lonesome Road Blues (East Coast)
- Lonesome Road Blues (Guitar Frank)
- Baby Please Give Me A Break (Archie Edwards)
- Road Is Rough And Rocky (Archie Edwards)
- Come On In My Kitchen (Guitar Slim)

- Bye And Bye, I'm Going To See The King (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Chimney Hill Breakdown (Guitar Frank)
- Railroad Bill (Guitar Frank)
- Chicken Can't Roost Too High For Me (John Cephas)
- Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad (John Cephas, / Phil Wiggins)
- Do Lord Remember Me (Archie Edwards)
- Jelly Roll Baker (Guitar Frank)
- I'm Feelin' Lonesome (Guitar Slim)
- My Old Schoolmates (Archie Edwards)
- Lonesome Home Blues (Guitar Slim)
- T For Texas (Archie Edwards)
- Diggin' My Potatoes (Guitar Frank)


disc 3:   You Got To Move (Tennessee, Arkansas & More)
- Vacation In Heaven (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)
- I Laid And I Wondered (James Thomas / Cleveland Jones)

- I Can't Stand It (Flora Molton & The Truth Band)
- Mr. Freddie Blues (Memphis Piano Red)
- Corine, Corrina (Hammie Nixon)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Lottie Murrell)
- She's Tailor Made (Charlie Sangster)
- Hounds (Sam Shields)
- You Got To Move (Boyd Rivers)
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle (CeDell Davis)
- Viola Lee Blues (Hammie NIxon)
- Joe's Prison Camp Holler (Joe Savage)
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In (Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band)
- Spoonful (Lottie Murrell)
- You Got To Do The Boogie Woogie (CeDell Davis)
- Trouble Late Last Night (Lottie Murrell)
- Dry Bones In The Valley (Cora Fluker)
- I Got a Gal 'Cross The Bottom (Lottie Murrell)
- Soon One Mornin' (Hammie Nixon)
- Levee Camp Holler (Walter Brown)
- Precious Lord (Boyd Rivers)


Evidence ECD 26105-2


with 48-pp. booklet

photos by Axel Küstner

L+R Records discography

102009Fire In My Bones
Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African American Gospel [1944-2007]

disc 1: The Wicked Shall Cease From Troubling
- Peace In The Valley - Rev. Lonnie Farris
- Rock And Roll Sermon - Elder Charles D. Beck
- If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again - Reverend Anderson Johnson
- I'm A Soldier - The Phillips' Specials
- How Long - Sister O.M. Terrell
- Better Get Ready - Elder R. Wilson & Family
- So Glad - Rev. Robert Ballinger
- Wasn't That A Mystery - Madison County Senior Center Singers
- When The Saints Go Marching In - Precious Bryant
- Get Back Satan - Rev. Roger L. Worthy & His Sister Bonnie Woodstock/Rev. Roger L. Worthy/Bonnie Woodstock
- I Got A Telephone In My Bosom - Amazing Farmer Singers Of Chicago
- I Made A Vow To The Lord - Rev. Steward & Family
- You've Got To Move (When The Lord Gets Ready) - Two Gospel Keys
- Down By The Riverside - Snooks Eaglin
- Stand By Me - Sister Mathews
- The Wicked Shall Cease From Troubling - Nathaniel Rivers
- That's Alright (Since My Soul Has Got A Seat Up In The Kingdom) - Laura Rivers
- Why Sorrow Done Passed Me Around - Georgia Fife And Drum Band
- Don't Let Him Ride - Mississippi Nightingales
- He's Coming Back - The Brinson Brothers/Elder & Sister Brinson/The Brinson Brothers
- By His Word - The Holmes Sisters
- Where Could I Go - Lucille Barbee
- Stand By Me - Brother George & His Sanctified Singers
- I'll Never Turn Back - Shelby Bransford Jr.
- You Without Sin Cast The First Stone - Isaiah Owens
- Storm Thru Mississippi - Henry Green
- I'm Pressing On - Brother Willie Blue


disc 2: God's Mighty Hand
- Jesus' Blood - Golden Stars
- Glory Glory Hallelujah - Napoleon Strickland
- John Saw - Grant & Ella
- Since He Touched Me - The Shaw Singers
- God's Mighty Hand - Utah Smith
- What Can I Do Without The Lord - Ray Branch
- Angels - Prof. Johnson & His Gospel Singers
- The Truth In The Gospel - Goldie Haynes & Choir
- Walk With Me - Rayborn Brothers Quintet
- Spirit Of The Lord - The Abraham Brothers
- I've Got Heaven On My Mind - Hickory Bottom Harmoneers
- In God's House - Sisters Of Song
- Does Jesus Care - Marie Knight
- If I Could Not Say A Word - Joe Townsend
- Where The Sun Never Goes Down - Willie J. Williams

- I Heard It Throught The True Vine - Flora Molton
- Father, I Stretch My Arm To Thee - Rev. G.W. Killens & Mt. Calvary Congregation/Mt. Calvary Congregation/Rev. G.w. Killens
- Nobody Knows - Robert Brown & The Sons Of The South/Robert Brown/Sons Of The South
- How Much I Owe - The Radio Four
- My Testimony - Abner Jay
- Prayer / I Love The Lord - Clear Creek Missionary Baptist Church Congregation
- Same Man - The Gospel Writers
- I Know I Got Religion - Hogman Maxey/Andy Mosely
- He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield - Fannie Bell Chapman
- Working On A Building - Rev. Louis Overstreet
- Lord, Hold My Hand - True Loving Five
- Fire Shed In My Bones - Boyd Rivers   @ youtube


disc 3: All God Power Store
- Power Is The Heart Of Man - Brother & Sister W.B. Grate
- Don't Let The Devil Ride - Ike Gordon
- Holy Rock - Reverend Billy H. Grady
- Pray On, My Child - Willamette Gospel Singers
- Jesus Is Sweet To Me - Sensational Skylights
- I Want To Live (So God Can Use Me) - Willie Eason
- I'm Just A Voice - Helen McGiver & The McGiver Singers
- You Ought To Been There - The B.C. Harmonizers
- You Better Get Ready - The Bible Aires Spiritual Singers
- Help Me - Lula Collins
- So Soon - Little Ax & The Golden Echoes
- Introduction/rock Daniels - Bishop Eric McDaniels
- The Very Last Mile - John Boswell & The True Sounding Boswellettes
- What God Can Do - Leon Pinson
- Let The Redeemed Say So - Reverend John Wilkins
- Sweet Home - E.l. Burtis
- A Little Old Fashioned - Elizabeth Phillips
- How Long - Charles White
- At A Time Like This (pt. 1) - Isaac Haney & The Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir/Isaac Haney/Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
- God Rode In The Windstorm - James Earle Hines Goodwill Singers
- Go Devil Go - Ira Mae Littlejohn
- This Train - Elder Samuel Patterson & The Christian Crusaders
- Victory Shall Be Mine - Straight Street Holiness Group
- The Lord Is My Shepherd - Mosby Family Singers
- Some Sweet Day - Bishop Perry Tillis
- Swing Low - Theotis Taylor


prod. by Mike McGonigal

3 CD set
notes by Mike McGonigal

Tompkins Square TSQ2271CD



additional information appreciated !!!

 

 

Other artist's Covers of Flora Molton songs
#year
of release
Artist:
Record Title

- featured Flora Molton song
12007Eleanor Ellis: Comin' A Time

- Take Me Back Baby
- Diving Duck
- Cypress Grove
- 61 Highway
- Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone
- Big Road Blues
- In My Girlish Days
- The Panic Is On

- Sun's Gonna Shine One Day
- Texas Easy Street Blues
- Leavin' Trunk
- Me And My Chauffeur
- Kansas City
- Goin' Away Blues
- Special Rider
- Richmond Blues
- Mississippi Blues
- What's The Matter With The Mill


Patuxent CD 138

http://eleanorellis.com
http://cdbaby.com

Eleanor Ellis at youtube.com

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, pp. 290-291
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Steve Green, Ron Weinstock, Byron Foulger and Mario Hemken for additional info / scans

 

The Flora Molton Group (Tim Lewis, Flora Molton, Larry Wise) at the 1978 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; source: Michael P. Smith: New Orleans Jazz Fest, A Pictoral History.- Gretna 1991, p. 98; photographer: Michael P. Smith
The Flora Molton Group (Tim Lewis, Flora Molton, Larry Wise) at the 1978 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
source: Michael P. Smith: New Orleans Jazz Fest, A Pictoral History.- Gretna 1991, p. 98; photographer: Michael P. Smith

 

Flora Molton; source: Evidence ECD 26105-2 booklet; photographer: Axel Küstner
Flora Molton busking in Washington, DC, early 1980s
source: Evidence ECD 26105-2 booklet; photographer: Axel Küstner

 

Flora Molton busking in front of the old Woodward and Lothrop store [now H&M] at the corner of 11th St NW & F St NW in Washington, DC, early 1980s; photographer: Steve Green
Flora Molton busking in front of the old Woodward and Lothrop store [now H&M] at the corner of 11th St NW & F St NW in Washington, DC, early 1980s; photographer: Steve Green
Flora Molton busking in front of the old Woodward and Lothrop store [now H&M]
at the corner of 11th St NW & F St NW in Washington, DC, early 1980s

photographer: Steve Green

 

Handbill for appearances in the week of April 23-28, 1984 at TIPITINA's in New Orleans --- on Monday, 23th it's 'The Flora Molton Band'; source: Internet; artwork by Barton Faist
Handbill for appearances in the week of April 23-28, 1984 at TIPITINA's in New Orleans
on Monday, 23th it's "The Flora Molton Band"

source: Internet; artwork by Barton Faist

 

Flora Molton on the cover of Blues & Rhythm 245 (Christmas 2009)
Flora Molton
on the cover of Blues & Rhythm 245 (Christmas 2009)

 

"For over four decades the remarkable Flora Molton has served her Nation's Capital as both musician and composer. With her slide guitar and gospel repertoire she has continued a tradition of sidewalk serenading, or busking, if you like, which extends back to the dawn of urban civilization. As a child growing up in rural Louisa County, Virginia, she was exposed to the reels and set dance tunes of her elders as well as the newer blues of Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Sara Martin (her favorite) from phonograph records. Some of the earliest tunes she remembers are a version of "Wasn't it Sad When That Great Ship Went Down," learned on a neighbor's accordion, W.C. Handy's early "Hesitation Blues," and a dimly remembered "Atlanta Blues," learned on a parlor organ.
Molton's father was a Baptist minister who supported his family by farming, an activity which experienced a depression several years before Wall Street crashed in '29. To supplement his income, he began spending his winters mining coal, moving to the company town of New Hall, West Virginia during the winters, where his family eventually joined him. A brother eventually adopted his father's profession, taking young Flora to Berryville, Virginia in the mid -thirties and to Washington in 1937, when he became minister of the Florida Avenue Baptist Church. It was here that a man showed her how to tune her guitar in Vastopol (open D) and her own musicianship took care of the rest.
In the mid-sixties she became an integral part of Washington's emerging folk blues community, joining John Jackson, Archie Edwards, Phil Wiggins, John Cephas and Big Chief Ellis in a successful effort to keep traditional blues and gospel song alive and well. Another member of this establishment was the late Ed Morris who served as musician, impresario, and unflagging supporter for Ms. Molton and her friends. In recent years Eleanor Ellis has served as both companion and accompanist to Flora Molton, and her presence is an important part of this record. Ms. Molton says, "After Ed passed I didn't think I could find anybody else to play the music like he did, but God works in very mysterious ways. I met Eleanor and she could play that music. I believe it was Ed's wishes for us to play together. It has been much joy to me, and it keeps Ed's spirit alive.
This album represents the several sides of Ms. Molton's musical life - her street ministry, her work with church groups, and her concert and festival performances, which include the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, the Library of Congress, numerous clubs, and a fondly remembered private concert for the Rolling Stones. The songs are her own compositions, or traditional gospel songs enhanced by new Molton arrangements. If you've never met this warm, engaging lady, this record will serve as introduction. If you have, then it will be a welcome souvenir. Either way, it's top drawer old-time black gospel music, as only Flora Molton knows how to perform it."


--- Dick Spottswood: Notes to Patuxent CD-257

 

 

 

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