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1985-RR-423 cont. LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: Ilse Akerberg REEL NUMBER: 3 STAGE: Cultural Cons. narrative DATE: 7/5/85 PRESENTOR: Glenn GROUP NAME: Fairfield four REGION/STYLE: Black singing styles - gospel quartet PERFORMER(S) |INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Rev. McCrary Isaac Freeman - bass James Hill - baritone [[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] Willy Richardson - lead Wilson Waters, Jr. - tenor CONTENTS: 1. "Dig a little deeper" 2. Rev. McCrary talks of how they got started. 3. Comparison of barbershop quartet, harmony singing + early gospel (Glen + Waters) 4. "Hallelujah", (I've been going ever since...) 5. Role of fifth voice in quartet - Richardson + Glenn 6. Harmony + jubilee song differences 7. "Swing low, sweet chariot" 8. Hill talks of different styles for same song + work put into it. 9. Differences between jubilee + gospel - Richardson (what is gospel) 10. Freeman defines hard gospel. 11. "Be what you are" 12. Richardson describes what "catching fire" is. 13.