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1984-RR-360 cont. LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: Carolyn Ware REEL NUMBER: 7 of 7 STAGE: Aging Narr. DATE: 7/1/84 PRESENTOR: Nick Spitzer GROUP NAME: Clifford Blake / "Calling the Cotton Press" REGION/STYLE: Northern Louisiana [[crossed out]] Work Songs & Stories [[2 column table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | Clifford Blake from Natchitoches Louisiana | singer/storyteller | CONTENTS 1. Explanation of cotton press (N. Spitzer) 2. Story about how he got work (C. Blake) 3. Work song ("Sun Goin' To Shine...") 4. Following the cotton crop 5. "Cornbread Song" 6. "I Ain't Goin' To be a Poor Man..." 7. Bosses: "Boss Treat Me Like a Slave" 8. Riding on the press 9. Nicknames 10. Working the cotton press - stories 11. Superstition - voodoo & spirits 12. Story about bull 13. Brer' Rabbit story