Joseph Spence: Folk Guitar / John Roberts Frederick McQueen: Bahamian Ballads Rhyming Spirituals LP Vinyl Record Album, Folkways Records - FS 3847, Folk, 1964, ORIGINAL PRESSING! Original rare release, recorded in 1958. Released in 1964. ULTRA MEGA RARE HISTORICAL LP!!! Textured Cover is VG+ (top seam is almost completely split, spine flaking, writting) Includes original booklet of notes and lyrics VG++ (slight discoloration, soiling) Record is VG++ (looks barely played) Labels are very clean Visually Graded Tracklist Side 1 Joseph Spence 1 Bimini Girl 2 The Lord is My Shepherd Side 2 John Roberts 1 Out on the Rolling Sea 2 Cecil Gone in the Time of Storm Frederic McQueen 3 Harcourt Got Drowned 4 Dig My Grave 5 Kneeling Down Beside the Gate 6 Shake My Hand Joseph Spence (August 3, 1910 - March 18, 1984) was a Bahamian guitarist and singer. He is well known for his vocalizations and humming while performing on guitar. Several American musicians, including Taj Mahal, The Grateful Dead, Ry Cooder, Catfish Keith, Woody Mann and Olu Dara, in addition to the British guitarist John Renbourn, were influenced by and have recorded variations of his arrangements of gospel and Bahamian songs. Spence's repertoire encompassed calypso, blues, folk music and sacred songs. Spence played a steel-string acoustic guitar, and nearly all of his recorded songs employ guitar accompaniment in a Drop D tuning. The power of his playing derives from moving bass lines and interior voices and a driving beat that he emphasizes with foot tapping. To this mix he adds blues coloration and calypso rhythms to achieve a unique and easily identifiable sound. He has been called the folk guitarist's Thelonious Monk.