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Georgia Sea Island Singers

vocals (vocal group) · St. Simons Island

Vocal group from St. Simons Island (Georgia), recorded by Alan Lomax in 1959 and 1960 with Bessie Jones, whose repertoire goes back to slavery. In the 1960s-1970s it performed on the folk circuit, at the Poor People's March, and at Jimmy Carter's inauguration.

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