Top Joseph Spence Albums
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Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing
[2021]
[2021]
Selections from Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing - EP
[2021]
[2021]
Bahaman Folk Guitar: Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 1
[2018]
[2018]
Jump in Line
[2010]
[2010]
Joseph Spence: The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958
[1992]
[1992]
Good Morning Mr. Walker
[1990]
[1990]
Glory
[1990]
[1990]
Living On the Hallelujah Side
[1989]
[1989]
Happy All the Time
[1964]
[1964]
Related Information for Joseph Spence
Joseph Spence (August 3, 1910, Andros, Bahamas - March 18, 1984, Nassau, Bahamas) 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, 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. The earliest recordings of Joseph Spence were made on Spence's porch by folk musicologist Samuel Charters. These were released by Folkways Records.Spence played a steel-string acoustic guitar, and nearly all of his recorded songs employ guitar accompaniment in a Drop D tuning. T... read more
