Mattie Won't Write (Reprise) 03:32
Inspired by a fragment from blues and folk musicologist Alan Lomax’s field recordings collected in The Library of Congress’ “Blues in the Mississippi Night” (1948). The Mary Stokes Band worked a single phrase from an old Mississippi chain gang work chant into an evocative piece of contemporary blues music. On this the 'reprise';, they are joined (as in a live gig) by Irish singer Shobsy O'Brien, who builds the intensity of this song with Mary on dual vocals.