08. I'D RATHER BE A **** THAN A PO' WHITE MAN - Instrumental (2:28)

THE EBONY HILLBILLIES - I'D RATHER BE A N**** THAN A PO' WHITE MAN (2:28)
08. I'D RATHER BE A N**** THAN A PO' WHITE MAN (2:28)

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EH MUSIC/ ab walker
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SONGWRITER: Traditional / THE EBONY HILLBILLIES
PUBLISHING: EBONY HILLBILLIES MUSIC INC


CREDITS - I'D RATHER BE A N**** THAN A PO' WHITE MAN

HENRIQUE PRINCE - VIOLIN
NORRIS BENNETT - MOUNTAIN DULCIMER
WILLIAM “SALTY BILL” SALTER - ACOUSTIC BASS
A.R. (ALI RAHMAN) - COWBOY PERCUSSION KIT
NEWMAN TAYLOR BAKER - WASHBOARD PERC
AW - ADDITIONAL PERC
GLORIA THOMAS GASSAWAY, ALLANAH SALTER AND IRIS T. OLDEN - BONES, HANDCLAPS

I first came upon this song in a book of old fiddle tunes. It always struck me that this was the type of tune Black players played for their own, and despite the controversy over the “N,” word, this period piece needs this language to give it a certain type of provenance. We don’t sing anything in this version, and the music is so powerful that we don’t need to. It feels like a creole mixture, a lil zydeco, an old-timey attitude but always Ebony Hillbillies in the end!

THE EBONY HILLBILLIES - I'D RATHER BE A N**** THAN A PO' WHITE MAN (2:28)
08. I'D RATHER BE A N**** THAN A PO' WHITE MAN (2:28)

CONTACT:
EH MUSIC/ ab walker
ehmusicmgmt@gmail.com
(347) 337-3403
www.theEbonyHillbillies.com

SONGWRITER: Traditional / THE EBONY HILLBILLIES
PUBLISHING: EBONY HILLBILLIES MUSIC INC