Local Customs: Downriver Revival, by Various Artists

Local Customs: Downriver Revival

by Various Artists

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1.	There's a Light 01:59	buy track
2.	Sinnerman 02:35	buy track
3.	Peace On Earth 01:47	buy track
4.	Walk With me 02:38	buy track
5.	I Shall Not Be Moved 02:55	buy track
6.	Take Care of Us 02:47	buy track
7.	Untitled 02:23	buy track
8.	Footstumpin' (Alternate Take) 02:22	buy track
9.	While You Were Gone 02:04	buy track
10.	Wade In The Water 03:28	buy track
11.	Heaven 03:26	buy track
12.	On The Way 03:15	buy track
13.	How Can I Lose 02:00	buy track
14.	Running Mod 01:58	buy track
15.	Untitled 00:45	buy track
16.	Ridin' High 04:10	buy track
17.	Every Year Carries A Number 02:54	buy track
18.	Please Accept My Prayer 02:10	buy track
19.	What Happens To People 03:35	buy track
20.	People Has It Hard 03:02	buy track
21.	Round n' Round 01:34	buy track
22.	He Never Failed 02:41	buy track
23.	He'll Make A Way 05:39	buy track
24.	The Power of God 05:16	buy track

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Between 1967 and 1981, Detroit's downriver neighbor Ecorse, Michigan, had its very own Moe Asch. Set up in a basement on 18th Avenue, electronics wiz, guitarist, and Ford plant foreman Felton Williams chronicled the musical lives of Ecorse's citizens and issued them on his Solid Rock, Compose, Cass, and Revival labels. Compiled here are 24 of Williams' most fascinating recordings, covering gospel (Shirley Ann Lee, Gospel Supremes, Calvin Cooke, etc), group soul (the Combinations), garage-punk (Young Generation), jazz (Bobby Cook & the Explosions), and funk (The Organics, Burgess Band). Also included in both the CD and double LP is a Region 1 DVD stuffed with more than 200 sound recordings culled from Williams' extensive archive, giving the listener a chance to hear every demo, steel guitar tutorial, and choir practice, plus a 30-minute documentary film featurette on the making of Downriver Revival.

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released March 3, 2009

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Local Customs

Capturing cross-sections of hometown music history, each entry in Numero's Local Customs series delves deeply into an enclosed world created by a single regional studio, and the dedicated entrepreneur who ran tape while the sound of his surrounding area ran wild. ... more

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