Big Boy Cleveland's Quill Blues from 1927 on Gennett Electrobeam 6108, is a… Read Full Bio ↴Big Boy Cleveland's Quill Blues from 1927 on Gennett Electrobeam 6108, is available on cd on "The Songster Tradition 1927 - 1935" and on "The Secret Museum of Mankind vol. 5" among others.
The Quills is an early American folk panpipe, first noted in the early part of the 19th century among Afro-American slaves in the south. They are aerophones, and fall into the panpipe family. They are assumed to be of African origin, since similar instruments are found in various parts of Africa, and they were first used by 1st and 2nd generation Africans in America.
The "Quills" are a set of cane pipes, numbering from two to at least 8, with each piece of cane stopped at one end by a node, and open at the other. The pipes are often bound together and are played by blowing across the open ends of the tubes.
The Quills would probably be forgotten today if not for the excellent recordings by the entertainer and early bluesman Henry Thomas, made in the late 1920s. Alan Lomax and others have recorded traditional players in the field as well.
History
The Quills are first mentioned in early American plantation slave histories, some dating back to the late 1700s. At that time, the instrument appears to consist of two or more cane pipes, played for recreation and dancing, accompanied by shouts, whoops and songs. They are mentioned fairly often in oral histories but little structural and musical information has survived. Considering how popular they appear to have been, it is surprising that they are almost unheard of today. Quills were also used by free blacks in New Orleans in the 1800s. Two bluesmen recorded songs with the Quills in the 1920, and a rural folk tradition has survived to this day in the American south.
I've heard that the word "Quill" is an colonial era term for a hollow tube of any sort, but have been unable to confirm this.
Surviving African Traditions
A number of villages in Zimbabwe and Mozambique maintained a tradition of pan-pipe playing well into this century, and a few continue to play to this day.
The earliest recordings of these ensembles are from the field recordings of Hugh Tracy, who travelled through southern Africa between 1935 and 1955, making a series of exceptional recordings of traditional music. His recordings are available from the International Library of African Music (ILAM).
The earliest examples that I am aware of are from the field recordings of Hugh Tracy, many of which can be heard on the recording Flutes and Horns. This recording can be previewed and ordered from this web site in South Africa: http://ilam.ru.ac.za/moa/moa030.htm
Some of these recordings bear a striking resemblance to the American recordings of Sid Hemphill.
Another great recording is of the Nyanga panpipes from Mozambique is "Traditional Music of Cancune, Mozambique",
It should be noted that southern African nations never had a substantial slave trade with the United States, and so it is unlikely that the tradition came directly from these tribes in southern Africa. The instrument may have had greater spread in west Africa in previous centuries, but perhaps has died out since then.
Are there any original surviving quills?
Lomax reports that when he revisited some of the locations where he had recorded Quills players, the tradition had pretty much died out. I hope that there are still some players from that tradition, and the skills of making sets of quills has not died out entirely, however I am not aware of any.
I also hope that older instruments still exist. It seems reasonable to think that these instruments survive, perhaps still kept in the family of the players, and perhaps in small museums in the south. If you know of the location of any, please let me know!
I was told by banjo scholar Scott Odell that the collection in the Smithsonian once contained a set of Quills that had been donated in the late 1800s along with a Mountain Dulcimer. Its current whereabouts is unknown, and it may have been lost.
Players
Only a few players have been recorded playing an instrument called the quills prior to the folk revival.
Big Boy Cleveland, Gennet 1927.
Henry Thomas, Vocalion 1927 and 1929.
Sid Hemphill, recorded by Alan Lomax in 1942.
Alec Askew, recorded by Alan Lomax in 1942.
Cleveland's Quills Blues can be heard at this site: Document Records (search for "The Songster Tradition 1927 - 1935".
http://www.sohl.com/Quills/Quills.htm
The Quills is an early American folk panpipe, first noted in the early part of the 19th century among Afro-American slaves in the south. They are aerophones, and fall into the panpipe family. They are assumed to be of African origin, since similar instruments are found in various parts of Africa, and they were first used by 1st and 2nd generation Africans in America.
The "Quills" are a set of cane pipes, numbering from two to at least 8, with each piece of cane stopped at one end by a node, and open at the other. The pipes are often bound together and are played by blowing across the open ends of the tubes.
The Quills would probably be forgotten today if not for the excellent recordings by the entertainer and early bluesman Henry Thomas, made in the late 1920s. Alan Lomax and others have recorded traditional players in the field as well.
History
The Quills are first mentioned in early American plantation slave histories, some dating back to the late 1700s. At that time, the instrument appears to consist of two or more cane pipes, played for recreation and dancing, accompanied by shouts, whoops and songs. They are mentioned fairly often in oral histories but little structural and musical information has survived. Considering how popular they appear to have been, it is surprising that they are almost unheard of today. Quills were also used by free blacks in New Orleans in the 1800s. Two bluesmen recorded songs with the Quills in the 1920, and a rural folk tradition has survived to this day in the American south.
I've heard that the word "Quill" is an colonial era term for a hollow tube of any sort, but have been unable to confirm this.
Surviving African Traditions
A number of villages in Zimbabwe and Mozambique maintained a tradition of pan-pipe playing well into this century, and a few continue to play to this day.
The earliest recordings of these ensembles are from the field recordings of Hugh Tracy, who travelled through southern Africa between 1935 and 1955, making a series of exceptional recordings of traditional music. His recordings are available from the International Library of African Music (ILAM).
The earliest examples that I am aware of are from the field recordings of Hugh Tracy, many of which can be heard on the recording Flutes and Horns. This recording can be previewed and ordered from this web site in South Africa: http://ilam.ru.ac.za/moa/moa030.htm
Some of these recordings bear a striking resemblance to the American recordings of Sid Hemphill.
Another great recording is of the Nyanga panpipes from Mozambique is "Traditional Music of Cancune, Mozambique",
It should be noted that southern African nations never had a substantial slave trade with the United States, and so it is unlikely that the tradition came directly from these tribes in southern Africa. The instrument may have had greater spread in west Africa in previous centuries, but perhaps has died out since then.
Are there any original surviving quills?
Lomax reports that when he revisited some of the locations where he had recorded Quills players, the tradition had pretty much died out. I hope that there are still some players from that tradition, and the skills of making sets of quills has not died out entirely, however I am not aware of any.
I also hope that older instruments still exist. It seems reasonable to think that these instruments survive, perhaps still kept in the family of the players, and perhaps in small museums in the south. If you know of the location of any, please let me know!
I was told by banjo scholar Scott Odell that the collection in the Smithsonian once contained a set of Quills that had been donated in the late 1800s along with a Mountain Dulcimer. Its current whereabouts is unknown, and it may have been lost.
Players
Only a few players have been recorded playing an instrument called the quills prior to the folk revival.
Big Boy Cleveland, Gennet 1927.
Henry Thomas, Vocalion 1927 and 1929.
Sid Hemphill, recorded by Alan Lomax in 1942.
Alec Askew, recorded by Alan Lomax in 1942.
Cleveland's Quills Blues can be heard at this site: Document Records (search for "The Songster Tradition 1927 - 1935".
http://www.sohl.com/Quills/Quills.htm
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@zach2625
(Matthew 19:24)
Where did it say that rich people “can’t” get into heaven. Job was very rich and was righteous in the eyes of God, making it to heaven, same with King David, and Barnabas. The reason it is “very hard” for rich people to get to heaven is because they become covetous and idolatrous. They let the money become the god in their lives, letting money determine how they live and what they do.
“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;”
1 Timothy 6:17
“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Jesus never said it was impossible, just that it’s EXTREMELY hard for someone with riches to stay humble and faithful enough to God to enter into heaven. But it is possible and the bible gives us at least two examples of people who did just that. Job and King David.
“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:23-26
@zach2625
(Matthew 19:24)
Where did it say that rich people “can’t” get into heaven. Job was very rich and was righteous in the eyes of God, making it to heaven, same with King David, and Barnabas. The reason it is “very hard” for rich people to get to heaven is because they become covetous and idolatrous. They let the money become the god in their lives, letting money determine how they live and what they do.
“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;”
1 Timothy 6:17
“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Jesus never said it was impossible, just that it’s EXTREMELY hard for someone with riches to stay humble and faithful enough to God to enter into heaven. But it is possible and the bible gives us at least two examples of people who did just that. Job and King David.
“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:23-26
@victorbergman9169
yes
@victorbergman9169
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites...shall not inherit the kingdom of God" you know this right, it literally says it in the Bible
@MrBearAtheist
Prove any God said it.
@victorbergman9169
@@MrBearAtheist apostle Paul said it and he was in the power of the Holy Ghost apart of the trunity
@MrBearAtheist
That cannot and has never been proven. I can't simply believe something I find unconvincing and unproven.
@victorbergman9169
@@MrBearAtheist prove evolution
@MrBearAtheist
Evolution is a fact. There's plenty of qualified people who can prove evolution to you.
@zach2625
(05:16)
“And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Matthew 4:6-7
You don’t get to choose when God’s power works in you. That would make you the God. That’s what those blind congregations are doing by provoking God to “put on a show” for them.
@johnjordan3314
You hit all the major scumbags don't you Mr. Bear. And God loves you for it.