The Dixie Drifter

Credited on the record as The Dixie Drifter with Black River Junction.

Let the Soul Roll On Pt. I

1971 · Archives AR 1-68 · USA

Let the Soul Roll On Pt. I – The Dixie Drifter (A-side label)

Artist
The Dixie Drifter
Credited on the record as
The Dixie Drifter with Black River Junction
Title
Let the Soul Roll On Pt. I
Release
Let the Soul Roll On
Year
1971
Label
Archives # AR 1-68
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
USA
Songwriter
Enoch Gregory
Genre
Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Annotation

Let the Soul Roll On Pt. I (Dixie Drifter, The) (Part II an instrumental). Born Enoch Hawthorne Gregory (13 December 1936 - April 2000) in Hertford, North Carolina, USA. Song recorded in Brooklyn, New York. Soul - general history, mainly civil rights. Reference to African-Americans fighting in wars.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

White "For the Archives Recording Co." scroll-logo label, record no. AR 1-68 A / B, "A Black River Production", Black River Music BMI; "Let the Soul Roll On" Pt. I (3:30) and Pt. II (2:36), both (E. Gregory); The Dixie Drifter with Black River Junction; arranger Horace Ott. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born Hertford, North Carolina

Themes

Anti-War · Civil War · American Revolution · Lincoln

In collections

Civil Rights Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs