Courtesy of Alabama State Council on the Arts


 Two Gandydancer Work Songs 

In 1988, seven former railroad workers met in Calera, Shelby County, to reminisce and record some of their old "gandydancer" work songs. From left: Abraham Parker, Arthur James, Cornelius Wright, Willie Henderson, John Mealing, Henry Caffey, and John Cole.

Photograph by Maggie Holtzberg


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