Joseph Spence

Blues

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Top Songs By Joseph Spence

Listen to Glory, Glory When I Lay My Burden Down by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

Glory, Glory When I Lay My Burden DownJoseph Spence

Listen to Jump In the Line by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

Jump In the LineJoseph Spence

Listen to There Will Be a Happy Meeting In Glory by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

There Will Be a Happy Meeting In GloryJoseph Spence

Listen to Face to Face That I Shall Know Him by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

Face to Face That I Shall Know HimJoseph Spence

Listen to I Bid You Good Night by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

I Bid You Good NightJoseph Spence

Listen to Out on the Rolling Sea (Live) by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

Out on the Rolling Sea (Live)Joseph Spence

Listen to Won't That Be a Happy Time? by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

Won't That Be a Happy Time?Joseph Spence

Listen to The Lord Is My Shepherd by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Lord Is My ShepherdJoseph Spence

Listen to Brownskin gal by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

Brownskin galJoseph Spence

Listen to I'm Going to Live That Life by Joseph Spence, see lyrics, music video & more!

I'm Going to Live That LifeJoseph Spence

More albums from Joseph Spence

Listen to Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing by Joseph Spence

ALBUMEncore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and SingingJoseph Spence

Listen to Joseph Spence: The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958 by Joseph Spence

ALBUMJoseph Spence: The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958Joseph Spence

ALBUMGloryJoseph Spence

Listen to Living On the Hallelujah Side by Joseph Spence

ALBUMLiving On the Hallelujah SideJoseph Spence

Listen to Good Morning Mr. Walker by Joseph Spence

ALBUMGood Morning Mr. WalkerJoseph Spence

Listen to Joseph Spence, Folk Guitar: Bahaman Ballads and Rhyming Spirituals by Joseph Spence, John Roberts & Frederick McQueen

ALBUMJoseph Spence, Folk Guitar: Bahaman Ballads and Rhyming SpiritualsJoseph Spence, John Roberts & Frederick McQueen

Listen to Happy All the Time by Joseph Spence

ALBUMHappy All the TimeJoseph Spence

ALBUMBahaman Folk Guitar: Music of the Bahamas, Vol. 1Joseph Spence

About Joseph Spence

Hometown

Andros, Bahama

Born

August 3, 1910

Genre

Blues

A remarkable man of endless good cheer, guitarist Joseph Spence was discovered in the Bahamas by musicologist Samuel Charters in 1958. Nearly 50 at the time, he began recording in earnest. His unique sound is marked by his percussive calypso/blues/folk guitar style and his unique guttural voice, which sounds like a cross between Captain Beefheart and Blind Willie McTell. His idiosyncratic music has been enormously influential to many blues, gospel, and folk artists.