Still... Keepin' It Real: The Last Man Standing: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The Dixie Hummingbirds “Still… Keepin’ It Real” compact disc has three tracks: “Personal Jesus”, “Christian’s Automobile”, and “He Watches Out For Me”. A man, likely Ira Tucker Sr., appears on the left side of the CD. The right side of the CD lists the tracks, record label, production company, and indicates that this CD is a promotional single. The case is a plastic CD case with a 4 7/8” x 4 7/8” paper insert with a photo of a man (likely Ira Tucker) on the cover with his hands raised and standing in front of a painting of six other men’s faces and a guitar. The verso of the CD case lists the track listing and has a photograph of The Dixie Hummingbirds wearing tuxedos.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2006
• Published by: MCG Records, American, founded 1996
• Recorded by: Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928
• Recorded by: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
• Recorded by: William Bright, American
• Recorded by: Lyndon Baines Jones, American
• Recorded by: Torrey Nettles, American
• Type: compact disks
• Medium: plastic, aluminum, polycarbonate;
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: Diameter (compact disc): 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
• Dimensions: plastic case: 4 7/8 x 5 5/8 x 7/16 in. (12.4 x 14.3 x 1.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Object number: 2013.13.14ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 2006 MCG Records & Nip N Tuck Productions Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.