| a_s1576_t89-041 | African American Gospel Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Musicians
Singers
Pianists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
African Americans
Gospel (Black)
Workshops (Adult education)
Choir singing
Religious music
Religious songs
Gospel music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t88-021b | Bill Dillon performing at the festival at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) | Sound | Singers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Autoharp music
Old time music
Zither
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t88-102 | Bill Dillon playing the autoharp at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Singers
Harpists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Autoharp music
Old time music
Zither
Bluegrass music
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t83-094 | Friday evening performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Musicians
Old time music
Singing
String bands
Stringband music
Bluegrass music
Bagpipe music
Clog dancing
Clogging
Dance music
Country music
Guitar music
Occupational folklore
Whipcracking
Demonstrations
Violin music
Folk singers
Ballads
Singers
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Dancers
Guitarist
Rodeo performers
Whip maker
Bagpipers
Violinists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Friday evening performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
- Date
- 1979-05-25
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Bagpiper Hamilton, from Starke and a Florida Times-Union reporter, played first. The Bucksnort Barndance Band and the cloggers were both from Gainesville. Kloiber, at the time a law student at the University of Virginia, was from West Palm Beach; Gerard, a speech graduate student at the University of Tampa, was from Lake City. They met and began playing traditional folk music while students at Florida State University. Dekle was from Macclenny. McKinney and Alvarez were violinists from Starke. At the time Evelyn lived in Petersburg, New York. Popular on the folk circuit in the 1960s, she performed with late husband Bob (and later daughter Martha)as the popular folk act, the Beers Family. They were sent in 1968 by the U.S. Dept. of State on a tour on India, and once played for the White House in 1969. In 1966, they also began the popular Fox Hollow Festival in upstate New York. In 1972, Bob Beers died in a car crash. His daughter stil
- Collection
| a_s2044_02_tape06 | Master of the Sacred Steel album | Sound | Guitarist
Singers
Audiotape recordings
Steel guitars
Guitar music
Performing arts
Guitarists
Music performance
African Americans
Religious songs
Religious music
Gospel songs
Gospel musicians
Gospel (Black)
Religion
Churches
Christianity
Concerts
Community concerts
Protestants
Church services
Prayer
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Master of the Sacred Steel album
- Date
- 1994-10-13
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. Master version of the Sacred Steel album, which was released in 1995 by the Florida Folklife Program. The album is divided into two sections: side 1 is instrumentals and concerts; side 2 are church services. For more information on musicians, recording locations, and production credits, see accompanying booklet, which can be found in S 2044, box 1, folder 22. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
- Collection
| a_s1576_40_tape05 | Old time fiddle tunes and tall tales | Sound | Fieldwork
Music performance
Tales
Storytelling
Performing arts
Old time music
Fiddle music
Fiddling
Musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1714_reel35 | Rehearsal session of "The First Light" | Sound | Religious music
Gospel music
Gospel musicians
Performing arts
Music rehearsals
String instruments
Guitarists
Singing
Musicians
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Rehearsal session of "The First Light"
- Date
- 1985-02-21
- Description
- Two reel to reel recordings. Sound recording of the rehearsal session for a church program called First Light. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting a great deal of river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s2044_02_tape04 | Sonny Treadway performing sacred steel music with a band at a House of God church | Sound | Guitarist
Singers
Fieldwork
Steel guitars
Guitar music
Performing arts
Guitarists
Music performance
African Americans
Religious songs
Religious music
Gospel songs
Gospel musicians
Gospel (Black)
Musical groups
Churches
Religion
Christianity
Protestants
Bands (Music)
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Sonny Treadway performing sacred steel music with a band at a House of God church
- Date
- 1994-02-20
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. Made during the last day of the annual State Assembly of the Jewell Dominion churches of Florida. These are excerpts from a longer recording. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t80-019 | Sunday morning performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3) | Sound | Singers
Blues singers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Religious music
Blues (Music)
Gospel music
Religious songs
Gospel (Black)
Old time music
Fiddle music
Dulcimer music
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t77-112 | Sunday performances at the 1961 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Creek Indians
Native Americans
Singing
Prayer
Hymns
Whistling
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Religious songs
Religious music
Singers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
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