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Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 15)

Date: 1983-05-27
Description: One reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee.
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Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 15)

Martin Crutchfield performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1987-05-23
Description: One reel to reel recordings. Devine served as emcee. Crutchfield was known as the Arkansas Troubador.
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Martin Crutchfield performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Recordings of the 1983 4th of July Celebrations

Date: 1983-07-04
Description: Ten reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee for the festivities, as well as telling stories throughout.
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Recordings of the 1983 4th of July Celebrations

Saturday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 9)

Date: 1985-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. The Silcox family were from Middleburg.
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Saturday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 9)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Date: 1981-05-24
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The start of Rose's performance can be found on T81-53. He was from Gainesville. Moore was from Jacksonville, and the Frogmore Mountain Boys were from Beaufort, S.C. The Hyde Park Hysterical Society String Band were from Tampa. McKinney played fiddle, and Douglas the piano.
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Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 14)

Date: 1985-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. The band consisted of Dennis Devine (guitar), Ernie Williams (banjo), Angie Hines (bass), Rachelle Yaeger (vocals), and Darlyn Caudel (vocals).
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Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 14)

Tom Walton performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1988-05-29
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
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Tom Walton performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

W.B. McKinley performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1991-05-26
Description: Three reel to reel recordings. Devine served as the emcee. McKinley played fiddle, with Sellers on fiddle, and Canova on piano.
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W.B. McKinley performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Date: 1993-11-26
Description: One audio cassette recording. (Duplicate can be found on tape 5.) The first half of the tape was recorded at a House of God "Family and Friends Day Celebration" in Daytona Beach on 5 September 1993. The second half was recorded at the Ocala House of God Church #2 on 26 November 1993, and the then at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival on May 24 1994 (for entire festival performance, see D94-20 in S 1576.) On the second half, the vocals are weak. 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.
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Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Classic Country and the Suwannee River Five performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1984-05-29
Description: One audio cassette.
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Classic Country and the Suwannee River Five performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

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a_s1576_t83-168	Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 15)	Sound	Singers Guitarist Musicians Fiddlers Pianists Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Guitar music African Americans Old time music Fiddle music Fiddling Piano music Gospel music Bluegrass music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t87-107	Martin Crutchfield performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Singers Guitarist Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Singing Guitar music Country music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-217	Recordings of the 1983 4th of July Celebrations	Sound	Musicians Bands (Music) Singers Storytellers Festivals Fourth of July Holidays and festivals Special events Music performance Singing Autoharp music Choir singing Stringband music Guitar music Folk singers Choirs (music) Oral narratives Old time music Gospel (Black) Religious music Storytelling	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-122	Saturday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 9)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Singing Religious songs Performing arts Religious music Gospel songs Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-054	Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)	Sound	Singers Musicians Bands (Music) Pianists Fiddlers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing English songs Songs, Irish Religious songs String bands Stringband music Love songs Ballads	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-057	Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 14)	Sound	Bands (Music) Singers Musicians Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance String bands Stringband music Performing arts Banjo music Singing Old time music Religious songs Gospel songs	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t88-039a	Tom Walton performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance African Americans Singing Guitar music Gospel (Black) Gospel music Religious songs Singers Guitarist Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t91-097	W.B. McKinley performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Old time music Guitar music Singing String instruments String bands Stringband music Bands (Music) Musical groups Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2044_02_tape03	Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events	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) Festivals Folk festivals Special events Church attendance Church services Protestants Christianity Churches Religion Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-045	Classic Country and the Suwannee River Five performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts String bands Stringband music Old time music Country music Bluegrass music Musicians Bands (Music) Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 15)

Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 15)

Martin Crutchfield performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Martin Crutchfield performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Recordings of the 1983 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1983 4th of July Celebrations

Saturday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 9)

Saturday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 9)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 14)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 14)

Tom Walton performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Tom Walton performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

W.B. McKinley performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

W.B. McKinley performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Classic Country and the Suwannee River Five performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Classic Country and the Suwannee River Five performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

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Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 15)

Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 15)

Martin Crutchfield performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Martin Crutchfield performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Recordings of the 1983 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1983 4th of July Celebrations

Saturday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 9)

Saturday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 9)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 14)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 14)

Tom Walton performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Tom Walton performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

W.B. McKinley performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

W.B. McKinley performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Classic Country and the Suwannee River Five performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Classic Country and the Suwannee River Five performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)