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Bluegrass music workshop at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1987-05-24
Description: Three reel to reel recordings. Roller served as emcee.
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Bluegrass music workshop at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Date: 1977-04-30
Description: Two reel to reels. Recording of a free concert at the Stephen Foster Center, and sponsored by the Florida Folklife Program. Anthony and Big Timber opened for the Watsons, and later joined them for the finale. Doc Watson was discovered by folklorist Ralph Rinzler in 1960 while recording old-time musician Clarence Ashley in North Carolina. Blind since early childhood, Watson had been playing the guitar for much of his adult life when Rinzler found him. Eagerly accepted by the folk revival boom of the 1960s, he soon began recording best-selling albums and playing folk festivals. His son, Merle, joined him by the mid-1960s. They played old time, country, and bluegrass songs. Known primarily for his flat picking on the acoustic guitar, by the 1970s, Watson and son were highly sought after performers. When Donald "Chubby" Anthony died in Gainesville in 1980, he was considered one of the best bluegrass fiddlers in the nation. Born in Wellborn, South Carolina, Anthony began his career as a teen playing for the bluegrass group, the Stanley Brothers. He moved with them to Florida in 1958 to Live Oak.
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Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 12)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee. Storyteller Frog Smith was from Fort Myers. The Lovelaces were from Brandon.
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Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 12)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1980-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. From the Monday morning performances, the rest of Gamble's performance is found on T80-78. The rest of Slavin's set (playing the dulcimer)can be found on T80-80.
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Monday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Date: 1973-08-31
Description: One reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee. At the time, Fitchen was billed as Eugenia Sisinni Jones. Betsy Wiggins played the musical bottlephone.
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Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

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

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

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a_s1576_t77-280	Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass	Sound	Concerts Guitarists Music performance Singing Old time music Bluegrass music Country music Guitar music Banjo music Fiddle music Singers Musicians Guitarist Bands (Music) Banjoists Bluegrass musicians Fiddlers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t84-014	Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 12)	Sound	Guitarist Musicians Singers Fiddlers Pianists Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts Singing Guitarists Guitar music Fiddle music Fiddling Piano music Storytelling Oral narratives Oral performance Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-079	Monday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Guitarist Singers Dancers Storytellers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Dulcimer music Dance music Storytelling Bands (Music) Stringband music Bluegrass music Old time music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-235	Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Old time music Fiddle music String bands Stringband music Bluegrass music Puppet drama Oral narratives Storytelling Puppet theater Ropework Tall tales Folk singers Singers Guitarist Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Musicians Puppeteers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-043	Suwannee River Five Band and Classic Country performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Musicians Bands (Music) Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts String bands Stringband music Old time music Country music Bluegrass music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Bluegrass music workshop at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Bluegrass music workshop at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 12)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 12)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

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

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

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Bluegrass music workshop at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Bluegrass music workshop at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 12)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 12)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

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

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