29 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Title of Work is exactly "Sitting On Top of the World"
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Moses Williams playing the diddly bow

Moses Williams playing the diddly bow
Date
1980-03-11
Description
One audio cassette. Side two is blank. The Florida Record Project resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida. This was an exploration of African American musical traditions in Florida. Moses Williams was originally from Mississippi. He moved to Florida in the 1950s. He played the diddly bow, a one-string homemade musical instrument, also called a "yakkedy board." Images from this performance can be found in S 1577, box 17, folder 78 (along with more information on the diddly bow). For more from this field recording session, see S 1576, reels T81-15 and T83-86.
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Moses Williams playing the diddly bow

Moses Williams playing the diddly bow
Secular music from the Drop on Down in Florida album (Sides 1 and 2)

Secular music from the Drop on Down in Florida album (Sides 1 and 2)
Date
1981
Description
One audio cassette. Recording of the first two sides of the FFP-produced album, Drop on Down in Florida, which was a collection of fieldwork recordings of African American music in Florida released in the early 1980s as a two-record LP.
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Secular music from the Drop on Down in Florida album (Sides 1 and 2)

Secular music from the Drop on Down in Florida album (Sides 1 and 2)
Skip Johns & the Travelers and Clarence Scippio performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Skip Johns & the Travelers and Clarence Scippio performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)
Date
1983-05-29
Description
One audio cassette.
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Skip Johns & the Travelers and Clarence Scippio performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Skip Johns & the Travelers and Clarence Scippio performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)
Friday performances at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)
Date
1993-05-28
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT). Futima served as emcee.
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Friday performances at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)
Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 1)

Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 1)
Date
1994-05-27
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT). (Copied onto C94-67 and C94-68.) Bruce served as emcee. Pitt was from Lantana. Loomis was the director of the Florida Folklife Program. Orange Street consisted of Martin Johnson (fiddle), Andrew Kelly (tambour), John Johnson, Mary Kelly. Caracappa played guitar & banjo, and was from Biscayne Park. Silver Lining, based out of New Poet Richey, consisted of Steve Wolfe (bass), Mike Godwin (banjo), Jerry Goodson (guitar), and Rosemary Morris. Ellis, from Ormond beach, and played children songs. Third and fourth graders from South Hamilton Elementary sang as a chorus, and performed hand-clap games. Simple Gifts consisted of Cheryl Belanger on autoharp and Ray Belanger on guitar. They were from Tampa.
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Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 1)

Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 1)
Sunday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 2)

Sunday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 2)
Date
1994-05-29
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT). (Copied onto C94-92/93) Congdon served as the emcee. The Shape Note Singer, led by Pat Morse, were from Gainesville. The Crawford Family (Jim, Gretchen, and Alice) of Jacksonville were filling in for the absent Versiteers (A Jacksonville-based gospel singing group). Skeens and Reigh were from Orlando. Patchwork were a five-member female bluegrass/folk string band from Gainesville, led by Cathy DeWitt. The Care Giver choir were based out of White Springs. Peters Road 7 performed an original operetta written by Long John about an Everglades pioneer.
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Sunday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 2)

Sunday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 2)
Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 1)
Date
1995-05-27
Description
One digital audio tape(DAT). The Versiteers, a Jacksonville-based a capella gospel group, consisted of L.V. Starling, Linda Carter, and Myrtle Butler. Tru-Blu Grass consisted of Bill Hendry (fiddle), Jane Roynl (bass), Eddie Knight (guitar), Jack Piccalo (banjo) and Ken Carey (mandolin).

 

 

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Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 1)
Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 2)

Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 2)
Date
1995-05-28
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT).
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Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 2)

Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 2)
Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 5)

Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 5)
Date
1995-05-27
Description
One audio cassette. New Frontier, based out of Pensacola, featured Will Fink (fiddle/mandolin), Ken Carr (guitar) and Chris Carr (bass). Their performance is completed on III-21.
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Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 5)

Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 5)
Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 12-13)

Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 12-13)
Date
1996-05-26
Description
Two audio cassette tapes. From lake City, the band consisted of: Skip Johns (acoustic guitar and banjo); Buzz Butler (Dobro guitar); Louis Mantini (fiddle); and Mark Willson (bass).
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Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 12-13)

Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 12-13)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_03_c80-006Moses Williams playing the diddly bowSoundMusic performance
Fieldwork
African Americans
Guitar music
Blues (Music)
Blues singers
Diddly bow
String instruments
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Gospel (Black)
Musicians
Singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_05_c81-031Secular music from the Drop on Down in Florida album (Sides 1 and 2)SoundAfrican Americans
Blues (Music)
Blues singers
Singing
Guitar music
Singers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-049Skip Johns & the Travelers and Clarence Scippio performing at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
String bands
Stringband music
Old time music
Country music
Bluegrass music
Religious songs
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Musicians
Bands (Music)
Singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_42_d93-003Friday performances at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
String bands
Old time music
Stringband music
Guitar music
Singers
Musicians
Bands (Music)
Guitarist		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_43_d94-001Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 1)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Choruses
String bands
Stringband music
Old time music
Autoharp music
Patriotic songs
Shanteys
Songs, Irish
Storytellers
Folklorists
Children
Singers
Musicians
Bands (Music)
Students		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_43_d94-015Sunday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 2)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
String bands
Stringband music
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Religious songs
A capella singers
A capella singing
Shape note singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Musical tradition, sacred
Florida history
Singers
Musicians
Shape note singers
Bands (Music)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_44_d95-041Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 1)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
A capella singers
A capella singing
Gospel (Black)
African Americans
Gospel songs
Gospel music
Religious music
Religious songs
Spirituals (Songs)
Latinos
Arts, Cuban
Cuban Americans
Pipe (Musical instrument)
Pipe music
Bluegrass music
Old time music
String bands
Stringband music
Singers
Musicians
Bluegrass musicians
Dancers
Bands (Music)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_45_d95-046Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Sesquicentennial Area Stage) (Tape 2)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Arts, Greek
Bluegrass music
Old time music
String bands
Stringband music
Folk dance
Greek Americans
Arts, Japanese
Japanese Americans
Arts, Asian
Asian Americans
Singers
Musicians
Bands (Music)
Dancers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_47_iii-020Saturday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 5)SoundSingers
Guitarist
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Music performance
Guitar music
Old time music
Stringband music
String bands
Bands (Music)
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_65_c96-130Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 12-13)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
String bands
Stringband music
Old time music
Bluegrass music
Musicians
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg