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A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1991-05-26
Description: Thirty-eight color slides. A musical tribute to folk singer Will McLean. Singer-songwriter Will McLean was often called the 'Father of Florida Folk.' The Black Hat Troubadour, a nickname given for the hat he usually wore, authored over 3500 songs, and was a national figure on the folk music scene. A fifth generation Floridian, he died in 1990 from cancer. Audio recordings of the tribute can be found in S 1576, reels T91-52 and T91-53. A video of the tribute can be found in S 1615, video FV-58.
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A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Bobby Hicks performing with Don Grooms at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1991-05-25
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Hicks was a singer-songwriter form Tampa. Here, he was playing with Don Grooms and his band (Martin - fiddle; Nettles-guitar; Edwards -- bass). For a video of this performance, see FV-67 in S 1615. And videos FV-68 & FV-70 contain an impromptu acoustic performance they played directly after the concert in front of the stage that was not recorded on reel to reels.
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Bobby Hicks performing with Don Grooms at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Closing performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1985-05
Description: One proof sheet with 22 black and white images (plus negatives); and 20 color prints.
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Closing performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1988-05-29
Description: One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. The group consisted of Grooms (guitar/vocals); Devine (guitar); Jemison (bass); Dinella (guitar); Wangerman (mandolin); Naumann (auotharp); Martin (fiddle) and McLean (harmonica). Reel to reel ends with first two selections from Gamble Rogers' performance.
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Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1988-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. Roller served as emcee.
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Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1989-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Devine served as emcee.
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Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1990-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Williams served as the emcee.
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Don Grooms and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1991-05-24
Description: One reel to reel recording. Hansen served as emcee.
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Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1991-05-25
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Walker served as the emcee. The band consisted of Grooms (guitar/vocals); Sonnie Nettles (guitar); Jack Edwards (bass); and Wayne Martin (fiddle). For a video of the performance, see videos FV-65 & FV-66 in S 1615.
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Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1992-05-24
Description: One reel to reel recording. Landon Walker served as the emcee.
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Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

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A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Bobby Hicks performing with Don Grooms at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Bobby Hicks performing with Don Grooms at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Closing performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Closing performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

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A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Bobby Hicks performing with Don Grooms at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Bobby Hicks performing with Don Grooms at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Closing performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Closing performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Don Grooms and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Don Grooms and Friends performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)