Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard | Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard | Still Image | Singers Creek Indians Billboards Signs (commercial) Signs and signboards Native Americans Country music Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard
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- 1994
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- Two color prints. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home | Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home | Still Image | Singers Creek Indians Hawaiian guitar String instruments Musical instruments Native Americans Offices Awards Country music Hats Steel guitars Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home
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- 1994
- Description
- Nine color prints. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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a_s1603_04_04_tape01 | Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick | Sound | Singers Creek Indians Sound recordings Songs Steel guitars Native Americans Country music Singing Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick
- Date
- 1994
- Description
- One audio cassette. Created for nomination for a Florida Folk Heritage Award. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Florida Folk Heritage Awards ceremony at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival | Florida Folk Heritage Awards ceremony at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Awards Musicians Folklife | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Florida Folk Heritage Awards ceremony at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1994-05-28
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. The Florida Folk Heritage Awards were given to significant Florida Folk artists and advocates. Recipients are chosen by the Florida Folklife Council, and given out by the Secretary of State's office. In 1994, FHA recipients were Walton, McCormick, Hollis, and Gianaros. The other recipient from that year was Seminole advocate and storyteller Betty Mau Jumper is not pictured. Many of the slides are very dark.
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a_s1576_63_c96-052 | Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 5) | Sound | Musicians Basket maker Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Personal experience narratives Life histories Basket making White oak African Americans Steel guitars Music business Guitarists Occupational groups Weaving Basket work Occupational folklore | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 5)
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- 1996-05-24
- Description
- One audio cassette tape. Kerchmar served as emcee. Jennings continues his discussion of split oak basketry with a demonstration of small basket weaving. McCormick, steel guitar player, discusses how he taught himself to play, his homemade steel guitar and talks about being on the road. McCormick's talk continues on C96-53.
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a_s1576_63_c96-053 | Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Narrative Stage) (Tape 6) | Sound | Musicians Storytellers Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Personal experience narratives Life histories Storytelling Seminole Indians Native Americans Steel guitars Music business Guitarists Occupational groups Animal tales Tales Occupational folklore | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_64_c96-102 | Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 11) | Sound | Storytellers Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Arts, Jamaican African Americans Jamaican Americans Oral narratives Steel guitars Country music Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_65_c96-103 | Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 12) | Sound | Storytellers Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Seminole Indians Native Americans Tales Oral narratives Steel guitars Country music Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_43_d94-026 | Saturday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 2) | Sound | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance String bands Stringband music Old time music Dance music Accordion music Steel guitars Guitar music African Americans Arts, Greek Greek Americans Fiddle music Singers Musicians Guitarist Accordionists Bands (Music) Street vendors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Saturday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 2)
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- 1994-05-28
- Description
- One digital audio tape (DAT). Paine served as emcee. The Celestial Railroad consisted of Lo Gordon (banjo), Mary Gordon (guitar), Matt Gardner (bass), and Tim Gardner (fiddle). Steel guitarist McCormick lived in Defuniak Springs. Street vendor-guitarist Walton was from St. Petersburg. Accordionist Gianaros lived in Tarpon Springs. Walton, McCormick and Gianaros were all 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award Winners. Paine played between sets, first on mandolin with guitarist Dave Dowling; then with Dia Browning (fiddle), Schmidt (banjo), and Peter Martin (dulcimer). Fiddler Baldwin played with Dave Massey (guitar), Marrietta Massey (banjo), Dwight Devane (fiddle), David Borland (guitar), and Bill martin (fiddle/banjo). Their performances continued on D94-27.
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a_s1576_43_d94-028 | Saturday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4) | Sound | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance String bands Stringband music Old time music Awards Greek Americans African Americans Rites and ceremonies Speeches, addresses, etc. Blues (Music) Blues singers Guitar music Singers Musicians Guitarist Street vendors Accordionists Bands (Music) Folklorists Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Saturday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)
- Date
- 1994-05-28
- Description
- One digital audio tape (DAT). Williams served as emcee. Blues singer-guitarist Book Binder lived in Polk City. Guitarist Baker lived in Morganton, North Carolina, was National Heritage Fellow and a pioneer of the Piedmont Blues style of playing. Folklorist and FFP director Loomis announced the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Ward winners: street vendor-guitarist Walton, steel guitarist McCormick, Seminole storyteller Jumper, and gospel singer-promoter Hollis. (For photos of the ceremony, see S 1664, box 4, folders 30 & 31.) Based on recommendations from the Florida Folklife Council, the Secretary of State confers Florida Folk Heritage Awards annually. The awards are given to outstanding folk artists and folk culture advocates who have made long-standing contributions to the folk cultural resources of the state. Established in 1985, the program parallels the National Heritage Fellowships.
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