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Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Date: 1984-03-09
Description: Eight color slides. Tinsley singing cowboys songs at the Ocala Public Library, accompanied by his wife Lottie in some images. This was part of a National Endowment for the Arts-funded folklife program across the state, using local talent at various libraries. Recordings of his performance can be found in S 1576, box 12, cassettes C84-10 and C84-11.
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Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Opening performances, including remarks by folklorist and Folklife Program director Loomis and festival director Boltin; jump rope and handclapping games by students, and sea songs by the Deep Water Family (from Jacksonville: Steve, Mike, and Cindy Nash). The Drifting Cowboys performed cowboy songs, and consisted of Bob & Dottie Tinsley, and Jim Robinson.
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Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Reel 4)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Reel 4)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 1)

Date: 1999-05-29
Description: One audio cassette tape. Jim Bob Tinsley and his wife Dottie discuss their personal history and other aspects of his life as a collector, writer and performer of cowboy songs. He gives a description of his books and tells stories about various people such as Bone Mizell, Smily Burnett, Gene Autry, Rex Allen, Frog Millhouse (told by Dottie), the man who wrote "Home, Home on the Range", Snuff Garrett and Coco and The Sons of the Pioneers. He also performs several cowboy songs. Steel guiatrist Roberts joins the Tinsleys on some of the songs.
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Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Date: 1999-05-29
Description: One audio cassette tape. Kayton Roberts, steel guitar player, discusses his personal history and tells stories about his family and guitar, Chubby Wise and Hank Snow, Bob Bullware and Jerry Byrd. He compares steel guitar and pedal steel guitar and gives a demonstration of sounds possible on the steel guitar.
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Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Date: 1984-03-09
Description: Eight color slides. Tinsley singing cowboys songs at the Ocala Public Library, accompanied by his wife Lottie in some images. This was part of a National Endowment for the Arts-funded folklife program across the state, using local talent at various libraries. Images of Tinsley performing can be found in S 1577, v. 26, S85-654 - S85-661.
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Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Florida Folk Festival (4 five-minute Features)

Date: 1962
Description: One reel to reel recording (16 minutes) Four short radio programs that deal with the Florida Folk Festival. It is very similar to the program found on 61-2-15. 1. Joe Tomazin (3:25) 2. Julia Dawson (4:40) 3. Anne Llewellyn (4:08) 4. White Springs Glee Club (4:37) These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Florida Folk Festival (4 five-minute Features)

Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley

Date

1984-03-09

Description

Two audio cassettes. C84-10: Interview with Jim Bob Tinsley and Dottie Tinsley as part of the Library Folklife Program; Jim Bob describes his early life and how he learned to play music and how he got into cowboy music; Woodmen of the World Band; joining the Navy playing in a band in Africa during World War II; tells stories about the songs he performs as well as about Gene Autry and Winston Churchill; Dottie describes clogging steps. C84-11: Continuation of interview and performance in C84-10; he continues discussing cowboy music and the songs he performs; vagabonds; WLS National Barndance; Dr. John R. Brinkley stations in Mexico and Texas; continuation of traditions in singing and writing cowboy songs; his book; Jim Reeves; his albums.

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Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley

Demonstrations of ranching traditions

Date: 1983
Description: One audio cassette Recordings of storyteller Frog Smith and cowboy singer Jim Bob Tinsley demonstrating cowboy/ranching folklore. These were used as demonstration during library folklife programs.
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Demonstrations of ranching traditions

Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

Date: 1984-05-27
Description: One audio cassettes. Side A Blanton Owen introduces Jim Bob Tinsely, Vic Blackstone, Sarah Childs, Stanloe Johns, and Junior Mills who discuss Florida ranching; they discuss settlements; alligators; encroachment on Seminole lands; synopsis of Seminole cattle industry. Side B Sarah Childs discusses the changed role of women in agriculture; the family ranch; Vic Blackstone discusses different breeds of cattle, minerals, and citrus and cattle; Junior Mills discusses a cattle drive; Jim Bob tells "Bone" Mizell story.
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Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

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a_s1576_75_c99-077	Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)	Sound	Storytellers Singers Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Oral narratives Personal experience narratives Storytelling Music performance Singing Cowboys Country music Steel guitars Guitar music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_12_c84-010a	Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library	Sound	Guitarist Guitarists Libraries Cowherding String instruments Occupational folklore Musical traditions, Anglo-Americans Cowboys Singing Musicians Music performance Performing arts Ranching Ranchers Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area	Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area	sound	Ranchers Cowboys Florida Folk Festival Folk festivals Oral narratives Occupational folklore Cattle ranching Seminole Indians Florida Crackers Cowboys -- Florida	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Reel 4)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Florida Folk Festival (4 five-minute Features)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Florida Folk Festival (4 five-minute Features)

Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley

Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley

Demonstrations of ranching traditions

Demonstrations of ranching traditions

Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

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Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Reel 4)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Saturday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 2)

Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Singer Bob Tinsley performing cowboy songs at the Ocala Public Library

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Florida Folk Festival (4 five-minute Features)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Florida Folk Festival (4 five-minute Features)

Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley

Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley

Demonstrations of ranching traditions

Demonstrations of ranching traditions

Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

Florida ranching narrative session at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Area

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