| a_s1576_t77-277 | 1977 Portable Folk Festival | Sound | Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Concerts
Music performance
Blues (Music)
Blues singers
Guitar music
Dulcimer music
Hammer dulcimer
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Bands (Music) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
1977 Portable Folk Festival
- Date
- 1977-04-16
- Description
- Three reel to reels. Johnny Shines was a blues singer-guitarist who once traveled with famed blues singer Robert Johnson. He was re-discovered in the 1960s during the folk revival boom, and played festivals throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His sound was very similar to Robert Johnson's, and here he played several Johnson songs. Bluegrass and Kentucky mountain music singer Phyllis Boyens (who later appeared in the film Cola Miner's Daughter as Loretta Lynn's mother) and Nimrod Workman (who also had a bit part in the same film) released the album Passing Through the Garden in 1976, and they were promoting that album at this performance. Workman was a former coal miner and union organizer in Kentucky. Bessie Jones, born in inland Georgia, promoted Georgia Sea Island songs, and later in the 1960s formed the Georgia Sea Island Singers. She died in Brunswick Georgia in 1984. The Red Clay Ramblers was a part of the "New-Grass" movement of the 1970s, forming in 1972. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based group featured Tommy Thompson (1937-2003) (banjo), Jim Watson (guitar/mandolin), Jack Herrick (guitar), Mike Craver (piano), and Bill Hicks (fiddle). Conway was a scholar at Appalachian State University and filmmaker of Appalachian culture, and an associate of the Red Clay Ramblers. She introduced Shines and the Red Clay Ramblers at the concert.
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| a_s2043_00060 | 9th Anniversary celebration of the Stephen Foster Museum | Sound | Anniversaries
Museums
Performing arts
Music performance
Concerts
Singing
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
9th Anniversary celebration of the Stephen Foster Museum
- Date
- 1959-10-04
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. In 1935, the Florida Legislature designated "Old Folks at Home" (often referred to as "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River") as Florida's state song. Over the next two decades, several Floridians began to push for a memorial to the song's composer, Stephen Collins Foster, considered by many to be the nation's first commercial songwriter. Finally, after the efforts of the Florida Federation of Music Clubs, the state opened the Stephen Foster Memorial, a 250-acre state-owned park, in White Springs, Florida in 1950, and would eventually comprise a bell tower, a Stephen Foster Museum, landscaped park grounds, and an annual Florida Folk Festival, along with other public programs. That same year, the state created the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission to administer the development and maintenance of the park.
- Collection
| a_s2043_00128 | Ada Miller performing the glass harmonica at the Stephen Foster Memorial | Sound | Concerts
Music performance
Performing arts
Singers
Glass harmonica
Glass harmonica music
Cristal
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s2043_00181 | Ada Miller performing the glass harmonica at the Stephen Foster Memorial | Sound | Concerts
Music performance
Performing arts
Singers
Glass harmonica
Glass harmonica music
Cristal
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s2043_00143 | Ada Miller performing the glass harmonica at the Stephen Foster Memorial | Sound | Concerts
Music performance
Performing arts
Singers
Glass harmonica
Glass harmonica music
Cristal
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s2043_00083 | Angelus Singers performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial | Sound | Concerts
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s2043_00253 | Billy Vaughn performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial | Sound | Audiotape recordings
Saxophone music
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Jazz music
Saxophone music (Jazz)
Concerts
Music performance
Performing arts
Singers
Jazz musicians
Saxophonists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Billy Vaughn performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial
- Date
- 1959
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Concert by jazz saxophonist Vaughn. In 1959, he recorded at LP for Dot Records, Billy Vaughn Plays Stephen Foster (DOT 3260). Born in Glasgow, Kentucky, Vaughn began his career with the Hilltoppers as a vocalist. He then moved to the saxophone, covering instrumentals as an orchestra leader. He was known for his twin saxophone sound.
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| a_s1622_03_tape12 | Bluegrass festival in Alva, Florida | Sound | Bands (Music)
Fieldwork
Bluegrass music
Sound recordings
Interviews
String bands
String instruments
Music performance
Concerts
Country music
Bluegrass musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Bluegrass festival in Alva, Florida
- Date
- 1988-01-16
- Description
- One audio recording. Recorded at David Bull's ranch. Sponsored by the Southwest Florida Bluegrass Association. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant, the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
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| Bluegrass music at the 1991 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert | Bluegrass music at the 1991 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert | Still Image | Singers
Performing arts
Music performance
Concerts
Community concerts
String bands
String instruments
Musical ensembles
Performers
Fiddlers
Fiddles
Guitarists
Guitar
Bluegrass music
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bluegrass music at the 1991 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert
- Date
- 1991-09-22
- Description
- Thirty-four color slides. Thin Ice was from Live Oak; and the Big Bend Ramblers were based in Tallahassee. The Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert series were held between September and February each year from 1991 through 1993 in the amphitheater at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center (Stephen Foster Center). Each concert showcased a different mucial style: gospel, bluegrass, Florida folk, and Irish music among others. The series was arranged and promoted by the Florida Folklife Program.
- Collection
| Bluegrass music at the 1991 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert | Bluegrass music at the 1991 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert | Still Image | Singers
Performing arts
Music performance
Concerts
Community concerts
String bands
String instruments
Musical ensembles
Performers
Fiddlers
Fiddles
Guitarists
Guitar
Bluegrass music
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bluegrass music at the 1991 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert
- Date
- 1991-09-22
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-four black and white images (plus negatives.) Thin Ice was from Live Oak; and the Big Bend Ramblers were based in Tallahassee. The Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert series were held between September and February each year from 1991 through 1993 in the amphitheater at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center (Stephen Foster Center). Each concert showcased a different mucial style: gospel, bluegrass, Florida folk, and Irish music among others. The series was arranged and promoted by the Florida Folklife Program.
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