| a_s1576_t92-066 | Fiddler James Kelly performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Performances
Irish Americans
Arts, Irish
Fiddle music
Fiddles
Music performance
Fiddling
String instruments
Songs, Irish
Fiddlers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1640_24_tape23 | Fiddler Trenda Slaughter performing old-time fiddle tunes | Sound | Fieldwork
Fiddles
Performing arts
Music performance
String instruments
Musical instruments
Fiddling
Fiddle music
Old time music
Apprentices
Fiddlers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Fiddler Trenda Slaughter performing old-time fiddle tunes
- Date
- Description
- One audio cassette. Slaughter demonstrates the songs and styles she learned as an apprentice to fiddler Willie Jones. Apprentice Slaughter was funded to learn from Jones bowing, double stops, twin fiddling, and sixteen old-time tunes. For more information on Jones, see S 1644, box 11, folder 27. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape38 | Fred Perry playing his fiddle | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recording
Research methods
Fiddle music
Fiddling
Fiddles
String instruments
Musical instruments
Bluegrass music
Old time music
Musicians
Bluegrass musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Fred Perry playing his fiddle
- Date
- 1985-02-13
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of well-known fiddler Fred Perry playing his repertoire of old fiddle tunes. He is joined by Doug and Frank Trivette. Perry has played in the St. Johns region for over fifty years, including with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley. Also on the tape is Fred's wife Ruby. For images of the performance, see slides S85-1496 - S85-1498 in S 1577, V. 27. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| a_s1664_07_tape65 | Interview with fiddler Clayton Raulerson | Sound | Musicians
Fiddlers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral histories
Life histories
Oral history
Fiddling
Family history
Fiddle music
Fiddles
String instruments
Cattle
Ranch life
Ranching
Instrument manufacture
Musical instruments
Musical instrument maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with fiddler Clayton Raulerson
- Date
- 1993-12-06
- Description
- Two audio cassette. An interview with fiddler Raulerson (recorded in his home) who also built and repaired fiddles. He discusses his family history (going back to ranchers in the 1800s), the importance of fiddles to local social life, how to make a fiddle, repairing the fiddles, and tuning methods. For more information, see file in S 1664, box 5, folder 31.
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape18 | Interview with fiddler George Custer | Sound | Fieldwork
Fiddles
Interviews
Oral narratives
Music
String instruments
Fiddlers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with fiddler George Custer
- Date
- 1986-11-17
- Description
- One audio cassette. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| a_s1576_22_c86-178 | Interview with musical instrument maker Dick Wagner | Sound | Musical instrument maker
Fieldwork
Interviews
Life histories
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Musical instruments
String instruments
Banjoes
Guitar
Guitarists
Fiddles
Bass guitars
Knifesmiths
Woodwork
Toy making
Carpentry
Music
Guitar makers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with musical instrument maker Dick Wagner
- Date
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Wagner discusses his Georgia origins; his education at UNF; learning instrument making from his father as a child; repairing instruments; playing the cello and various other stringed instruments; bass, fiddle, banjo, guitar; knife making; toy making; making guitars, banjoes, violins, and dulcimers; various inlays; Stradivarius and his techniques; patterns; and prices charged. Images of Wagner can be found in S 1577, v. 37. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| a_s1618_04_tape13 | Jack Piccalo interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project | Sound | Music
Banjos
Field recordings
Italian Americans
Interviews
Chordophones
Fiddles
Oral narratives
Fiddle tunes
Music industry
Bands (music)
Old time music
String band music
Bluegrass music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Jack Piccalo interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project
- Date
- 1988-07-29
- Description
- One audio cassette. Piccalo is a self-taught bluegrass fiddler and banjo player. In the interview he discusses his start in West Virginia; his job as a hardware salesman; learning bluegrass banjo playing styles; bluegrass music; old time music vs. bluegrass music; various bands he has played with; the Jacksonville music scene; the hillbilly image of the music; and local musicians.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t92-025 | Kissimmee performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) | Sound | Bands (Music)
Musical groups
Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Performances
Music performance
Guitar music
Guitarists
Storytelling
Singing
Tall tales
Fiddles
Old time music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1640_24_tape19 | Recording of Fiddler Willie Jones and his apprentice Trenda Slaughter | Sound | Fieldwork
Fiddles
Performing arts
Music performance
String instruments
Musical instruments
Fiddling
Fiddle music
Old time music
Apprentices
Fiddlers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of Fiddler Willie Jones and his apprentice Trenda Slaughter
- Date
- 1994-08-05
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Images of Jones teaching Slaughter old-time fiddling. Apprentice Slaughter was funded to learn from Jones bowing, double stops, twin fiddling, and sixteen old-time tunes. For more information on Jones and Slaughter, see S 1644, box 11, folder 27. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| a_s1640_24_tape17 | Recording of Fiddler Willie Jones and his apprentice Trenda Slaughter | Sound | Fieldwork
Fiddles
Performing arts
Music performance
String instruments
Musical instruments
Fiddling
Fiddle music
Old time music
Apprentices
Fiddlers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of Fiddler Willie Jones and his apprentice Trenda Slaughter
- Date
- 1994-01-19
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Images of Jones teaching Slaughter old-time fiddling. Apprentice Slaughter was funded to learn from Jones bowing, double stops, twin fiddling, and sixteen old-time tunes. For more information on Jones and Slaughter, see S 1644, box 11, folder 27. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
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