Bluegrass music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert | Bluegrass music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert | Still Image | Musicians Singers Performing arts Bluegrass musicians Music performance Concerts Community concerts Bluegrass music Stringband music Musical ensembles Performers String instruments Old time music Bands (Music) Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bluegrass music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert
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- 1992-09-27
- Description
- two proof sheets with 52 black and whites images (plus negatives). 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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Bluegrass musicians in Barden, Florida | Bluegrass musicians in Barden, Florida | Still Image | Fieldwork String instruments Musical groups Musical instruments Banjoes Banjoists Guitar Guitarists Music performance Gospel musicians Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bluegrass musicians in Barden, Florida
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- 1985-02-23
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Images of a performance of an informal country, gospel, and bluegrass group in a home. Musicians included: Willa Mae Clemmons (guitar), Cecil Griffey (guitar), and Lovelace Glisson (banjo). For a recording, see S 1714, box 4, tape 49. 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.
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Bluegrass Pardners promotional photograph | Bluegrass Pardners promotional photograph | Still Image | Performers Bluegrass music String bands String instruments Musical instruments Music business Publicity Bluegrass musicians Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bluegrass Pardners promotional photograph
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- 1978
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- One color print. The Bluegrass Pardners were: Jim Hansen -- guitar; Joe Beatrice -- mandolin; Preston Merrick -- banjo; John Thompson -- bass. The Pardners played the 1978 Florida Folk Festival.
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Bluegrass performance at the Jacksonville Art Museum | Bluegrass performance at the Jacksonville Art Museum | Still Image | Fieldwork Music performance Museums String bands Performances Performing arts Musicians Bands (Music) Musical groups Bluegrass musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bluegrass performance at the Jacksonville Art Museum
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- 1986-04
- Description
- Twenty-four color slides. Unidentified bluegrass bands playing outdoors at the Jacksonville Art Museum. 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 curricula. 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, 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.
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a_s1708_05_tape09 | Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers | Sound | Musical groups Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Cookery (Sugar) Sugarcane Bluegrass music Music performance Performing arts Bluegrass musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Bluegrass performance by several sugar cane cookers
- Date
- 1987-03-17
- Description
- One audio cassette. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Blues singer Bo Diddley with others at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival | Blues singer Bo Diddley with others at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Guitarist Musical groups Performers Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Music Performing arts African Americans String instruments Guitarists Rock music Musical instruments Arts, Cuban Cuban Americans Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Native Americans Decimas, Cuban American (Spanish) Blues singers Musicians Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blues singer Bo Diddley with others at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1995-05-27
- Description
- Two proof sheets with sixty-seven black and white images, plus negatives. Images of Diddley performing on the amphitheater, along with Remembranzas del Conuco, a Cuban guajiro decima group, and Seminole singer-guitarist James Billie. Diddley was one of earliest and most influential rock and roll performer sin the 1950s, creating a riff-driven sound that can be found in contemporaries such as Buddy Holly and Rolling Stones, as well as the harder rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s. Originally a classical violinist, Diddley turned to blues and rock, eventually signing with Chess records. He was known for his live performers and influence than for his hits. One of his trademarks was a square guitar. Though born in Mississippi, by 1995, he resided in Archer, Florida. At the time, singer-guitarist Billie was president of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Decima musical tradition was a 10-line improvised verse dating back to the 17th Century. Diddley's performance can be found in S 1576, box 44, tapes D95-29 and D95-30.
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Blues singer Mary McClain and Willie James performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival | Blues singer Mary McClain and Willie James performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Musical groups Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Performing arts Performers Music performance African Americans Gospel (Black) Musical instruments Gospel musicians Gospel music Singing Pianists Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Blues singers Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1576_t91-085 | Bobby Hicks performing with Don Grooms at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Musical groups Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Musicians Singing Folk singers Guitar music Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Bobby Hicks performing with Don Grooms at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)
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- 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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a_s1576_t89-138 | Bucksnort Barndance Band performing for the Cross Creek Cloggers at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) | Sound | Dancers Musicians Bands (Music) Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Musical groups Bluegrass music Dance music Old time music Stringband music | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t90-031 | Bullard Brothers performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts Folk singers Singing Musical groups Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |