| a_s1576_01_c77-018 | Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos | Sound | Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Music performance
Bouzouki
Musical instruments
Musicians
Performing arts
Dance music
Singers
Storytellers
Guitarist | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_01_c77-019 | Performance by the Key West Junkanoo Band | Sound | African Americans
Calypso music
Music performance
Musical instruments
Musicians
Performing arts
Bands (Music)
Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_01_c77-020 | Interview with Lee Whyms and Ken Rahming of the Key West Junkanoo Band | Sound | African Americans
Calypso music
Interviews
Musical instruments
Life histories
Oral histories
Music performance
Bands (Music)
Musical groups
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Lee Whyms and Ken Rahming of the Key West Junkanoo Band
- Date
- 1977-01-28
- Description
- One audio cassette. Whyms played the saw with a butter knife, and Rahming was a conga drum player. Interviews on side 1, recorded music on side 2. Whyms describes how he learned how to play the saw from Blackshirt, an old man from Key West; when the band was formed; how Marion Stevens discovered the band in an alley in Key West; how he plays the fine tooth crosscut saw. Rahming describes how he played the "coon-hide" drum (which was heated by fire to tune) when he first learned to play the drums at age sixteen; how his father came to Key West for the sponging industry; when he came home at night; how the Nassau-like parades began in Key West; how he visited Nassau and bought Calypso records, influencing his style of Calypso music to reflect Cuban and Bahamian characteristics; how he learned the limbo from Bill Butler; how Calypso is usually only played by men. On side 2 they play examples of Calypso recordings, not included here due to copyright restrictions.
- Collection
| a_s1576_01_c77-021 | Interview with conch shell player Rev. Thurlow Weed | Sound | Shells
Interviews
Oral narratives
Musical instruments
Life histories
Music performance
Oral histories
Musicians
Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with conch shell player Rev. Thurlow Weed
- Date
- 1977-01-30
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview on side 1, music performance on side 2. Thurlow describes how he doesn't use music notes to play the conch shell; how shells are used for communication on boats in Key West, Bahamas, Hawaii; how he holds a BA in music; and how he plays the instrument. He also demonstrates playing the conch shell.
- Collection
| a_s1576_01_c77-022 | Recording of Doug Quattlebaum's "Softee Man Blues" album | Sound | Sound recording
Music business
Composers
Musical instruments
Life histories
Music performance
Musicians
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of Doug Quattlebaum's "Softee Man Blues" album
- Date
- 1977
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of an album released by Prestige Records. Recording made at Keaton's Music Store in Lake City. Because it is a copyrighted recording, copies can not be made. Only for listening purposes.
- Collection
| a_s1576_01_c77-023 | Music performance by Larry and Martha Older | Sound | Dulcimer
Fiddle music
Fiddlers
Musical instruments
Performing arts
Music performance
String instruments
Old time music
Reels
Jigs
Arts, Scottish
Musicians
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_01_c77-024a | Music performance by E. M. McElderry | Sound | Music performance
Singing
Musical instruments
Performing arts
Musicians
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_22_c86-177 | Manuel Fraguela interview | Sound | Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Luthiers
Guitar makers
Chordophones
Musical instruments
Artisans
Woodworkers
Cuban Americans
Hispanic Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Manuel Fraguela interview
- Date
- 1984-07-29
- Description
- One audio cassette. Fraguela was a guitar maker (luthier) from Cuba. By the time of the interview, Fraguela owned a guitar shop and taught classical guitar at Florida Junior College (now Florida Community College of Jacksonville). In the interview, he discusses life in Cuba; moving to the US in 1962; education in Havana (studied architecture); learning the luthier trade by observation; describes his first guitar; types of guitars he made: flaminco, classical guitar, and electric guitars; other woodwork: chess boards, violins, dulcimers, cabinets; history of the guitar; teaching guitar playing; and his philosophy of teaching. NOTE: According the original interview release, Fraguela stressed the interview could only be used for educational/academic purposes. 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_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_s1576_68_c97-076 | Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6) | Sound | Drummers (Musicians)
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
Instrument manufacture
Musical instruments
Percussion instruments
African Americans
Drum music
Drums
Musical instrument maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Saturday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 6)
- Date
- 1997-05-24
- Description
- One audio cassette recordings. Eddie Osborne (Miami, FL), African-American drummaker is interviewed by Laurie Sommers. He discusses his background and the history of African-American instruments from the drums and banjo to rattles. He displays his instruments and talks about the materials used to make them. He also talks about his apprentice.
- Collection
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