a_s2044_02_tape16 | Antjuan Edwards interview for the Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project | Sound | Field recordings Steel guitars Guitar music African Americans Religious songs Religious music Gospel songs Oral histories Interviews Religion | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Antjuan Edwards interview for the Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project
- Date
- 1995-07-12
- Description
- One audiocassette recording. Recorded at the Ocala House of God Church #2. At the time, Edwards was a sophomore at Vanguard High School. He discussed playing and learning the sacred steel guitar. There is a significant amount of background noise, but the interview is still audible.
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a_s2044_02_tape03 | Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events | Sound | Guitarist Singers Fieldwork Steel guitars Guitar music Performing arts Guitarists Music performance African Americans Religious songs Religious music Gospel songs Gospel musicians Gospel (Black) Festivals Folk festivals Special events Church attendance Church services Protestants Christianity Churches Religion Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events
- Date
- 1993-11-26
- Description
- One audio cassette recording. (Duplicate can be found on tape 5.) The first half of the tape was recorded at a House of God "Family and Friends Day Celebration" in Daytona Beach on 5 September 1993. The second half was recorded at the Ocala House of God Church #2 on 26 November 1993, and the then at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival on May 24 1994 (for entire festival performance, see D94-20 in S 1576.) On the second half, the vocals are weak. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
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Boat driver Captain Fred Jokler giving a glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs | Boat driver Captain Fred Jokler giving a glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs | Still Image | Boats Springs Ecotourism Tourism Tourists Rivers Flora Workers Workplace Labor Storytellers Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Oral performance Oral communication Glass bottom boats Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat driver Captain Spil giving a glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs | Boat driver Captain Spil giving a glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs | Still Image | Boats Springs Ecotourism Tourism Tourists Rivers Flora Workers Workplace Labor Storytellers Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Oral performance Oral communication Glass bottom boats Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat driver David Faison giving a jungle cruise tour at Silver Springs | Boat driver David Faison giving a jungle cruise tour at Silver Springs | Still Image | Boats Springs Ecotourism Tourism Tourists Rivers Flora Workers Workplace Labor Storytellers Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Oral performance Oral communication African Americans Glass bottom boats Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat driver Joe Klotz giving a jungle cruise tour at Silver Springs | Boat driver Joe Klotz giving a jungle cruise tour at Silver Springs | Still Image | Boats Springs Ecotourism Tourism Tourists Rivers Flora Workers Workplace Labor Storytellers Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Oral performance Oral communication Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat driver Joe Klotz giving a jungle cruise tour at Silver Springs
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of a Jungle Cruise boat tour at Silver Springs, a popular tourist attraction in Central Florida. These images document a typical river boat tour at the park. Date: Fall 1980.
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Boat driver Joe Klotz giving a jungle cruise tour at Silver Springs | Boat driver Joe Klotz giving a jungle cruise tour at Silver Springs | Still Image | Boats Springs Ecotourism Tourism Tourists Rivers Flora Workers Workplace Labor Storytellers Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Oral performance Oral communication Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat driver Joe Klotz giving a jungle cruise tour at Silver Springs
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of a Jungle Cruise boat tour at Silver Springs, a popular tourist attraction in Central Florida. These images document a typical river boat tour at the park. Date: Fall 1980.
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Boat tours at Silver Springs | Boat tours at Silver Springs | Still Image | Tourists Tourism Ecotourism African Americans Springs Boat drivers Boat driving Rivers Waterways Transportation Oral performance Nature Fauna Flora Birds Trees Amusement parks Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Boat driver Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Silver Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Sixty-five color slides. Images are of Silver Springs boat tours and boat drivers. The springs are one of the oldest roadside attractions in Florida. Developed formally in the 1920s, boat tours have been given since the mid-1800s by local residents. Images include the boat drivers: David Faison (821-826, 850-858); Utz (827-847), Klotz (848-849, 859-867); and Jokler (868-875); as well as the boats, springs, park facilities, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1577.
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a_s1576_12_c84-010b | Cowboy musician Jim Bob Tinsley | Sound | Cowboys Life histories Interviews Oral histories Country music Country dancing Clogging Demonstrations Music performance Ranching Libraries Clog dancing Musicians Singers Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
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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a_s1576_11_c83-131 | David Faison glass-bottom boat tour demonstration for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boating Excursion boats Tour guides Oral performance Jokes Occupational folklore Springs (bodies of water) Field recordings Ecotourism Storytelling Interviews | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |