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Interview with blues singer W.C. Baker

Interview with blues singer W.C. Baker

Date
1985-09-10
Description
Two reel to reel tapes. (Copied onto C86-132/133.) Interview with blues singer and Dixieland jazz musician William C. Baker. Born in Live Oak, Baker was a blues singer known as Big Boy Baker in the 1930s-1950s. He recorded numerous records in Florida and Chicago, and even won Amateur Night at the Apollo in 1948. He moved to Miami in the 1950s. After a car accident in the 1950s, he switched to Dixieland jazz, and formed the Dixie Cooperates. He discusses starting out in music in Live Oak; his musical influences; black life in North Florida; moving to Chicago; life in Pompano Beach; appearing on radio in Fort Lauderdale (WFTL); recording 78rpm albums in Miami; various Florida night clubs; forming his band; his car accident; and Dixieland jazz. For a performance by Baker and his band, see S 1576, T86-88 - T86-90. For more information, see the fieldnotes on W.C. Baker in S 1628, Box 1, folder 10. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
PC16188CInterior view showing lounge room at the Sorrento Hotel in Miami Beach.Viewbooks
Cocktail lounges
Interior views
Real photo postcards
Decoration and ornament
Hospitality industry--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Hotels--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Interior decoration
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PHF322Interior view showing the master bedroom at the home of Colonel G.A. Green on Sunset Island #2 - Miami Beach, Florida.Interior views
Houses--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Dwellings--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Decoration and ornament
Interior decoration
House furnishings
Bedrooms
Bedroom furniture
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c028586aInternational teachers at the beach - Miami Beach, Florida .Buildings
Teachers
Landforms--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Seashore--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Beaches--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
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c028586bInternational teachers at the beach - Miami Beach, Florida .Teachers
Landforms--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Seashore--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Beaches--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
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PHF646Intersection of Flagler St. and Douglas Rd. in Miami.Roads--Florida--Dade County--Miami--Interchanges and intersections
Streets--Florida--Dade County--Miami
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a_s1576_t86-091Interview with blues singer W.C. BakerSoundBlues singers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Jazz songs
Blues (Music)
African Americans
Old time music
Dixieland music
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Life histories
Oral histories
Bands (Music)
Musical groups
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MS25572Irving and Ann Frankel in front of the Hotel Normandie in Miami Beach, Florida.Hotels--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Jews--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach
Art deco (Architecture)
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SC00128Irving Cypen at the Capital City Country Club during an annual dinner meeting of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society in Tallahassee, Florida.Lawyers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
History--Societies, etc
Men--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Meetings--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Dinners and dining
Ex-judges--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Country clubs--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
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MS25571Irving Frankel, campaign chairman for the hotel division of the Greather Miami Jewish FederationJews--Florida/fpc/mosaic/ms25571.gif
FA2235Isaac Duenas (L) and apprentice Ramon Zepeda putting finishing touches on a gigante to be used in festival - North Miami Beach, Florida.Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Ethnicity, Cuban
Teaching of folklore
Craft
Handicraft
Ethnic arts
Arts, Cuban
Giant processional figures
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--North Miami Beach
Mentoring in the arts
Apprentices
Cuban American men--Florida--Dade County--North Miami Beach
Cuban Americans
Artisans--Florida--Dade County--North Miami Beach
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