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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramAlbert "Buck" Thompson playing blues guitar at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida
Image Number
FA4416
Photographer
Bulger, Peggy A.
Date
1985
Date Note
Photographed in May 1985.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1985 Folk Heritage Awards-Tallahassee-Photos, Negatives, Contact Sheets, Box 1, FF5
Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1985 Folk Heritage Awards-Tallahassee-Photos, Negatives, Contact Sheets, Box 1, FF5
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Songs, Blues
Music (History and characteristics)
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Musical traditions
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Belief and custom
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Musical instruments
Guitar
Music--Performance
Guitarists
Instrumentalists
Singing
African American singers
African American musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Manners and customs
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Blues musicians
Music (History and characteristics)
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Musical traditions
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Belief and custom
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Musical instruments
Guitar
Music--Performance
Guitarists
Instrumentalists
Singing
African American singers
African American musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Manners and customs
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Blues musicians
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
Thompson learned tunes from the radio. A lifelong migrant farmer, he played the juke joint circuit in the 1950s.
Albert "Buck" Thompson playing blues guitar at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida
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