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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramAlbert "Buck" Thompson playing blues guitar - Hastings, Florida.
Image Number
FP86119
Photographer
Owen, Blanton, Collector.
Date
1985
Date Note
Photographed in February 1985.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1577, St Johns River Survey, P-86-1; Box 19, FF104
Series 1577, St Johns River Survey, P-86-1; Box 19, FF104
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Musical traditions
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Musical traditions, Secular
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Projects, Instate
Folklife and folklore projects
Songs, Blues
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
Music--Performance
Songs
African Americans--Music
Blues (Music)--1981-1990
Musical instruments
Stringed instruments
African American guitarists
Instrumentalists
Male musicians
Blues musicians
African American musicians--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
African American entertainers--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
African American men--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
Guitar
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Musical traditions, Secular
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Projects, Instate
Folklife and folklore projects
Songs, Blues
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
Music--Performance
Songs
African Americans--Music
Blues (Music)--1981-1990
Musical instruments
Stringed instruments
African American guitarists
Instrumentalists
Male musicians
Blues musicians
African American musicians--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
African American entertainers--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
African American men--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
Guitar
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
He was a lifelong migrant farmer who played some juke joints in the 1950s.
Albert "Buck" Thompson playing blues guitar - Hastings, Florida.
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