Florida Memory is administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, Bureau of Archives and Records Management. The digitized records on Florida Memory come from the collections of the State Archives of Florida and the special collections of the State Library of Florida.
Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 20)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Singing
Bluegrass music
Old time music
Banjo music
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Banjoists
Bluegrass musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. Red played guitar, and Murphy the mandolin and the banjo. Their performance began on T87-58. Red and Murphy began as Red and Murphy and Co., who performed in the Southeast between 1975 and 1987. The bluegrass group consists of Red Henry on guitar and mandolin, and his wife Murphy Henry on banjo (and the group's songwriter), as well as two of Murphy's sisters -- Argen Hicks and Nancy Hicks. All members sang harmony. Based out of Hawthorne, Florida, Red was from North Florida, while the sisters were all Georgia natives. The group performed at the 1978 and 1987 Florida Folk Festival. After that, they performed as a duo. By the late 1990s, Murphy was a renowned banjo instructor, and Red toured with their son Chris.