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Size | About 1300 items |
Abstract | Folklorist and performer Joan Fenton earned a Masters degree in folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. She is the owner of several stores in Charlottesville, Va., that feature traditional and contemporary handicrafts. The collection consists of sound recordings and related documentation. Sound recordings include interviews, songs, and tall tales by artists in the southern roots traditions from North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Louisiana. Fenton's folklore thesis fieldwork about Howard Cotten, an African American tall tale teller in North Carolina, is represented by his songs, anecdotes, and tales about fishing and hunting that were recorded between 1976 and 1978. Also included are recordings from the 1978 John Henry Folk Festival where Hazel Dickens, Viola Clark, the Badgett Sisters, Walter Phelps, Ethel Phelps, Sparky Rucker, Pigmeat Jarrett, and Sweet Honey in the Rock performed. Interviews and sound recordings relating to Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, Willie Brooks, Dona Gum, Maggie Hammons, Sherman Hammons, Guy B. Johnson, Everett Lilly, Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, Varise Conner, Phillippe Bruneau, Carl Rutherford, and the Balfa Brothers are included. Also included are interviews with and songs of Charles Williams, a washboard player from White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., and Nat Reese, a guitarist and blues singer from Princeton, W.Va. Fenton is the primary interviewer on these recordings, some of which were made in performers' homes where she accompanied them on guitar, but there are also a few field tapes done by others, including some with the Reverend Gary Davis in Jamaica, N.Y., 1971-1972 and others done by John Cohen in New York in the 1950s. Documentation of field recordings includes transcription notes from interviews conducted by Fenton and notes compiled from the audio material. |
Creator | Fenton, Joan. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Folklife Collection |
Language | English. |
Processed by: Allyn Meredith, April 2004
Encoded by: Allyn Meredith, April 2004
Updated by: Anne Wells, August 2016
Updated in June 2020 to remove racist slurs.
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Joan Fenton earned a Masters degree in folklore in 1981 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fenton's thesis project, Howard Cotten: A Black teller of Tall Tales, centered around the African American tall tale tradition.
In the mid-1970s, Fenton recorded Howard Cotten and other tall tale-tellers and musicians in the North Carolina Piedmont, including Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, and Willie Brooks. Around the same time, she recorded gospel, blues, and country music in West Virginia, as well as biblical readings, a chanted sermon, and congregational testimonies from an African-American church service. Fenton also interviewed better-known artists, such as Sweet Honey in the Rock, Alice Gerrard, and Carl Rutherford, and recorded music and workshop sessions at the John Henry Folk Festival in 1978.
Joan Fenton lives in Charlottesville, Va., and owns 9 retail stores, 7 of which feature traditional and contemporary handicrafts. Fenton, active in the Charlottesville business community, has served as chair of the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review, a member of the Charlottesville Revolving Loan Committee, and chair of the Downtown Business Association. Fenton coordinates "Blues Week" at the Augusta Heritage Workshop in Elkins, W.Va.
Back to TopThe collection of Virginia folklorist Joan Fenton consists of sound recordings and related documentation. Sound recordings include interviews, songs, and tall tales by artists in the southern roots traditions from North Carolina's Piedmont region and other southern states, including South Carolina, West Virginia, and Louisiana. Fenton's folklore thesis fieldwork about Howard Cotten, an African American tall-tale teller in North Carolina, is represented by his songs, anecdotes, and tales about fishing and hunting that were recorded between 1976 and 1978. Also included are recordings from the 1978 John Henry Folk Festival where Hazel Dickens, Viola Clark, the Badgett Sisters, Walter Phelps, Ethel Phelps, Sparky Rucker, Pigmeat Jarrett, and Sweet Honey in the Rock performed. Interviews and sound recordings relating to Jamie Alston, Wilber Atwater, Willie Brooks, Dona Gum, Maggie Hammons, Sherman Hammons, Everett Lilly, Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, Varise Conner, Phillippe Bruneau, Carl Rutherford, and the Balfa Brothers are included. Also included are interviews with and songs of Charles Williams, a washboard player from White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., and Nat Reese, a guitarist and blues singer from Princeton, W.Va. Fenton is the primary interviewer on these recordings, some of which were made in performers' homes where she accompanied them on guitar. However, there is also a set of four field tapes of the Reverend Gary Davis interviewed in his home in Jamaica, N.Y., during the winter of 1971-1972 by Larry Johnson and Lionel Ragosin and three other field tapes that were recorded in New York City in the early 1950s by John Cohen.
Documentation of field recordings includes transcription notes from interviews conducted by Fenton. For every field recording in the collection, documentation notes were compiled by the Southern Folklife Collection's research assistants in the mid-1980s. The audio material was reviewed and described, some in great detail. Documentation also includes notes from the original audiotape labels.
Back to TopSound recordings include interviews, songs, and tall tales by artists in the southern roots traditions from North Carolina's Piedmont region, West Virginia, and Louisiana. Joan Fenton's folklore thesis fieldwork about African American tall tale tellers in North Carolina, including Howard Cotten and others, is represented. Interviews and sound recordings of Pig Meat Jarrett, Hazel Dickens, the Lilly Brothers, Varise Conner, Phillippe Bruneau, and the Balfa Brothers are also included. Field notes were compiled by Southern Folklife Collection graduate assistants and include copies of Fenton's handwritten labels on the tape boxes.
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1164 |
Sun Sparky, Larry Johnson, Ron Wilkerson, and Sabba Ja |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1165 |
Robin Garrett, apple butter, and Della Taylor |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1166 |
Pigmeat Jarrett, Bitsy, and Romona |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1167 |
Hazel Dickens and Phyllis Boyens |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1168 |
Louisiana Red, Johnny Shines, and Hazel Dickens |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1169 |
Badgett Sisters |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1170 |
Ethel Phelps, Walter Phelps, Jesse Graves, and E. E. John, John Henry Folk Festival |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1171 |
Brooks Gore, MBA jam |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1172 |
R. Johnson and Carl Rutherford |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1173 |
Carl Rutherford and Everett Lilly |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20015/1174 |
Everett Lilly |
Folder 1 |
Field notes for 1976 recordings of Willie Brooks and Howard Cotten: FT871-FT880 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/871 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 23 January 19761. "It's Your Time Now, Baby" 2. "Come on Down to My House, Ain't Nobody Home But Me" 3. "Come on Down to My House, Ain't Nobody Home But Me" 4. "Bring It with You When You Come" 5. "Motherless Child" 6. Unidentified 7. "Red River" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/872 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 23 January 19761. "It's Your Time Now, Baby" 2. "Come on Down to My House, Ain't Nobody Home But Me" 3. "Come on Down to My House, Ain't Nobody Home But Me" 4. "Bring It with You When You Come" 5. "Motherless Child" 6. Unidentified 7. "I Hate to See the Rising Sun Go Down" 8. "900 Miles from My Home" 9. Banjo making and his music 10. "Red River" 11. "She's a Little Bit Funny That Way" 12. "I Have a Home" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/873 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 20 June 19761. "Reuben. " 2. "Shine On, Harvest Moon" 3. "Old Joe Clark" 4. "John Henry" 5. "Good Morning Blues" 6. "Crow Jane" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/874 |
Howard Cotten and Willie Brooks, 11 September 19761. "Gospel Song" 2. "Joan, I Love You" 3. "Jordan River" 4. "I Heard My Baby When She Called My Name" 5. "I Hate to See That Rising Sun Go Down" 6. "Cuckoo Bird" 7. "My Girl Got a Loving Little Feeling" 8."Mama, Let Me Lay It on You" 9. Instrumental |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/875 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 1 October 19761. "I Wonder if My Mother Is on That Train" 2. "Got a Lovely Feeling" 3. "Airplane Blues" 4. "I Say Hey" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/876 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 1 October 19761. "Red River" 2. "I Wish I Was a Catfish Swimming in the Sea" 3. "She's Just a Little Bit Funny That Way" 4. Stories |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/877 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 1 October 19761. "I've Got to Find Her" 2. "I'm Going to the River" 3. "I'm Going Across the River" 4. "Kansas City" 5. "Steamboat Bill" 6. Discussion of "Steamboat Bill" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/878 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 25 October 19761. Woman decapitated in a train wreck 2. "Come On Down To My House" 3. "Steamboat Bill" 4. "One Dime" 5. Records, gramophone, and learning songs 6. "Red River" 7. Building his first banjo |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/879 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 25 October 19761. "Worried Blues" 2. "How I Love My Girl" 3. Instrumental he learned from Uncle James 4. "I'm So Glad" 5. "Weary Blues, "two false starts 6. "Lovely Feeling" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/880 |
Willie Brooks, Pittsboro, N.C., 25 October 19761. Howard Cotten and tale telling 2. "Weary Blues" 3. "Going to St. Louis" 4. "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" 5. "What You Gonna Do, Send Your Man to War?" 6. "Hey Baby" |
Folder 2 |
Field notes for 1976 recordings of Varise Conner: FT881-FT885 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/881 |
Varise Conner (guitar) accompanied by Joan Fenton (guitar), Edgar Conner (guitar), and John Henry (fiddle), Lake Arthur, La., 3 March 19761. Waltz 2. Waltz 3. Guitars 4. Music |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/882 |
Varise Conner, Edgar Conner, and John Henry, Lake Arthur, La., 3 March 19761. "Devil's Dream" 2. "Sugarfoot Rag" 3. Cajun waltz 4. Song writing and origins of songs 5. "Maiden's Prayer" 6. "Lake Arthur Stomp" 7. "Goodnight Waltz" 8. Finger accidents 9. "Black Mountain Rag" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/883 |
Varise Conner, Edgar Conner, and John Henry, Lake Arthur, La., 6 March 19761. "Kentucky" 2. "Irish Waltz" 3. [blank] 4. "Married with One and in Love with Another" 5. "Lafayette Two-Step" 6. "Down South" 7. "Wednesday Night Waltz" 8. "Cha Tutu" 9. "Reno Waltz" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/884 |
Varise Conner, Edgar Conner, and John Henry, Lake Arthur, La., 6 March 19761. "Reno Waltz" 2. "Marmanto Stomp" 3. Old man at a dance 4. Learning Texas tunes 5. "Stone's Rag" 6. "Memphis Blues" 7. "Sweet Bunch of Daisies" 8. "Georgiana Moon" 9. "Ranger's Waltz" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/885 |
Varise Conner, Edgar Conner and John Henry, Lake Arthur, La., 6 March 19761. "Pardon Two-Step" 2. "Carolina Waltz" 3. "Kentucky Waltz" |
Folder 3 |
Field notes for 1976 recordings of Phillipe Bruneau: FT886-FT887 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/886 |
Phillippe Bruneau, Savoy Music Center, Eunice, La., 4 March 1976 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/887 |
Phillippe Bruneau, Savoy Music Center, Eunice, La., 4 March 1976 |
Folder 4 |
Field notes for 1976 recordings of Balfa family: FT888-FT889 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/888 |
Dewey Balfa, Will Balfa, Rodney Balfa, Rodney's daughter, and Allie Young, Mardi Gras, Mamou, La., 2 March 19761. "Jolie Blond" 2. Announcements 3. "The Back Door" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/889 |
Allie Young (accordion), D. L. Menard (guitar), Rodney Balfa (guitar), Dewey Balfa, Will Balfa, Dick Richard, and Mark Savoy (fiddle), Jam, 8 March 19761. "Jolie Blond" 2. Announcements 3. "The Back Door" 4. "The Back Door" |
Folder 5-6
Folder 5Folder 6 |
Field notes for recordings of Howard Cotten, 1976-1978: FT890-FT908 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/890 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 6 August 19761. "Step it up and Go" 2. "My Good Girl Quit Me" 3. "Walking Them Floors Over You " 4. Learning to play from artists such as Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Lemon, Jefferson Tubb, and Ernest Tubb 5. Tall tales on possum hunting, the incredible dog who could retrieve anything, the man who rode into town on a lawnmower, the mule who pulled cotton, and the man with the killer buzzards 6. "One Dime" 7. "Rag Mama," instrumental 8. "I'm Coming Home" 9. "Too Tight" 10. "Rag Mama," instrumental 11. Discusses mice and rats 12. "I Wished I Was a Candyman, Sitting in a Candy Stand" 13. "Step It Up and Go" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/891 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 6 August 19761. "The Lovesick Blues" 2. "Step It Up and Go" discussion about Blind Boy Fuller 3. "John Henry," banjo instrumental 4. "Going Away Just to Wear You Off My Mind" 5. "Going Away Just to Wear You Off My Mind" 6. Interview 7. Monkey outsmarting a coon dog |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/892 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 6 August 19761. Hitchhiking 2. Man digging a well and falling in 3. Seeing a train for the first time 4. Friend falling into a new grave 5. "One Dime" 6. "Get Back Nelly" 7. Tall tale about possum hunting and riding home on the possum's back 8. Tall tale about turtle hunting and riding home on the turtle's back 9. Kinsmen named after parts of a wagon 10. Boyhood baseball game 11. "Candy Man" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/893 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 6 August 19761. Ghost story about possum hunting 2. Corn liquor and moonshine 3. Tall tale about possum hunting and riding home on the possum's back 4. Tall tale about two cats getting into a fight on a hunting trip 5. Tall tale about Bobo, a hunting dog, who could retrieve anything 6. Uncle who dug a well 7. Another uncle who dug a well 8. Seeing a train for the first time 9. "Rag Mama" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/894 |
Howard Cotten and Laura Lea, Goldston, N.C., 18 October 1976Laura Lea is a quilter from Chatham County, N.C. 1. Ritual scarification or birthmark found on several relatives' bodies, Lea 2. Maternal grandparents owned a tavern and made liquor for the government, Lea 3. Paternal grandparents were slaves on the Lea-Powell Plantation, Lea 4. Benjamin Lea put himself through college, Lea 5. Black community pooled money to buy a car to transport children to school, Lea 6. Family tree, Lea 7. Mocking a crippled man, Cotten 8. Uncle who played old-time jazz on the banjo, Cotten 9. "My Good Girl Quit Me," Cotten 10. "Step It Up and Go," Cotten 11. Lyrics about a coal man and an iceman, Cotten 12. "One Dime," Cotten 13. "Rag Mama," Cotten |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/895 |
Howard Cotten and Dorothy Jean, Goldston, N.C., 18 October 19761. "Step It Up and Go" 2. "Lovesick Blues " 3. "Careless Love" 4. Tall tales about giant vegetables 5. Tall tale about a rooster who would not stop cackling 6. Tall tale about a possum that was so big they rode on its back 7. Grandfather who named his twelve sons after wagon parts |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/896 |
Howard Cotten and Dorothy Jean, Goldston, N.C., 18 October 19761. Tall tale about a talking dog 2. Tall tale about a contest to win a man's daughter by doing the fastest trick 3. Marriage and infidelity 4. Tall tale about catching a one-eyed, one-eared, eight-legged rabbit 5. Ghost story about possum hunting 6. Driverless horse and buggy 7. Haints 8. Haints 9. Fistfights 10. Parties, music, and dancing 11. Uncle who was killed by a mule 12. "Too Tight," cut short |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/897 |
Howard Cotten and Dorothy Jean, Goldston, N.C., 18 October 1976 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/898 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 31 December 19771. "Worried Blues" 2. "One Dime" 3. "Rag Mama" 4. "Step It Up and Go" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/899 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 8 January 19781. Old man who goes possum hunting in his wheelchair 2. Catfight 3. "Step It Up and Go" 4. Possum hunting and dogs chasing haints 5. Discussion 6. Uncle who fell in a well 7. "Too Tight" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/900 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 8 January 19781. Chased up a tree by a bear 2. Tall tale about hunting dogs herding possum into a truck 3. Tall tale about catching a giant possum and riding home on its back |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/901 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 8 January 19781. Food 2. Tricking a rookie farmer 3. Tricking a man who was casting a fishing line out in a field 4. Tricking a rookie farmer 5. Mean rooster 6. Rooster who wants to live in the house |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/902 |
Howard Cotten and Willie Brooks, Goldston, N.C., 10 September 19771. Coming home drunk, Cotten 2. Food, family, and an old girlfriend, Cotten 3. "Lovesick Blues," Cotten 4. Recounts a Beverly Hillbilly episode about eating a dog, Cotten 5. "I Heard Somebody Calling Me," Brooks 6. "Step It Up and Go," Brooks 7. "Got a Gal Who's Just as Sweet as She Can Be," Brooks 8. "Easy To Get Along With Me," Brooks 9. "Got a Little Gal, She's Crazy About Me" and "Little Bit Funny That Way," Brooks |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/903 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 8 January 19781. Chased up a tree by a bear 2. New story discussion 3. Baby rooster who was raised in the house 4. Hunting dog who treed fifteen possum up the same tree 5. Catching a giant fish on a plow line 6. Helping a farmer find his missing hogs 7. Tricking people who were coming home from church |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/904 |
Howard Cotten and Willie Brooks, Goldston, N.C., 31 December 19771. "Best of Friends Got to Part," Brooks 2. "Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer to the Phone," Brooks 3. "Don't Make My Brown Eyes Turn Blue," Brooks 4. Recites a verse from unidentified song, Cotten 5. "Don't You Hear Me Calling You," Brooks? |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/905 |
Willie Brooks, Goldston, N.C., 31 December 19771. "Cryin' Time" 2. "You Got to Go" 3. "You Can't Hide" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/906 |
Howard Cotten and Willie Brooks, Goldston, N.C., 31 December 19771. "Matchbox Willie" 2."She's a Little Bit Funny That Way" 3. "I Ain't Got Nobody" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/907 |
Howard Cotten, 3 January 19781. Story about being chased up a tree by a bear 2. Mule egg 3. Using grasshoppers as bait to catch bass and tricking a foolish man who is casting a line in a field 4. "Signifying Monkey" toast, "You Gotta Shake It and Go" 5. Boy who tries to wash his uncle's dogs in a washing machine and then throws a coop of chickens into a well to give them a drink 6. Uncle Hub who named his fourteen sons after his wagon parts 7. Town wants to kill the oldest resident in order to get a new graveyard started 8. Rabbit hunting 9. Mean rooster 10. Rooster raised in the house refuses to move outside 11. Instrumental, banjo 12. "Uncle Dave Macon," cut short |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/908 |
Howard Cotten, Goldston, N.C., 10 January 19781. "One Dime" 2. Rabbit hunting and falling into a well |
Folder 7 |
Field notes and transcriptions for a nonextant recording of Howard Cotten, 4 December 1978 |
Folder 8 |
Field notes for 1977 radio show, "Tall Tales aand Blues from Chatham County, N.C.": FT909 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/909 |
UNC Folklore Broadcast #4: "Tall Tales and Blues from Chatham County, N.C."Joan Fenton was the editor and sound engineer. Side A: 1. Tall tale, Cotten 2. Introduction to show, Fenton 3. "Too Tight Blues," Cotten 4. Tall tale, Brooks 5. Tall tale, Cotten 6. "Rag Mama," Cotten 7. Tall tale, Cotten 8. Commentary 9. "I'm Walking the Floor Over You," Cotten 10. "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You," Cotten 11. Unidentified song, Brooks 12. Tall tale, Brooks 13. Tall tale, Cotten 14. "900 Miles Away From Home," Brooks 15. Commentary about Cotten Side B: 1. Unidentified song, Cotten 2. Tall tale, Cotten 3. Tall tale, Cotten 4. "Candy Man," Cotten 5. Tall tales 6. "My Girl's Got A Lovin' Little Feelin'," Brooks 7. Tall tale, Brooks 8. "Steamboat Bill," Brooks 9. Commentary 10. Tall tale, Cotten 11. "Too Tight," Cotten |
Folder 9 |
Field notes for 1978 recording of the John Henry Folk Festival: FT1115-11130 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1115 |
Don Pitts, Badgett Sisters, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Johnny Shines, James Easily, Hazel Dickens, Phyllis Boyens, Everett Lilly and band, and Martin, Bogan & Armstrong, John Henry Folk Festival, 1978Tracks 6 through 11 recorded at the Vocal Styles Workshop. 1. "Religious Talk" and introduction of Viola Clark, Don Pitts 2. "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning," Badgett Sisters 3. "Since I Don't Have You," Sweet Honey In The Rock 4. "I Don't Know," Johnny Shines 5. Unidentified song (fragment), James Easily 6. "Where the Soul Of Man Never Dies," Hazel Dickens and Phyllis Boyens 7. "West Virginia, My Home," Hazel Dickens and Phyllis Boyens 8. "When the Bees Are in the Hive, I'll Come To You," Everett Lilly and Band 9. "If You's A Viper," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong 10. "John Henry," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong 11. "Sweet Heart of Sigma Phi," (fragment), Martin, Bogan & Armstrong |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1116 |
West Virginia Golden Voices, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. "Call On God" 2. "Why Me, Lord" 3. "Thank You, Jesus" 4. "Talkin' About a Man Called Jesus" 5. "Where Will I Be When the First Trumpet Sounds?" 6. "You Don't Have to Ride this Train" 7. "What a Wonderful World this Would Be" 8. "That's My Train Fare Home" 9. "Jesus Will Provide" 10. Commentary, Don Pitts |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1117 |
Viola Clark and Badgett Sisters, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone," Clark 2. "Every Time I Feel the Spirit," Clark 3. "How Great Thou Art," Clark 4. "Thank You Jesus," Clark 5. "There Is a Land Where We Never Grow Old," Clark 6. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," Clark 7. "There Is Someone Who Cares for You," Clark 8. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," Clark 9. "Amazing Grace," Clark 10. "Old Time Religion," Clark 11. Religious discussion Don Pitts 12. "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" and "Soldier Of The Cross," Badgett Sisters 13. "Study War No More," Badgett Sisters 14. "I'll Fly Away," Badgett Sisters 15. "Only a Look at Jesus," Badgett Sisters 16. "Let the Church Roll On," Badgett Sisters 17. "Traveling Shoes," Badgett Sisters |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1118 |
Walter Phelps and Ethel Phelps with Dan Lewis, choir from Riley County, W.Va., and Ed Cabbell, John Henry Folk Festival. 19781. "This Little Light of Mine," Walter Phelps and Ethel Phelps 2. "I Know It Was His Blood," Walter Phelps and Ethel Phelps 3. "He Is Everything to Me," Walter Phelps and Ethel Phelps 4. "Jesus on the Mainline," Walter Phelps and Ethel Phelps 5. "I Want to Be at the Meeting," Walter Phelps and Ethel Phelps 6. "Amen," Walter Phelps and Ethel Phelps 7. "Jesus Our Lord," Choir from Riley County, W.Va. 8. "Inside the Pearly Gates," Choir from Riley County, W.Va. 9. "The River of Jordan," Choir from Riley County, W.Va. 10. "Beautiful Sweet Heaven Shall Be My Home," Choir from Riley County, W.Va. 11. "Glory Will Be When We Shall Meet," Choir from Riley County, W.Va. 12. "Shouting and Singing," Choir from Riley County, W.Va. 13. "Jesus Is My Guiding Light," Choir from Riley County, W.Va. 14. Closing words and prayer, Choir from Riley County, W.Va. 15. "Good Morning Blues," Ed Cabell 16. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" Ed Cabbell 17. "This Little Light of Mine," Ed Cabbell |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1119 |
Joan Fenton, Jim Chambo, Saul Brody, and Sparky Rucker, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. "The Two Sisters," Joan Fenton and Jim Chambo 2. "St. James Infirmary Blues," Jim Chambo 3. "You've Been Talkin'," Jim Chambo 4. "Big Fat Woman," Jim Chambo 5. "The Longest Train," Saul Brody 6. "Christmas Around the Campfire," Saul Brody 7. "Satisfied Mind," Saul Brody 8. "The Great Philadelphia Lawyer," Saul Brody 9. "Lay My Burden Down," Saul Brody 10. "Somebody Touched Me," Saul Brody 11. "Crossroads," Sparky Rucker 12. "Glory to His Name," Sparky Rucker 13. "Come into My Kitchen," Sparky Rucker 14. "San Francisco Bay Blues," Sparky Rucker 15. "Gospel Train," Sparky Rucker and Saul Brody |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1120 |
Sweet Honey in the Rock and Pigmeat Jarrett, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. Instrumental, Pigmeat Jarrett 2. Instrumental, Pigmeat Jarrett 3. "Mr. Freddie," Pigmeat Jarrett 4. Instrumental, Pigmeat Jarrett 5. Instrumental, Pigmeat Jarrett 6. "I Got to Move," Pigmeat Jarrett 7. "Mr. Freddie," Pigmeat Jarrett 8. "Wartime Blues," Pigmeat Jarrett 9. Instrumental, Pigmeat Jarrett 10. "The Sun Will Never Go Down," Sweet Honey in the Rock 11. "Nothing But an Echo of the Past," Sweet Honey in the Rock 12. "Give Your Hands to Struggle," Sweet Honey in the Rock 13. "Since I Don't Have You," Sweet Honey in the Rock |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1121 |
Johnny Shines and Sweet Honey in the Rock, John Henry Folk Festival. 19781. "Chile, Your Waters Run Red," Sweet Honey in the Rock 2. "Oh My Lord, Show Me the Way," Sweet Honey in the Rock 3. "They Are Falling All Around Me," Sweet Honey in the Rock 4. "I'm a Stranger Here," Sweet Honey in the Rock 5. "Sitting On Top of the World," Sweet Honey in the Rock 6. "Believe I'll Run on, See What the End's Gonna Be," Sweet Honey in the Rock 7. "Travelin' Shoes," Sweet Honey in the Rock 8. "Boogie Woogie," Johnny Shines 9. "If You Don't Feel the Spirit, You Better Turn Around," Johnny Shines |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1122 |
Johnny Shines, E. E. Johnson, and Brooks Gore, John Henry Folk Festival. 19781. "Hot Tamale," Johnny Shines 2. "Black Cat Bone," Johnny Shines 3. Instrumental, Johnny Shines 4. "Just a Little Tenderness," Johnny Shines 5. "I Am a Pilgrim," E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 6. "The Gospel Train," E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 7. "Nine-Pound Hammer," E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 8. "Gates to the City," E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 9. "Jesus Won't You Be My Friend" (partial), E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1123 |
James Easily, Nat Reece, Raymond Johnston, E.E. Johnson, and Brooks Gore, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. "It Is No Secret What God Can Do," E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 2. "Muskrat," E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 3. "Careless Love," E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 4. "Try to Make Friends," E.E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 5. Instrumental, E. E. Johnson and Brooks Gore 6. "Every Day of the Week," James Easily and Nat Reece 7. "How Long," James Easily and Nat Reece 8. "Baby, I'd Like to Know," James Easily and Nat Reece 9. "Darling, You Know I Love You," James Easily and Nat Reece 10. Blues song, James Easily and Nat Reece 11. "Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do," James Easily and Nat Reece 12. "The Preacher and the Bear," James Easily and Nat Reece 13. Introduction to Raymond Johnston, Joan Fenton 14. "Dusty's Hornpipe," Raymond Johnston 15. "Fire on the Mountain," Raymond Johnston 16. Old Sledge, Raymond Johnston 17. "Billy in the Low Ground," Raymond Johnston 18. "Back Up and Push," Raymond Johnston 19. Banjo workshop announcement, Joan Fenton |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1124 |
Franklin George, Uncle Homer Walker, Jim Costa, Raymond Johnston, Andy Cohen, and James Easily, John Henry Folk Festival, banjo and piano workshops, 19781. History of the banjo, Franklin George 2. "John Hardy," Ray Johnston 3. Three-finger style, Franklin George, and Jim Costa 4. "Soldier's Joy," Jim Costa 5. "Soldier's Joy," Jim Costa and Franklin George 6. "Cripple Creek," Uncle Homer Walker 7. "Red Rocking Chair," Ray Johnston 8. "Little Brown Jug," Frank George 9. "Cumberland Gap," Jim Costa 10. "Let the Light from the Lighthouse Shine on Me," Uncle Homer Walker 11. "Call Up My Sheep and Feed My Little Lamb," Ray Johnston 12. "Mississippi Sawyer," Franklin George, Ray Johnston, Jim Costa 13. Explanation and demonstration of piano styles, Andy Cohen 14. "Chicago Style Boogie" and "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", Andy Cohen 15. "St. Louis Tickle" 16. "The Joint is Jumpin'" 17. "Trixy Ain't Walkin' No More" 18. "Walkin' The Dog" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1125 |
James Easily, Sue Truman, Gary Hawk, Tim Goodall, Jim Costa, Ray Johnston, Dewey Hambrick, Carl Rutherford, Phyllis Boyens and Hazel Dickens, John Henry Folk Festival, vocal styles and fiddle workshops, 19781. "Movin' On," James Easily 2. "You Are My Sunshine," James Easily 3. "44 Blues," James Easily 4. "John Henry," Sue Truman, Gary Hawk, Tim Goodall, and Gary Hawk 5. "Sail Away Ladies," Sue Truman, Gary Hawk, Tim Goodall, and Gary Hawk 6. "Soldier's Joy," Frank George, Jim Costa, and Ray Johnston 7. "Cricket on the Hearth," Ray Johnston 8. "Fisher's Hornpipe," Frank George 9. "Big Fish," Dewey Hambrick 10. "Jimmy Johnson," Dewey Hambrick 11. "Old Puncheon Floor," Dewey Hambrick 12. "Mississippi Sawyer," Jim Costa 13. "Turkey in the Straw," Frank George, Joe Hannibeck, and Karen McKay 14. "Eighth of January," Frank George, Joe Hannibeck, and Karen McKay 15. "John Henry," Carl Rutherford 16. "You're for Me," Carl Rutherford 17. "Blues Stay Away from Me," Hazel Dickens, Joan Fenton, and Phyllis Boyens |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1126 |
Hazel Dickens, Phyllis Boyens, Carl Rutherford, Monroe County Ramblers, Jerome, and Steve Ballew, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. "West Virginia," Hazel Dickens, Phyllis Boyens 2. "Believe in the Family," Hazel Dickens, Phyllis Boyens, and Carl Rutherford 3. "I'll Fly Away," Hazel Dickens, Phyllis Boyens, and Carl Rutherford 4. "Soldier's Joy," Monroe County Ramblers and Will Keys 5. "Take a Drink on Me," Monroe County Ramblers and Will Keys 6. "Coal Miner's Dream," Monroe County Ramblers and Will Keys 7. "Mississippi River," Monroe County Ramblers and Will Keys 8. "Things Like that Don't Happen these Days," Jerome 9. Bottleneck guitar tune, Jerome 10. "St. James Infirmary," Steve Ballew 11. "Okmogie River Blues," Steve Ballew |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1127 |
Louisiana Red, Johnny Shines, Saul Brody, and Ralph Gordon, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. "Hard Working Blues" 2. Music jam 3. Whistling 4. Blues song 5. "Rock Me, Mama" 6. Introductions, Andy Cohen 7. "Folding Down the Sheets" 8. "Cindy" 9. "Massa's Gone Away" 10. "Sourwood Mountain" 11. "Red-Haired Boy" 12. "Sweet Sixteen" 13. "Walking in the Parlor" 14. "West Fork Girls" 15. "Over the Waterfall" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1128 |
Ralph Gordon, Paul Reisler, Stuart Light, Paul Yeaton, Phyllis Boyens, and Hazel Dickens, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. "Love Crisis" 2. "To Hell with the People, To Hell with the Land" 3. "The Last Old Shovel" 4. "Truck Driving Woman" 5. "The City that Lies Four Square" 6. "Hewed Out of the Mountain" 7. Introductions, Andy Cohen 8. "March Wind" 9. "A Tiny Broken Heart" 10. "Working Girl Blues" 11. "Don't Put Her Down" and "You Put Her There" 12. "Fly Away Little Pretty Bird" 13. "They'll Never Keep Us Down" 14. Introductions, Andy Cohen 15. "When the Bees are in the Hive," Everett Lilly and Band |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1129 |
Everett Lilly and Band, Martin, Bogan & Armstrong, and Ralph Gordon, John Henry Folk Festival. 19781. "The Gypsy Woman," Everett Lilly and Band 2. "Long Journey Home," Everett Lilly and Band 3. "Just Someone," Everett Lilly and Band 4. "Orange Blossom Honey," Everett Lilly and Band 5. "Don't Be Angry," Everett Lilly and Band 6. "Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong," Everett Lilly and Band 7. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," Everett Lilly and Band 8. "No More the Moon Shines on Lorene," Everett Lilly and Band 9. "West Virginia," Everett Lilly and Band 10. "Lady Be Good," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong 11. "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong 12. "Summertime," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong 13. "La Cucaracha," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong 14. "Ice Cream Freezer," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong 15. "Let's Have a Party," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong 16. "If You'se a Viper," Martin, Bogan & Armstrong |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1130 |
Martin, Bogan & Armstrong and Ralph Gordon, John Henry Folk Festival, 19781. "I'm Confessing that I Love You" 2. "Yes, Pappy, Yes" 3. "Alabama Jubilee" 4. "Goodnight, A Thousand Goodnights" 5. "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree" |
Folder 10 |
Field notes for 1973 film session with Henry Johnson: FT1282 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1282 |
Henry Johnson of Union County, S.C., film session by Steve Wolf and Michael Levine, 13 January 19731. Unidentified song 2. Unidentified song 3. "Hey Nora" 4. "Livin' Down on the Farm" 5. "I Just Can't Help But Cry Some" |
Folder 11 |
Field notes for 1973 recordings of James Alston and Wilbur Atwater: FT1298-FT1299 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1298 |
James Alston, Wilbur Atwater, Joan Fenton, and Bruce Bastin, Orange County, N.C., Film session by Steve Wolf and Michael Levine, 11 January 19731. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" 2. "Holy Ghost" 3. "Step It Up and Go" 4. Unidentified song 5. "Old Joe Clark" 6. "John Henry" 7. Unidentified song 8. Unidentified song 9. "Sweet Home" 10. "Little Brown Jug" 11. "Shine On" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1299 |
James Alston, Wilbur Atwater, Joan Fenton, and Bruce Bastin, film session by Steve Wolf and Michael Levine, 11 January 19731. Unidentified song 2. "Rising Sun" 3. "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" 4. Decoration on a guitar 5. Unidentified song |
Folder 12 |
Field notes for recordings, 1952 and 1971-1972, of Rev. Gary Davis, Annie Davis, and Rev. Peoples: FT1339-FT1342 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1339 |
Rev. Gary Davis, Jamaica, N.Y., Winter 1971-1972Interviews conducted by Larry Johnson and Lionel Ragosin were intended for the soundtrack of a film about Davis. Joan Fenton owned a dub. 1. Religion and advice about avoiding "fast women" 2. Writing the song "I Belong to the Band" 3. Davis's travels in England and life on the road 4. Narrative about his life 5. Waking up at a friend's house drunk and naked 6. Incident between a white man and himself 7. Narrative about a hanging in Georgia 8. Repairing shoes and making short cakes |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1340 |
Rev. Gary Davis and Rev. Peoples, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1952. Recorded by John Cohen. 1. "Get Right Church,"Rev. Davis 2. "Oh Lord, Have Pity,"Rev. Davis and Rev. Peoples 3. "Say No to That Devil," Rev. Davis 4. "Railroad Bill," Rev. Peoples 5. "You Got to Move,"Rev. Davis and Rev.Peoples 6. "Kicked Him Out of Heaven,"Rev. Davis and Rev. Peoples 7. "Twelve Gates to the City,"Rev. Davis 8. "I Belong to the Band" (interrupted) 9. "Give Me A Heart to Pray,"Rev. Peoples 10. "Since I Came to Jesus," Rev. Peoples and Rev. Davis |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1341 |
Rev. Gary Davis and Rev. Peoples, 1952Recorded by John Cohen. 1. "He Never Left Me Alone," Rev. Peoples and Rev. Davis 2. "I Got on My Traveling Shoes," Rev. Davis 3. "I Belong to the Band," Rev. Davis |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1342 |
Rev. Gary Davis and Annie Davis, Harlem, N.Y., November 1953Recorded by John Cohen with Herbert Matten, Paramount Hotel in Harlem, N.Y., on Thanksgiving Day, 1953 1. "When You First Said I Love You," Rev.Davis 2. "Down Upon the Sewanee River," Rev. Davis 3. "No Not One," Rev. Davis 4. "We Are the Heavenly Father's Children," Rev. Davis 5. "Thank God for the Victory," Rev. Davis with Sister Annie Davis 6. "Samson and Delilah," Rev. Davis 7. "Shine on Me," Rev. Davis 8. Unidentified instrumental 9. "We Shall Not Be Moved" and "I Hope I Shall Join the Band," Rev. Davis |
Folder 13 |
Field notes for recordings of Dona Gum and Zona Gear, 1976-1977: FT1409-FT1423 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1409 |
Dona Gum, Mill Creek, W.Va., 21 May 19761. "Sourwood Mountain" 2. "Fox Chase" 3. Learning the song, "Fox Chase," and her relation to the Hammons family 4. "Sugar Babe" 5. "Old Tramp" 6. "I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again" 7. "Cripple Creek" 8. "Rabbit Run" 9. Banjo technique and her son 10. "Soldier's Joy" 10. "Sugar Babe" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1410 |
Dona Gum, Mill Creek, W.Va., 21 May 19761. Singing when she was young and quitting to raise a family 2. "Way Up on the Mountain" 3. Where she learned songs 4. "Turkey in the Straw," banjo 5. "Old Woman Quarreling at Her Man," banjo 6. "Old Man Can I Have Your Daughter?" 7. Banjo instrumental 8. Playing banjo at dances 9. "Wildwood Flower" 10. "Shady Grove" 11. Banjo instrumental 12. "Liza Jane" 13. "Liza Jane" 14. Words to songs and where she used to live |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1411 |
Dona Gum, Mill Creek, W.Va., 21 May 19761. "Old Joe Clark" 2. "Sourwood Mountain" 3. "Rabbit Skip" 4. "Rabbit Skip" 5. How she learned songs 6. "Soldier's Joy" 7. Playing and calling for dances 8. "May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?" 9. "Sweetheart Told Me Some Things" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1412 |
Dona Gum, Mill Creek, W.Va., 21 May 19761. "Sweetheart Told Me Some Things" 2. "Wished I Was a Single Girl Again" 3. Going to Zona Gear's house, playing at dances, and marriage 4. "Cluck Old Hen" 5. "Tuning for Sugar Babe" 6. Interview |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1413 |
Dona Gum, Mill Creek, W.Va., 21 May 19761. Daughter and son-in-law gardening 2. Interview 3. "Christ is Coming" 4. "Liza Jane" 5. "Rock O' Liza Jane" 6. "Liza Jane" 7. Good musicians in earlier times 8. "Poor Little Indian" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1414 |
Dona Gum, Mill Creek, W.Va., 21 May 19761. Writing songs 2. "When Bacon Was Scarce" 3. Writing songs 4. "Thirty Pieces of Silver" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1415 |
Dona Gum and Zona Gear, Mill Creek, W.Va., 19771. "I Saw the Light" 2. "Thirty Pieces of Silver," Gum 3. "I Believe the Time is Coming," Gum 4. Singing in earlier years 5. "Poor Little Indian" 6. Discussion 7. "When Bacon was Scarce" 8. Discussion 9. Legend about an Indian raid, Gum 10. Discussion |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1416 |
Dona Gum and Zona Gear, Mill Creek, W.Va., 19771. Discussion 2. "Wish I Was A Single Girl Again" 3. Discussion 4. "Old Tramp" and "Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister" 5. Discussion 6. "Gold Watch and Chain" 7. Discussion 8. "Old Dan Tucker" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1417 |
Dona Gum and Zona Gear, Mill Creek, W.Va., 19771. "Pale Horse," Gum 2."Matthew 24," Gum 3. Discussion |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1418 |
Dona Gum and Zona Gear, Mill Creek, W.Va., 1977.Tape also contains various unidentified jazz performances. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1419 |
Zona Gear, 30 September 19771. Interview 2. "Old Man Can I Have Your Daughter?" 3. Unidentified waltz (fragment) |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1420 |
Dona Gum and Zona Gear, Mill Creek, W.Va., 30 September 19771. "John Hardy,"Gear 2. "John Hardy," Gear 3. "Ellen Smith," Gear 4. Interview 5. Banjo instrumental, Gum 6. "Shady Grove," Gum 7. "Old Joe Clark," Gum 8. "Liza Jane," Gum 9. "Sourwood Mountain," Gum 10. "Rabbit Skip" 11. "Old Woman Quarrelling at Her Man," Gum |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1421 |
Dona Gum and Zona Gear, Mill Creek, W.Va., 30 September 19771.Banjo instrumental 2. "Old Rattler," Gum 3. "Soldier's Joy," Gum 4. "Soldier's Joy," one verse, Gear 5. "Sugar Babe" 6. "Sugar Babe" 7. "Cluck Old Hen," Gum 8. "Tell Me How Long Will I Have to Wait, Can I Get You or Must I Hesitate" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1422 |
Dona Gum and Zona Gear, Mill Creek, W.Va., 30 September 19771. "New River Train" 2. "I Saw the Light" 3. "Matthew 24," Gum 4. "Pale Horse," Gum 5. "Little Brown Jug," Gum 6. "Sweetheart Told Me Something" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1423 |
Dona Gum and Zona Gear, Mill Creek, W.Va., 30 September 1977 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1424 |
Dona Gum, Zona Gear, Sherman Hammons, Currence Hammons, Minnie Hammons, Mimie Hammons, and Fred Holisantz, 21 May 19761. Relations to one another 2. "The Beggerman," solo 3. Songs and people in the community 4. "Bed of Primroses," four voices in unison 5. Unidentified old time song, banjo solo with dancing 6. "Cripple Creek" 7. "New River Train" 8. Talk and Tuning 9. "Going Down the Line" 10. "Old Joe Clark" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1425 |
Dona Gum, Zona Gear, Sherman Hammons, Currence Hammons, Minnie Hammons, Mimie Hammons, and Fred Holisantz, 21 May 19761. "Tell Me How Long I Have to Wait, Can I Get You Now or Must I Hesitate" 2. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," solo vocal 3. "Across the Wild Moor," solo vocal 4. "Sweet William," Mimie Hammons |
Folder 14 |
Field notes for 1978 recordings of Maggie Hammons and Sherman Hammons: FT1426-FT1430 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1426 |
Maggie Hammons and Sherman Hammons, Marlinton, W.Va., 5 August 19781. "Wild Bill Jones," Maggie Hammons 2. "The Danville Rambler," Maggie Hammons 3. "The Texas Ranger," Maggie Hammons 4. "Lady Gay," cut short, continued on next recording (FT1427), Sherman Hammons |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1427 |
Maggie Hammons and Sherman Hammons, Marlinton, W.Va., 5 August 19781. "Lady Gay," continued from previous recroding (FT1426), Sherman Hammons 2. "Rich and Ramblin' Boy," Sherman Hammons 3. "The Wild Boar," Sherman Hammons 4. "Eggs and Marrow Bones," Sherman Hammons |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1428 |
Maggie Hammons and Sherman Hammons, Marlinton, W.Va., 5 August 19781. Stories, Sherman Hammons 2. "Eggs and Marrowbone," Sherman Hammons 3. Sherman Hammons continues his stories |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1429 |
Maggie Hammons and Sherman Hammons, Marlinton, W.Va., 5 August 19781. "It's a Sad Story," Maggie Hammons 2. "Come Ally You Pretty Little Girls," Maggie Hammons 3. "The Roving Irishman," Maggie Hammons 4. "I'm Glad My Wife Is in Europe," Maggie Hammons |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1430 |
Maggie Hammons and Sherman Hammons, Marlinton, W.Va. 5 August 19781. "It's a Sad Story," Maggie Hammons 2. "Come In You Pretty Little Miss," Maggie Hammons 3. "Roving Irishman," Maggie Hammons 4. "The Day That I Got Married," Maggie Hammons 5. "Red Rocking Chair," Sherman Hammons 6. "John Henry," Sherman Hammons |
Folder 15 |
Field notes for 1977 recordings of Maybelle McCoin and Lucille Bowles: FT1431-FT1440 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1431 |
Maybelle McCoin and Lucille Bowles, Rainelle, W.Va., 21 September 19771. "Tree for the Cross" 2. "Where Shall I Be" 3. "Savior Lead Them by the Hand" 4. Carter Family influence |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1432 |
Maybelle McCoin and Lucille Bowles, Rainelle, W.Va., 21 September 19771. "Hello Central" 2. "Sing Unto Him" 3. "Sing Unto Him," second version 4. "Love Like This" 5. Music in families |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1433 |
Maybelle McCoin and Lucille Bowles, Rainelle, W.Va., 21 September 19771. "Jimmy Brown" 2. "The Little Paper Boy" 3. "Old Log Cabin For Sale" 4. "Singing in the Promised Land" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1434 |
Maybelle McCoin and Lucille Bowles, Rainelle, W.Va., 21 September 19771. "Answer with Your Eyes" 2. "In God's Eyes" 3. "Willow Garden" 4. "High on a Hilltop" 5. "Up On a Lonely Mountain" and "I'll Bear the Cross" 6. Interview 7. "Railroad Song" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1435 |
Maybelle McCoin and Lucille Bowles, Rainelle, W.Va., 21 September 19771. Interview 2. "Railroad Song" 3. C&O Railroad, work songs, and coal mines 4. "Wreck of Ol' 97" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1436 |
Maybelle McCoin, Lucille Bowles, and Evelyn Hines, 18 September 19771. "All I Have of You Is Love" 2. "Life Is Like a Mountain Railway" 3. "The False-Hearted Lover" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1437 |
Maybelle McCoin, Lucille Bowles, and Evelyn Hines, 18 September 19771. "Sinner, What Will You Do?" 2. "All of the Friends" 3. "Can't You See My Savior's Face?" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1438 |
Maybelle McCoin, Lucille Bowles, and Evelyn Hines, 18 September 19771. "Will You Sing For Me?" 2. "The Royal Telephone" 3. "Mother's Smile" 4. "Some Dark Holler" 5. "God Only Knows" 6. Conversation |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1439 |
Maybelle McCoin, Lucille Bowles, and Evelyn Hines, 18 September 19771. "Do You Live the Life?" 2. "The Sailor Boy" 3. "Stop and Rest" 4. "God Only Knows" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1440 |
Maybelle McCoin, Lucille Bowles, and Evelyn Hines, 18 September 19771. "God Only Knows" 2. "No One to Love Me" 3. Train wreck |
Folder 16 |
Field notes for 1977 recordings of Lula Jones: FT1441-FT1445 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1441 |
Lula Jones, Hico, W.Va., 16 November 19771. "Among My Souvenirs" 2. "A Petal from a Faded Rose" 3. "Grandmother's Old Armchair" 4. Interview 5. "Beautiful Garden of Prayer" 6. "Bonnie Black Bess" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1442 |
Lula Jones. Hico, W.Va., 16 November 19771. "Sweet Golden Daisies" 2. Interview 3. "Snowbird Cross the Valley" 4. "My Old Pal of Yesterday" 5. "Break the News to Mother" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1443 |
Lula Jones, Hico, W.Va., 16 November 19771. "Hello Central" 2. Interview 3. "The Fatal Wedding" 4. "Mary of the Wild Moors" 5. "Sadie Ray" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1444 |
Lula Jones, Hico, W.Va., 16 November 19771. "The Faded Coat of Blue" 2. "Precious Memories" 3. "In the Shadow of the Pines" 4. "Mary of the Wild Moors" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1445 |
Lula Jones, Hico, W.Va., 17 November 1977 and Maybelle McCoin and Lucille Bowles, Rainelle, W.Va., 18 November 19771. "Sunny Tennessee," Jones 2. "I Have Finished Him a Letter," Jones 3. Interview 4. "When I Stop Dreaming," McCoin and Bowles 5. "Somewhere In Glory," McCoin and Bowles 6. "I'm Thinking of a Little Lady," McCoin and Bowles |
Folder 17 |
Field notes for 1977 recordings of Lucille Bowles, Maybelle McCoin, and Evelyn Hines: FT1446-FT1448 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1446 |
Lucille Bowles, Maybelle McCoin, and Evelyn Hines, 18 November 19771. "This World" 2. "High on a Hilltop" 3. "Someone You Have Forgotten" 4. "Pictures from Life's Other Side" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1447 |
Lucille Bowles, Maybelle McCoin, and Evelyn Hines, 18 November 19771. "Picture on the Wall" 2. "Picture on the Wall" 3. "Wolvertine Mountain" 4. "Wolvertine Mountain" 5. "Code of the Mountain" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1448 |
Lucille Bowles, Maybelle McCoin, and Evelyn Hines, 18 November 19771. "Lisa" 2. "Shelley's Winter Love" 3. Interview 4. "Rosewood Casket" |
Folder 18 |
Field notes for 1977 recordings of Hazel Dickens: FT1449-FT1450 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1449 |
Hazel Dickens, Washington D.C., 1 August 19771. Being a bluegrass bass player 2. West Virginia and family 3. Religion and its effect on her childhood |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1450 |
Hazel Dickens, Washington D.C., 1 August 19771. Involvement with the women's movement 2. Involvement with the women's movement 3. Discussion about music |
Folder 19 |
Field notes for 1977 recordings of Brooks Gore: FT1453-FT1459 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1453 |
Brooks Gore and family, Princeton, W.Va., 12 September 19771. "Twelve Gates to the City" 2. Instrumental 3. "He's So Great" 4. "Corrina, Corrina" 5. "God Will Never Change" 6. "When the Saints Go Marching In" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1454 |
Brooks Gore and family, Princeton, W.Va., 12 September 19771. "The Milky Way" 2. "When the Saints Go Marching In" 3. "Statesboro Blues" 4. "She Makes My Love Come Down" 5. "T For Texas" 6. "Carolina Sunshine Girl" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1455 |
Brooks Gore and family, Princeton, W.Va., 12 September 19771. "I Am a Pilgrim" 2. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" 3. "I Headed for the Southland" 4. "Sweet Jelly Roll" 5. "If You Don't Know" 6. "Gulf Coast Blues" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1456 |
Brooks Gore and family, Princeton, W.Va., 12 September 19771. "It Is No Secret What God Can Do" 2. "Darlin' Cory. " |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1457 |
Brooks Gore and family, Princeton, W.Va., 12 September 19771. "One Day at a Time" 2. "Gospel Train" 3. "How Long Has This Train Been Gone" 4. "Twelve Gates to the City" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1458 |
Brooks Gore and family, Princeton, W.Va., 12 September 19771. "I'm a Worried Man" 2. "I Love You Black Girl" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1459 |
Brooks Gore and family, Princeton, W.Va., 12 September 19771. "Gospel Train" 2. "God's Not Dead" 3. Interview 4. Unidentified Jimmy Roger's tunes 5. "Carolina Sunshine Girl" 6. "Floyd Collins" 7. Interview |
Folder 20 |
Field notes for 1977 recordings of Uncle Homer Walker: FT1460-FT1466 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1460 |
Uncle Homer Walker, Glenn Lynn, W.Va., 11 October 19771. "Cripple Creek" 2. "John Hardy" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1461 |
Uncle Homer Walker, Glenn Lynn, W.Va., 11 October 1977 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1462 |
Uncle Homer Walker, Glenn Lynn, W.Va., 11 October 1977 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1463 |
Uncle Homer Walker, Glenn Lynn, W.Va., 11 October 1977 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1464 |
Uncle Homer Walker, Glenn Lynn, W.Va., 11 October 19771. "Where Shall I Be?" 2. "Old Time Religion" 3. Story and old slave song 4. "Steal Away" 5. "Who Will Deliver Poor Me?" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1465 |
Uncle Homer Walker, Glenn Lynn, W.Va., 11 October 1977 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1466 |
Uncle Homer Walker, Glenn Lynn, W.Va., 11 October 19771. Story 2. "Steal Away" 3. "Cripple Creek" 4. Interview |
Folder 21 |
Field notes for 1978 recording of Augustine Ellis: FT1467 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1467 |
Augustine Ellis, Lewisburg, W.Va., June 19781-4. "Blues Jumped a Rabbit" 5. "Careless Love" |
Folder 22 |
Field notes for recording of Dan Tate: FT1468 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1468 |
Dan Tate, banjo1. "I Looked at My Boss" 2. "I Looked at My Boss," instrumental |
Folder 23 |
Field notes for 1978 recordings of Guy Benton Johnson: FT1469-FT1470 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1469 |
Guy Johnson, April 1978 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1470 |
Guy Johnson, April 1978 |
Folder 24 |
Field notes for 1978 recordings of Raymond Johnston: FT1471-FT1473 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1471 |
Raymond Johnston, Premier, W.Va., 30 May 19781. "Old Spinning Wheel" 2. Interview 3. "Calloway" 4."Old Sledge" 5. Interview |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1472 |
Raymond Johnston, Premier, W.Va., 30 May 19781. "Dusty's Hornpipe" 2. "Step it Up and Go" 3. "Wildwood Flower" 4. "Sugar Foot Rag" 5. "Arkansas Traveler" 6. Instrumentals |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1473 |
Raymond Johnston, Premier, W.Va., 31 May 19781. "Wednesday Night Waltz" 2. "Wednesday Night Waltz," second version 3. "Indian Nation" 4. Interview 5. "Sugar Babe" 6. Lyrics 7. "Reuben" 8. Interview 9. "Pretty Polly" 10. "Caroline" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1474 |
Raymond Johnston, banjo, Premier, W.Va., 31 May 19781. "Call Up My Sheep" 2. "Fly Around My Pretty Little Girl" 3. "Pretty Polly" 4. "Ground Hog" 5. "Shady Grove" 6. "Sourwood Mountain" 7. "Poor Ellen Smith" 8. "John Henry" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1475 |
Carl Rutherford, War, W.Va., 31 May 19781. "Long Black Limousine" 2. "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" 3. "Wine, Wine, Wine" 4. "Been Lovin' You" 5. "Gonna Let My Guitar" |
Folder 25 |
Field notes for 1978 recordings of Carl Rutherford: FT1475-FT1478 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1476 |
Carl Rutherford, War, W.Va., 17 July 19781. "Tennessee Waltz" 2. "I'd Walk a Mile" 3. "St. Louis Blues" 4. "Blues, Stay Away From Me" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1477 |
Carl Rutherford, War, W.Va., 17 July 19781. "Cripple Creek," "Boil That Cabbage Down," and "Stay All Night," guitar medley 2. "Birmingham Jail" 3. "Shasta Daylight" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1478 |
Carl Rutherford, War, W.Va., 17 July 19781. "The Loveless Mansion on the Hill" 2. "You're For Me" 3. "I Won't Have to Be Loved by You" |
Folder 26 |
Field notes for 1978 recording of Andy Boarman: FT1479 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1479 |
Andy Boarman, June 19781. Interview 2. "Derby Polka" 3. Interview 4. Unidentified song 5. Interview 6. "Dancin' Way" 7. "Somewhere's in West Virginia" 8. Interview 9. Unidentified song 10. Interview 11. "Yes Sir, She's My Baby" 12. Interview 13. "Turkey in the Straw" 14. "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" 15. "Turkey in the Straw" 16. "Turkey in the Straw" 17. "Washington and Lee Swing" |
Folder 27 |
Field notes for a circa 1978 recording of Bernice Bliss (B. B.) Coleman: FT1480 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1480 |
"Fire on the Mountain," Bernice Bliss (B. B.) Coleman, circa 1978 |
Folder 28 |
Field notes for 1978 recordings of Tex McQuire, Wood Collins, Pat Ramsey, and Bill Stone: FT1481-FT1487 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1481 |
Tex McQuire and Wood Collins, Pickaway, W.Va., 7 July 19781. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" 2. Unidentified song 3. Unidentified song |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1482 |
Tex McQuire and Pat Ramsey, Pickaway, W.Va., 7 July 19781. "Call Up My Sheep" 2. "Fly Around My Pretty Little Girl" 3. "Pretty Polly" 4. "Ground Hog" 5. "Shady Grove" 6. "Sourwood Mountain" 7. "Poor Ellen Smith" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1483 |
Tex McQuire, Pat Ramsey, and Bill Stone, Pickaway, W.Va., 14 July 19781. "Dear Old Sal" 2. "Banjo Boogie" 3. "Banjo Twist" 4. "Cripple Creek" 5. "Goin' Down That Road Feelin' Bad" 6. "Banjo Waltz" 7. "Black Mountain Rag" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1484 |
Tex McQuire and Pat Ramsey, "When You and I Were Young," Pickaway, W.Va., 14 July 1978 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1485 |
Tex McQuire, Pickaway, W.Va., 14 July 1978 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1486 |
Tex McQuire and Pat Ramsey, Pickaway, W.Va., 14 July 19781. "I'll Hold You in My Arms 'Till I Can Hold You in My Heart" 2. "Dobro Blues" 3. "The Great Speckled Bird" 4. "Old Rugged Cross" 5. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" 6. "Boil the Cabbage Down" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1487 |
Tex McQuire, Pat Ramsey, and Bill Stone, Pickaway, W.Va., 14 July 19781. "Banjo Boogie" 2. "Alabama Jubilee" and "Mountain Dew" 3. "The Older the Violin, the Sweeter the Music" |
Folder 29 |
Field notes for 1978 recordings of Mose Coffman: FT1488-FT1490 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1488 |
Mose Coffman, Marlinton, W.Va., 7 July 19781. "Turkey in the Straw" 2. "Mississippi Sawyer" 3. "Soldier's Joy" 4. "Arkansas Traveler" 5. "Sally Ann" 6. "Beaver Dam" 7. "Buffalo Gals" 8. "Leather Britches" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1489 |
Mose Coffman, Marlinton, W.Va., 7 July 19781. "Sally Goodin" 2. Unidentified song 3. "Bonapart's Retreat" 4. "Washington's March" 5. Fiddle lesson |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1490 |
Mose Coffman, Marlinton, W.Va., 7 July 19781. "Sally Ann" 2. "Down Yonder" 3. "Leather Britches," cut short 4. "Arkansas Traveler" 5. "Rocky Mountain Goat" 6. Unidentified song |
Folder 30 |
Field notes for 1976 recordings of Clarence Tross, Ed Cabbell, Bob Gates, James Easley, and Terry Easley: FT1491-FT1492 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1491 |
Clarence Tross, Ed Cabbell, and Bob Gates, Moorefield, W.Va., 10 May 19761. "Dan Tucker" 2. "Julie Ann Johnson, Don't Cry" 3. "Cripple Creek" 4. "Julie Ann Johnson, Don't Cry" 5. "Old Man, I Have Your Daughter" 6. "John Henry" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1492 |
James Easley and Terry Easley, circa 19761. "How Long?" 2. "Home Sweet Home" 3. "Dupree. " 4. "Louise" |
Folder 31 |
Field notes for 1978 recording of Charles J. Williams and Nat Reese: FT1493 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1493 |
Charles J. Williams and Nat Reese, White Sulpher Springs, W.Va., 25 July 19781. "Glory, Glory Hallelujah" 2. "When the Saints Go Marching In" 3. "Only a Shanty. " 4. "Preacher and the Bear" |
Folder 32 |
Field notes for 1978 recordings of Sam Foster, Valien Williams, Everett Lilly, and Mitchell "Bea" Lilly: FT1494-FT1495 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1494 |
Sam Foster, Everett Lilly, Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, and Valien Williams, Elkins, W.Va., 25 July 1978Tape includes an interview with Sam Foster about his WOAY radio program produced in the 1940s and 1950s; several re-recordings of the Lilly Brothers, Everett Lilly and Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, from old recordings and radio shows; and live music with Valien Williams, Everett Lilly, and Bea Lilly. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1495 |
Sam Foster, Everett Lilly, Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, and Valien Williams, Elkins, W.Va., 25 July 1978Tape includes an interview with Sam Foster about his WOAY radio program produced in the 1940s and 1950s; several re-recordings of the Lilly Brothers (Everett Lilly and Mitchell "Bea" Lilly) from old recordings and radio shows; and live music with Valien Williams, Everett Lilly, and Bea Lilly. |
Folder 33 |
Field notes for 1978 recordings of the Lilly Brothers, Everett Lilly and Mitchell "Bea" Lilly: FT1496-FT1507 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1496 |
Everett Lilly and Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, circa 8 August 19781. Interview 2. "Open Up Those Pearly Gates" 3. "Six Months Ain't Long" 4. "Nine-Pound Hammer" 5. Interview |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1497 |
Everett Lilly and Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, 8 August 19781. "Blow Your Whistle Freight Train" 2. "Mama Tried" 3. Interview 4. "When the Bees Are in the Hive" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1498 |
Everett Lilly and Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, circa 8 August 19781. "What Will I Leave Behind?" 2. "Savior Hide Me" 3. "When the Roses Bloom Again" 4. "Mississippi Sawyer" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1499 |
Everett Lilly, Clear Creek, W.Va., 8 August 1978 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1500 |
Everett Lilly, Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, and Mark Lilly, 8 August 1978"With This Ring" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1501 |
Everett Lilly, Clear Creek, W.Va., 8 August 1978 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1502 |
Everett Lilly, Clear Creek, W.Va., 8 August 1978 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1503 |
Everett Lilly, Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, and Mark Lilly, Lilly Brothers concert, 8 August 19781. "Earl's Breakdown" 2. "Gypsy Woman" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1504 |
Everett Lilly, Clear Creek, W.Va., 8 August 1978.This tape is a duplicate of FT1501. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1505 |
Everett Lilly, Clear Creek, W.Va., 8 August 1978 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1506 |
Everett Lilly, Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, and Mark Lilly, Lilly Brothers concert, 8 August 1978 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1507 |
Everett Lilly, Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, and Mark Lilly, Lilly Brothers concert, 8 August 19781. "In My Dear Old Southern Home" false start 2. "In My Dear Old Southern Home" 3. "Chinese Breakdown" 4. "When the Roses Bloom Again" 5. "Okie from Muskogie" |
Folder 34 |
Field notes for recordings of Fred Carper and the Carper Family: FT1508-FT1511 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1508 |
Fred Carper with the Carper FamilyGospel group at an African American church service outside Princeton, W.Va. Tape includes gospel music, biblical readings, sermon, and testimony from individual congregants. 1. "He Didn't Have to Do It" 2. "This Little Light" 3. "Send Down the Rain" 4. Biblical reading 5. "I Love the Lord" 6. "Bright Light Somewhere" 7. "Come on Down" 8. "Jesus on the Mainline" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1509 |
Fred Carper with the Carper FamilyGospel group at an African American church service outside Princeton, W.Va. Tape includes gospel music, biblical readings, sermon, and testimony from individual congregants. 1. "Tell Him What You Want" 2. "Jesus Paid a Debt" 3. Testimony 4. "Children Must Be Born Again" 5. "I Thank Jesus For Mine" 6. "Here I Am" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1510 |
Fred Carper with the Carper FamilyGospel group at an African American church service outside Princeton, W.Va. Tape includes gospel music, biblical readings, sermon, and testimony from individual congregants. 1. Testimonies 2. "Draw Me Near" 3. "Windows of Heaven" 4. Sermon |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1511 |
Fred Carper with the Carper FamilyGospel group at an African American church service outside Princeton, W.Va. Tape includes gospel music, biblical readings, sermon, and testimony from individual congregants. 1. Sermon 2. Church service, silent prayer 3. "Jesus" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1512 |
Fred Carper, Princeton, W.Va.1. Untitled Calypso music 2. "Just Put Your Sweet Lips a Little Closer" 3. Untitled original 4. "Steal Away" 5. Unidentified song 6. "Found the Love I Really Need" 7. "Shine On" 8. Unidentified song 9. Unidentified song, second version 10. "Old Joe Clark" 11. "John Henry," false start 12. "John Henry" 13. Interview 14. "Country Roads" 15. "You Win Again" 16. Interview 17. "Teenage Wedding," cut short |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1513 |
Franklin George. 15 August 19781. "John Brown's Dream" 2. Unidentified song 3. "Boys of Blue Hill" 4. "Evening Star" 5. Unidentified waltz |
Folder 35 |
Field notes for recordings of Franklin George: FT1513 |
Folder 36 |
Field notes for 1975 recording of Elvie Johnson: FT1514 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1514 |
Elvie Johnson, 19751. "Eight More Miles to Louisville" 2. "Star Spangled Banner" 3. "Eight More Miles to Louisville" 4. "Wildwood" 5. "Mountain Dew" 6. "Mountain Dew, second version" 7. Unidentified song |
Folder 37 |
Field notes for 1975 recordings of Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright: FT1557-FT1566 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1557 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright, 8 August 19751. "Johnson Boys" 2. "Kitchen Girl" 3. "Stoney Point" 4. "Banks of the Wabash" 5. "Suwanee River" 6. "Gentle Annie" 7. "Danny Boy" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1558 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright. 8 August 19751. "Shortenin' Bread" 2. "Kitchen Girl" 3. "Shady Grove" 4. "Stoney Point" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1559 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright, 20 August 19751. "Walkin' in the Parlor" 2. "Shootin' Creek" 3. "Johnson Boys" 4. "Shaving a Dead [racist slur]" 5. "John Henry" 6. "Shady Grove" 7. "Snowbird of the Ashbank" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1560 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright, 20 August 19751. "Jenny Lynn Polka" 2. "Ducks in the Pond" 3. "Chattanooga Blues" 4. "Peeler Creek Waltz" 5. "Keller Fiddle" 6. "Forks of the Sand" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1561 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright, 20 August 19751. "Aggravating Papa" 2. "Snowbird on the Ashbank" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1562 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright. 1 September 19751. "Katy Hill" 2. "Shovelin'" 3. "Ducks in the Pond" 4. "Kitchen Girl" 5. "Stoney Ridge Stomp" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1563 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright. 5 September 19751. "Kitchen Girl" 2. "Katy Hill" 3. Unidentified waltz 4. "Sitting on Top" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1564 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright, 1 September 1975Includes "Molly Darlin'" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1565 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright, 29 October 19751. "John Henry" 2. "Pretty Polly" 3. "Elkhorn River" 4. "Homes Across the Mountain" 5. "Shady Grove" 6. "I Want to Hold You in My Arms" 7. "Goodbye Little Bonnie, Goodbye" 8. "More Pretty Girls" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1566 |
Oscar Wright and Eugene Wright, 28 October 1975 |
Folder 38 |
Field notes for 1978 recording of the Lilly Brothers, Everett Lilly and Mitchell "Bea"Lilly: FT1567 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/1567 |
Everett Lilly and Mitchell "Bea" Lilly, Lilly Brothers concert, Clear Creek, W.Va., 8 August 19781. "West Virginia Hills" 2. Introductions 3. "Open Up Them Pearly Gates" 4. "The Little Red Shoes" 5. "Earl's Breakdown" |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20015/6588 |
Joan Fenton, original songs |
Items separated include audiotapes (FS and FT).
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