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Collection Overview
| Size | 68 items |
| Abstract | The Charlotte Folk Music Society Collection consists of audio recordings, 1982-1986, created and compiled by historian and radio host, Tom Hanchett, at Charlotte's WFAE public radio station. The collection includes programs from three radio series: The Blues Show, An American Almanac, and An American Almanac: Live in the Studio. The Blues Show was a thematic one-hour program that introduced viewers to blues music through such subjects and figures as Piedmont blues, jump blues, Blind Boy Fuller, and Rev. Gary Davis, among others. An American Almanac was a thematic program featuring artists who recorded in Charlotte, N.C. between the years 1927-1945. Subjects of the show included the Blue Sky Boys, the Delmore Brothers, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, the Mainer family, the Carter Family, the Morris Brothers, and Jimmie Davis. An American Almanac featured recordings from reissues available on LP, recordings of covers by modern performers, and new recordings by featured artists, with commentary by Hanchett. An American Almanac: Live in the Studio consisted of edited performances and interviews with folk musicians, including nationally-known artists, Charlotte natives, and "living room pickers." Artists featured in this program included David Holt, Si Kahn, Cathy Fink, Rory Block, Claude Caset, Don White, Whitey and Hogan, Nappy Brown, Dot and Chester Lorenz, The Down Home Folks, and the Slop Jar Serenaders. |
| Creator | Hanchett, Thomas W. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Encoded by: Anne Wells, May 2016
Archival processing of the Charlotte Folk Music Society Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Biographical Information
Thomas (Tom) Hanchett began volunteering at WFAE as a news reader and jazz disc jockey in the fall of 1981, not long after arriving in Charlotte to direct an "inventory of architectural and historic resources" in the city's older neighborhoods for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Properties Commision. Hanchett took over hosting duties of An American Almanac in 1983 after its previous host, Frank Talbert, departed.
Hanchett is best known as a historian, especially of the history of Charlotte, N.C., and joined Levine Museum of the New South in uptown Charlotte as staff historian in 1999. Educated at Cornell, University of Chicago, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he writes widely on southern culture and urban history. Highlights include Sorting Out the New South City (UNC Press); Salad Bowl Suburbs in Charlotte NC: Global Evolution of a New South City; and essays collected at www.historysouth.org.
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Scope and Content
The Charlotte Folk Music Society Collection consists of 68 open reel audio recordings, 1982-1986, created and compiled by historian and radio host, Tom Hanchett, at Charlotte's WFAE public radio station. The collection includes programs from three radio series: The Blues Show, An American Almanac, and An American Almanac: Live in the Studio. The Blues Show was a thematic one-hour program that introduced viewers to blues music through such subjects and figures as Piedmont blues, jump blues, Blind Boy Fuller, and Rev. Gary Davis, among others. An American Almanac was a thematic program featuring artists who recorded in Charlotte, N.C. between the years 1927-1945. Subjects of the show included the Blue Sky Boys, the Delmore Brothers, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, the Mainer family, the Carter Family, the Morris Brothers, and Jimmie Davis. An American Almanac featured recordings from reissues available on LP, recordings of covers by modern performers, and new recordings by featured artists, with commentary by Hanchett. An American Almanac: Live in the Studio consisted of edited performances and interviews with folk musicians, including nationally-known artists, Charlotte natives, and "living room pickers." Artists featured in this program included David Holt, Si Kahn, Cathy Fink, Rory Block, Claude Caset, Don White, Whitey and Hogan, Nappy Brown, Dot and Chester Lorenz, The Down Home Folks, and the Slop Jar Serenaders.
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Series 1. "The Blues Show," 1982-1984.
Arrangement: Original order has been maintained.
Titles compiled from the Southern Folklife Collection database.
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4850 |
"The Blues Show:" Blues of N.C., 18 September 19821/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4851 |
"The Blues Show:" N.C. Guitar, 13 November 19831/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4852 |
"The Blues Show:" Piedmont Blues, 9 April 19831/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4853 |
"The Blues Show:" Jug Bands, 15 August 19831/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4854 |
"The Blues Show:" Mississippi to Chicago, 27 August 19831/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4855 |
"The Blues Show:" Ragtime, 10 December 19831/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4856 |
"The Blues Show:" Reverend Gary Davis, 20 January 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4857 |
"The Blues Show:" Blind Boy Fuller's Piedmont Blues, 16 June 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4858 |
"The Blues Show:" Robert Johnson, 25 August 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4859 |
"The Blues Show:" Blues and Gospel, 1 September 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4860 |
"The Blues Show:" Elizabeth Cotton, 18 May 1984 and 14 October 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4861 |
"The Blues Show:" Piano Blues, 9 August 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4862 |
"The Blues Show:" Jump Blues, 29 December 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
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Series 2. "An American Almanac," 1983-1985.
Arrangement: Original order has been maintained.
Titles compiled from the Southern Folklife Collection database and original containers.
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4863 |
"An American Almanac:" Carter Family Special, September 19831/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4864 |
"An American Almanac:" Carter Family, etc, May 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4865 |
"An American Almanac:" Fiddlin' Arthur Smith1/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4866 |
"An American Almanac:" Delmore Brothers, October 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4867 |
"An American Almanac:" Delmore Brothers, August 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4868 |
"An American Almanac:" Delmore Brothers, June 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4869 |
"An American Almanac:" Delmore Brothers1/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4870 |
"An American Almanac:" Blue Sky Boys, February 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4871 |
"An American Almanac:" Mainers Mountaineers, 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4872 |
"An American Almanac:" Cajun Sound, June 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4873 |
"An American Almanac:" Blue Sky Boys, July 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4874 |
"An American Almanac:" Morris Special, August 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel |
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Series 3. An American Almanac: Live in the Studio, 1982-1986.
Arrangement: Original order has been maintained.
Titles compiled from the Southern Folklife Collection database and field notes.
Anecdotal field notes (by Tom Hanchett) for FT-20257/4875-4917 reside in Folder 844 within the Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes Collection (#30025).
According to Tom Hanchett these Live in the Studio sessions had only a few criteria: "Instruments had to be non-electric, except for electric bass. Players had to have an interest in traditional music (loosely defined as pre WWII), or be creating their own material. Professional polish was not a primary consideration. The segments' theme was a celebration of "people's music," local, acoustic and homemade."
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4875 |
"Live in the Studio:" Fiddlers' Grove 1982, Union Grove, N.C. , May 19821/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Recorded over Memorial Day weekend in Union Grove, N.C. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4876 |
"Live in the Studio:" Still Kickin', May 19831/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Tim Mace (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar, mandolin, and lead vocals, Sand Jones on fiddle, and John Bloom on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4877 |
"Live in the Studio:" Wayne Erbsen, fall 19831/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Wayne Erbsen (of Asheville, N.C.) on guitar, banjo, fiddle, and vocals and Marilyn Price (of Matthews, N.C.) on second guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4878 |
"Live in the Studio:" Lois Hornbostel, January 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Lois Hornbostel (of Monroe, N.C.) on dulcimer and Ray Owens (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4879 |
"Live in the Studio:" Almanac Encore: Erbsen and Hornbostel1/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Rebroadcast presentation featuring Wayne Erbsen and Lois Hornbostel |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4880 |
"Live in the Studio:" Slop Jar Serenaders, spring 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Trent VanBlaricom (of Atlanta, Ga.) on fiddle, Beth Williams (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar, Pam Englebert (of Charlotte, N.C.) on mandolin,Brian Schmiel (of Charlotte, N.C.) on mandolin, Bobby Schmiel on guitar, Bob Meyer (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar, and Dough Campbell (of Burlington Vt.) on mandolin |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4881 |
"Live in the Studio:" Bit O' Almanac: Morning Sky, Pat Mendoza, John Stanfield, 1983-19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel A compilation of highlights made by Tom Hanchett for rebroadcast. Morning Sky aired February 1984, and features Rose Stokes on fiddle, Eddie Stokes on banjo and vocals, David Phifer on bass, and Jon Szap on guitar. Pat Mendoza aired December 3, 1985 and features Mendoza vocals. John Stanfield aired on January 14, 1984 and features Stanfield on guitar. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4882 |
"Live in the Studio:" Jon Singleton, 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Jon Singleton (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar and Tim Mace on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4883 |
"Live in the Studio:" Roy "Whitey" Grant, Arval Hogan, 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Roy "Whitey" Grant (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar and Arval hogan on mandolin. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4884 |
"Live in the Studio:" Sandy Jones, Rob Hinson, summer 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Sandy Jones on fiddle and Rob Hinson on mandolin and bouzouki |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4885 |
"Live in the Studio:" Almanac Live Best 1984, June 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel A compilation of highlights made by Tom Hanchett for WFAE's June birthday. Included are Morning Sky, Wayne Erbsen, Pan Mendoza, Lois Hornbostel, John Stanfield, Tom Mace and Jon Singleton, the Slop Jar Serenaders, Whitey and Hogan, and Rob Hinson and Sandy Jones. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4886 |
"Live in the Studio:" Downhome Folks, October 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Marilyn Price on bass and guitar, Floyd Ellington on hammer dulcimer, Ray Owens on guitar, and Dave McKnight on fiddle |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4887 |
"Live in the Studio:" Country Matters, November 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Jim Whitley (of Charlotte, N.C.) on banjo, Joe Cline (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar, Jim[?] Brown on bass, and an unidentified fiddler player |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4888 |
"Live in the Studio:" David Holt, fall 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel David Holt on banjo and guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4889 |
"Live in the Studio:" Hot Shandy Live at Spirit Square, October 19841/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Part of an ongoing arrangement between WFAE and Jerry Van Campen, the tech director at Charlotte’s Spirit Square Arts Center. It aired in October 1984 as an "American Almanac Special." Features Rick Bouley on guitar and Jim Magill on mandolin |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4890 |
"Live in the Studio:" Don White, January 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel An interview with cowboy singer Don White (born Walden Whytsel). Includes sampled recordings featuring White on vocals. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4891 |
"Live in the Studio:" Lucille Reilly, January 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Lucille Reilly (of Moorestown, N.J.) on hammered dulcimer |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4892 |
"Live in the Studio:" Robin Williams and Linda Williams, February 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Interview and recorded music only. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4893 |
"Live in the Studio:" Bill Mansfield and Tom Kuhn, February 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Bill Mansfield on banjo and Tom Kuhn on guitar. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4894 |
"Live in the Studio:" Si Kahn, February 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Si Kahn on vocals |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4895 |
"Live in the Studio:" Tim Mace, circa 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Interview and unpublished recorded music. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4896 |
"Live in the Studio:" Hot Shandy, March 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Rick Bouley on guitar and Jim Magill on mandolin |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4897 |
"Live in the Studio:" Carleton Moody and the Moody Brothers, circa 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Carlton Moody, Trent Moody, and David Moody |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4898 |
"Live in the Studio:" Rory Block, April 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Rory Block on guitar. Rory's father was Allan Block, whose Greenwich Village shop was a hub of folk music during the 1950s and 1960s. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4899 |
"Live in the Studio:" Dot Lorenz, Chester Lorenz, 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Chester Lorenz on mandolin and Dot Lorenz on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4900 |
"Live in the Studio:" Bob Harris and Company, 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Bob Harris (of Newark, N.J.) on guitar, B.D. Muldoon on electric bass, and Tim Kirkland (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4901 |
"Live in the Studio:" Dr. Doug and the Hip Replacements, May 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Dr. Doug Campbell on mandolin, Christ Campbell on bass, Jeff Reeves on fiddle and guitar, Julie Gillespie on banjo, and Trent VanBlaricom on fiddle and guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4902 |
"Live in the Studio:" The Singletons and Tim Mace, June 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring John Singleton on dulcimer, guitar and fiddle, Karen Shingleton on vocals, and Tim Mace on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4903 |
"Live in the Studio:" Preview of the Annual Latta Plantation Park Folk Festival, June 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Highlights from the annual Charlotte Folk Music Society's annual Latta Plantation Park Folk Festival. Featuring Jon and Karen Singleton and Jeff Reeves and Julie Gillespie. |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4904 |
"Live in the Studio:" Almanac Live Best 1985, September 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel A compilation of highlights made by Tom Hanchett for WFAE's fall fundraiser. Included are Bob Harris, Country Matters, Down Home Folks, Bill Mansfield, Si Kahn, Lucille Reilly, the Moody Brothers, David Holt, Dot and Chester Lorenz, Hot Shandy, Tim Mace, Jon and Karen Singleton, Jeff Reeves and Julie Gillespie, Dr. Doug and the Hip Replacements, and Rory Block |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4905 |
"Live in the Studio:" Andrew Booker and Friends, 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Andrew Booker (of Seattle, Wash.) on mandolin, Chris Rogers (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar, Buddy McManus (of Charlotte, N.C.) on mandolin, and Bill Hines (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar and bass |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4906 |
"Live in the Studio:" Andrew Booker and Friends Worktape, 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Most likely outtakes from FT-20257/4905. Original tape labeled "Chris and them" |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4907 |
"Live in the Studio:" Sweet Sunny South, November 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Wayne Seymour on mandolin and dulcimer, Tim Currin on fiddle, Ted Currin on banjo, and Fred Reynolds on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4908 |
"Live in the Studio:" Cathy Fink, November 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Cathy Fink on guitar and banjo |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4909 |
"Live in the Studio:" Arthur Smith interview, December 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Interview with guitarist Arthur Smith |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4910 |
"Live in the Studio:" Arthur Smith worktape, December 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Interview continued from FT-20257/4909 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4911 |
"Live in the Studio:" Wednesday Night Backporch String Band, January 19861/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Featuring Rob Daves (of Charlotte, N.C.) on banjo, George Johnson (of Charlotte, N.C.) on fiddle, Beth Williams on guitar, Tom Hanchett (of Chapel Hill, N.C.) on fiddle, and Pam Englebert on mandolin |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4912 |
"Live in the Studio:" Nappy Brown with Bob Margolin, January 19861/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Gospel singer Nappy Brown on vocals and Bob Margolin on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4913 |
"Live in the Studio:" Nappy Brown with Bob Margolin worktape, January 19861/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Outtakes from FT-20257/4912 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4914 |
"Live in the Studio:" Bill Dixon talks about Howard and Dorsey Dixon, August 19851/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Interview only |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4915 |
"Live in the Studio:" Claude Casey, March 19861/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Claude Casey on guitar |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4916 |
"Live in the Studio:" Casey and Dixon worktape, 1985-1961/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Outtakes from FT-20257/4914 and FT-20257/4915 |
| SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20257/4917 |
"Live in the Studio:" Scott Cable and Sandy Bell, March 19861/4" Open Reel Audio 10.5" reel Scott Cable (of Charlotte, N.C.) on guitar and Sandy Bell (of Charlotte, N.C.) on harmonica |
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