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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 50 items) |
Abstract | Contains recordings of interviews conducted by white writer and reporter David Potorti, as well as footage of blues musician Etta Baker, the gospel singing group The Branchettes, and the North Carolina A&T marching band. Interviews include: phone interviews with Gerry McCabe, Bess Lomax Hawes, Ron Hale, Bob Riskin, Walter Camp, and Ed Kahn, circa 1997, regarding McCabe's Guitar Shop; interviews with David Garner, David and Mary Farrell, Kings Pottery regarding potters in Seagrove, N.C.; an interview with artist Stacy Lambert (includes a paper written by Potorti about Lambert and copies of some of Lambert's drawings); interviews with North Carolina traditional musician Marvin Gastner, Jesse Eustice (daughter of old-time musicians Bobbie and Tommy Thompson), banjoist and author Bob Carlin, music journalist Jack Bernhardt, and WPAQ founder Ralph Epperson and his son, station manager Kelly Epperson; interviews with potters M. L. Owens and Nancy Owens, potter Jerry Parnell, and folk artist Vollis Simpson; interviews with old-time musicians Jim Watson and Alan Jabbour relating to a story on the Red Clay Ramblers; and interviews with old-time musicians Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens. Other footage includes: a video of blues musician Etta Baker visiting and singing in Professor Bill Malone's class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5 April 2000 and 6 April 2000; the gospel singing group The Branchettes, 23 February 2000; and the North Carolina A&T Marching Band, circa 2000. |
Creator | Potorti, David. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Rebecca Stubbs and Davia Webb, November 2023
Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, November 2023
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David Potorti, a white writer and reporter, has contributed to a variety of media outlets including The Nation, The Independent Weekly, Adbusters, Spy Magazine, The New Times LA, The Philadelphia City Paper, The Old Time Herald and Bluegrass Unlimited. He has served as an on-air host and commentator for WUNC-FM in Chapel Hill and for Pacifica Network News. As a promotion and marketing writer and producer he has worked in Los Angeles for the ABC, UPN and WB networks and in New York for NBC, HBO, Showtime and Nickelodeon. He co-founded September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a non-profit organization nominated for the 2003 and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, and has served as the literature and theater director for the North Carolina Arts Council in Raleigh, N.C. A native of Ithaca, N.Y., he is the father of two children and lives in Cary, N.C. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Folklore Program.
Back to TopContains recordings of interviews conducted by David Potorti, as well as footage of blues musician Etta Baker, the gospel singing group The Branchettes, and the North Carolina A&T marching band.
Interviews include: phone interviews with Gerry McCabe, Bess Lomax Hawes, Ron Hale, Bob Riskin, Walter Camp, and Ed Kahn, circa 1997, regarding McCabe's Guitar Shop; interviews with David Garner, David and Mary Farrell, Kings Pottery regarding potters in Seagrove, N.C.; an interview with artist Stacy Lambert (includes a paper written by Potorti about Lambert and copies of some of Lambert's drawings); interviews with North Carolina traditional musician Marvin Gastner, Jesse Eustice (daughter of old-time musicians Bobbie and Tommy Thompson), banjoist and author Bob Carlin, music journalist Jack Bernhardt, and WPAQ founder Ralph Epperson and his son, station manager Kelly Epperson; interviews with potters M. L. Owens and Nancy Owens, potter Jerry Parnell, and folk artist Vollis Simpson; interviews with old-time musicians Jim Watson and Alan Jabbour relating to a story on the Red Clay Ramblers; and interviews with old-time musicians Alice Gerrard and Hazel Dickens. Other footage includes: a video of blues musician Etta Baker visiting and singing in Professor Bill Malone's class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5 April 2000 and 6 April 2000; the gospel singing group The Branchettes, 23 February 2000; and the North Carolina A&T Marching Band, circa 2000.
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Stacey Lambert: drawings and paperIncludes a paper written by David Potorti about Stacy Lambert and copies of Lambert's drawings. |
Videotape VT-70163/1 |
Etta Baker in Bill Malone's class at UNC-Chapel Hill, 5 April 2000VHSEtta Baker in Bill Malone's class at UNC-CH |
Videotape VT-70163/2 |
Branchettes, 3 February 2000Hi8Branchettes |
Videotape VT-70163/3 |
Branchettes, 3 February 2000Hi8Branchettes, part 2 |
Videotape VT-70163/4 |
Footage of A&T Marching Band, 2000Hi8Footage of A&T marching band, circa 2000, part 1 of 2 |
Videotape VT-70163/5 |
Footage of A&T Marching Band, 2000Hi8Footage of A&T marching band, circa 2000, part 2 of 2 |
Videotape VT-70163/6 |
Etta Baker in Bill Malone's class, 6 April 2000Hi8Etta Baker in Bill Malone's class, 04/06/2000 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/1 |
Hazel DickensAudiocassetteHazel Dickens |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/2 |
Alice Gerrard, 13 December 2000Audiocassetteside 1 & 2: Hazel Dickens, 12/13/2000 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/3 |
BranchettesAudiocassetteBranchettes |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/4 |
Jerry Parnell, Vollis SimpsonAudiocassetteSide 1: Jerry Parnell, Vollis Simpson; Side 2: Vollis Simpson continued |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/5 |
Owens - M.L. & NancyAudiocassetteSide 1: Owens - M.L. & Nancy; Side 2: Owens - M.L. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/6 |
David Garner (Seagrove)AudiocassetteSide 1: David Garner (Seagrove); Side 2: David and Mary Farrell (Seagrove) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/7 |
Kings (Seagrove)AudiocassetteSide 1: Kings (seagrove) 1 of 3; Side 2: Kings (Seagrove) 2 of 3 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/8 |
Kings (Seagrove)AudiocassetteSide 1: Kings (seagrove) 3 of 3 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/9 |
Alan Jabbour (RCR)AudiocassetteAlan Jabbour (RCR) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/10 |
Jim Watson (RCR)AudiocassetteJim Watson (RCR) |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/11 |
Walter Camp, 1 November 1997AudiocassetteWalter Camp, 11/1/1997 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/12 |
Ed Khan, 4 November 1997AudiocassetteEd Khan, 11/4/1997 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/13 |
G. McCabe, 5 November 1997AudiocassetteG. McCabe, 11/5/1997 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/14 |
Bob Riskin, 13 November 1997AudiocassetteBob Riskin, 11/13/1997 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/15 |
Bess Haws, 13 November 1997AudiocassetteBess Haws, 11/13/1997 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-70163/16 |
Dr. Ron HaleAudiocassetteDr. Ron Hale |
Videotape VT-70163/7 |
Jack Bernhardt, 20 January 2001MiniDVJack Bernhardt Part 2; 1 of 2; Durham, NC |
Videotape VT-70163/8 |
Jack Bernhardt, 20 January 2001MiniDVJack Bernhardt Part 2; 2 of 2; Durham, NC |
Videotape VT-70163/9 |
Jesse Eustice, 27 February 2001MiniDVJesse Eustice, 2/27/2001 |
Videotape VT-70163/10 |
Marvin GastnerMiniDVMarvin Gastner |
Videotape VT-70163/11 |
Stacy Lambert, 13 February 2001MiniDVStacey Lambert; 1 of 2; 2/13/2001 |
Videotape VT-70163/12 |
Stacy Lambert, 13 February 2001MiniDVStacey Lambert; 2 of 2; 2/13/2001 |
Videotape VT-70163/13 |
Stacy, 10 April 2001MiniDVStacy; 1 of 2; 4/10/2001 |
Videotape VT-70163/14 |
Stacy, 10 April 2001MiniDVStacy; 2 of 2; 4/10/2001 |
Videotape VT-70163/15 |
Ralph and Kelly EppersonMiniDVRalph and Kelly Epperson (WPAQ) |
Videotape VT-70163/16 |
Bob CarlinMiniDVBob Carlin |