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Listen: The World ProgramMusician Washboard Bill Cooke playing the ukelele at Lake Park Elementary School - Lake Park, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
Series 1685, PBFAIE ; Vol 10
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Projects, Instate
Washboard
Ukulele
Music
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Park
Classrooms
Students
Music--Performance
Stringed instruments
Musical instruments
African American musicians--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Park
African American entertainers--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Park
Older African Americans--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Park
African American men--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Park
Folk musicians--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Park
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
General Note
Born in Dupont, just south of St. Augustine on July 4, 1905. His mother ran a jook joint, where he was first exposed to music and dance. He hoboed, played street music, worked for railways, and played at nightclubs in South Florida. In 1956, he made a recording with Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry called Washboard Country Band. In 1992, he won the Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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