Fred Perry playing his fiddle

Fieldwork

Sound recording

Research methods

Fiddle music

Fiddling

Fiddles

String instruments

Musical instruments

Bluegrass music

Old time music

Musicians

Bluegrass musicians

Fiddlers

One audio cassette. Recording of well-known fiddler Fred Perry playing his repertoire of old fiddle tunes. He is joined by Doug and Frank Trivette. Perry has played in the St. Johns region for over fifty years, including with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley. Also on the tape is Fred's wife Ruby. For images of the performance, see slides S85-1496 - S85-1498 in S 1577, V. 27. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1714

1985-02-13

Florida Folklife Program

sound recordings

audiocassettes

Sound

a_s1714_04_tape38

S1714

4

Tape 38

St. Johns River Survey

Figgen, Kathleen

Owen, Blanton, 1945-1998

McDonald, Mary Anne

Perry, Fred, 1924-

Trivette, Frank Sr.

Trivette, Doug, 1961-

Florida Blues (Side 1)

Red Apple Rag

Walking in My Sleep

Walking Down the Road Without Any Shoes

Last Train Blues

Carroll Country Blues

Rat Cheese Under the Hills

Blackberry Blossom

Cackling Hen (Side 2)

Last Train Blues

Thinking Tonight On Your Blue Eyes

Dill Pickle Rag

Rose of San Antonio

Surgarfoot Rag

Snowbird Waltz

Uncle Ben

John Henry

Old Fireball Mail

Clinch Mountain Backstep

Jerusalem Ridge

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