Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 16)

Festivals

Folk festivals

Folklore revival festivals

Special events

Music performance

Singing

Guitar music

Folk singers

African Americans

Gospel (Black)

Gospel music

A capella singers

A capella singing

Religious songs

Religious music

Singers

Musicians

Guitarist

One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. Billed as Will McLean and friends, their performance concludes on T87-56. McLean played with Dinella (guitar), Jemison (bass), and Ballew (guitar). McLean dedicated the new song Florida Sky to Thelma Boltin, and Oh Margaret to his new bride. Singer-songwriter Will McLean was often called the 'Father of Florida Folk.' The Black Hat Troubadour, a nickname for the hat he usually wore, authored over 3500 songs, and was a national figure on the folk music scene. A fifth generation Floridian, he died in 1990, the year after he won the Florida Folk Heritage award. This was Ballew's last performance at the Florida Folk Festival. He died on 13 August 1987.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1576

1987-05-24

Florida Folklife Program

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

Florida Folk Festival

sound recordings

audiotape reels

Sound

a_s1576_t87-055

S1576

T87-55

Florida Folk Festival

Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1987)

Florida Folklife Program

Singing Wonders, The

Brown, Robert

Versiteers, The

McLean, Will, 1919-1990

Dinella, Mary Ann

Jemison, Sandra

Ballew, Jim (James David), 1944-1987

Fitchen, Jeanie (Eugenia Sisinni), 1951-

African American

Let the Church Roll On (Singing Wonders)

God is so Good (Versiteers)

Holy Ghost

Circle of Love (Jeanie Fitchen)

Wild Hog (Will McLean w/Mary Ann Dinella, Sandra Jemison, Jim Ballew)

Osceola's Last Words

Hold Back the Waters

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