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Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 17)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Fiddle music
Guitar music
Folk singers
Singing
Oral poetry
Old time music
Stringband music
Fiddlers
Musicians
Guitarist
Singers
Banjoists
Poets
Description
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. Banjoist Tammy Murray played with Turner, Paine, and fiddler Martin.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1987-05-24
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t87-056
Series
S1576
Item ID
T87-56
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1987)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
McLean, Will, 1919-1990
Dinella, Mary Ann
Jemison, Sandra
Ballew, Jim (James David), 1944-1987
Murray, Tammy
Turner, Pete
Paine, Bill
Martin, Wayne
Title of Work
Roll on Manatee (McLean, Ballew, Dinella, Jemison)