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Friday evening performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)
Subject
Singers
Guitarist
Storytellers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Folk singers
Musical saws
Saws, musical
Oral narratives
Storytelling
Musicians
Poets
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. McLean also wrote the poem, My Soul is a Hawk. Dunscombe resided and Gainesville, and had played the saw for over 50 years by 1978. Rogers was from St. Augustine. His performance is continued on T80-5.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1978-05-26
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t80-004
Series
S1576
Item ID
T80-4
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1978)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
McLean, Will, 1919-1990
Dunscombe, Aubrey, 1905-1983
Rogers, James Gamble, 1937-1991
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Title of Work
Discussion of Will McLean (Boltin)
If Your Wings Be Broken (Will McLean)
My Soul Is a Hawk
Florida Sand
Lament
I am Forever Blowing Bubbles (Aubrey Dunscombe)
Smiles
Till We Meet Again
Thats All (Gamble Rogers)
Noahs Ark
San Francisco Bay Blues
Story about Merle Travis and Chet Atkins guitar styles
Traveling Salesman and Cooche Valley story (Cont. on T80-5)
Traveling Salesman and Cooche Valley story (Cont. on T80-5). 1978-05-26. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/239045>, accessed 25 December 2024.