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Year
1995
Video Details
29:22; color; sound; Cracker Trio Part Three
Description
This video includes raw footage interviews with Tommy Walton, Blind Willie James and Diamond Teeth Mary McClain. Walton discusses being a classic blues performer and making a living as a musician. James speaks of growing up in Florida, learning piano and attending the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. McClain describes her childhood and how she started singing in 1937. Shots include interior and exterior shots of buildings at Cracker Country in Tampa.
Corporate Subject
Geographic Subject
Personal Subject
Subject
Title
Cracker Trio Part Three
Subject
Blues musicians
Description
This video includes raw footage interviews with Tommy Walton, Blind Willie James and Diamond Teeth Mary McClain. Walton discusses being a classic blues performer and making a living as a musician. James speaks of growing up in Florida, learning piano and attending the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. McClain describes her childhood and how she started singing in 1937. Shots include interior and exterior shots of buildings at Cracker Country in Tampa.
Date
1995
Video Category
3
Display Date
1995
Video Details
29:22; color; sound; Cracker Trio Part Three
Color
color
Video Sound
sound
Digitized
true
Thumbnail
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/video/thumbnails90px/Cracker Trio Part Three.jpg
Subject - Person
Walton, Tom, 1930-1997
McClain, Mary Smith, 1902-2000
James, Willie, 1933-
Subject - Corporate
Cracker Country (Tampa, Fla.)
Video Time
29:23
YouTube ID
y6iFmZhk2Wc
Video Snippet
Blues musicians discuss their lives and careers
Video Filename
Cracker Trio Part Three.mp4
Geographic Term
Tampa (Fla.)
Hillsborough County (Fla.)
Logan (W. Va.)
Huntington (W. Va.)
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Image URL
/fpc/memory/PhotographicCollection/video/Cracker Trio Part Three.jpg
Chicago Manual of Style
Cracker Trio Part Three. 1995. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/320933>, accessed 26 December 2024.
MLA
Cracker Trio Part Three. 1995. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/320933>