Demo recording by the Red Tam Blues Band

Fieldwork

Recording equipment

Bass guitars

Drums

Keyboards (music)

Guitar

Guitarists

Drummers (Musicians)

Music performance

Blues (Music)

African Americans

Bands (Music)

Blues singers

Musicians

Twenty color slides. Images of the Red Tam Blues Band making a demo recording at a Jacksonville studio. The band consisted of Red Tam (aka Tony McQueen)(lead guitar, leader); Mike Gallen (keyboard); Kenny Holt (bass); and Kenny Johnson (drums). For an interview with Red Tam (McQueen), see S 1618, Box 4, tape 10. For a copy of the demo tape, see S 1618, box 4, tape 12. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1577

1988-08-03

Florida Folklife Program

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1577

v. 54

S91-208 - S91-227

Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Hansen, Gregory

Red Tam (Tony McQueen), 1970-

Red Tam Blues Band

Holt, Kenny

Johnson, Kenny

Gallen, Mike

African American

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