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Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Performing arts
Country music
Arts, Mexican
Folk music Mexico
Mexican Americans
Corridos
Ballads
Bluegrass music
Old time music
String bands
Stringband music
Musicians
Singers
Guitarist
Folklorists
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Owen served as emcee. Owen served as emcee. Corrido music consist of ballads/narrative songs that roiginated in Mexico in the mid-1800s. The Shotgun Bluegrass Band consisted of Ronnie Kierce (bass), Gary Wilkins (banjo), Ricki King (mandolin), Platt Drew (guitar), and Nile Hord (fiddle).
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1985-05-24
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t85-110
Series
S1576
Item ID
T85-110
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1985)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Galarza Brothers, The
Galarza, Abel
Galarza, Pantaleon
Owen, Blanton, 1945-1998
Ethnicity or Nationality
Mexican American
Latino
Title of Work
Siete Leguas (Galarza Brothers)
Mi Belencita
Hamilton County Breakdown (Shotgun Bluegrass Band)