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Sunday evening performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)
Subject
Singers
Guitarist
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Gospel (Black)
Spirituals (Songs)
Autoharp music
Dulcimer music
Folk singers
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Jones, of Gainesville, played the dulcimer and autoharp. Marshall, of White Springs, sang traditional spirituals. Lazonby was from Hawthorne. The rest of Grooms set can be found on T80-30.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1978-05-28
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t80-029
Series
S1576
Item ID
T80-29
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1978)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Jones, Clay
Marshall, Reatha Pearl
Lazonby, Lance
Grooms, Don, 1930-1998
Schuman, Marty
DeMass, Tim
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Title of Work
Rigs of Rye (Clay Jones)
Pale Ring story
Always Answer the Young Men No
It Is a Blessing (Reatha Pearl Marshall)
I Just Want to Thank You Lord
Reach Out and Touch Somebodys Hand
Crooked Hog Fence story (Lance Lazonby)
Six Days on the Road
Philadelphia Lawyer
Uncle Billy story
Old 97
Winnebago (Don Grooms with Marty Schuman & Tim DeMass)