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Bluegrass & Old-Time
Old-time string band and bluegrass music has deep roots in Florida with fiddle players, such as Cush Holston and Richard Seaman. Old-time is based on the centuries-old dance music and songs of people of Anglo-Celtic descent. Bluegrass takes its name from Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, a Kentucky band that combined elements of old-time, big band, blues and other influences to create a new, high energy musical style in the 1940s.
Audio Catalog
Bill Monroe at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival - D93-12
The Peyton Brothers at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival - T81-65
1977 Doc and Merle Watson Concert - T77-280 - T77-281
Goose Culbreath at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival - T87-64
Richard Seaman at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival - D93-7
Performance by Cush Holston - S2043
Photos
Additional Resources
Bluegrass & Old-Time Performers:
Features
Territorial Legislative Council Records, 1822-1845
Documenting Florida's legislature prior to statehood
State and County Officer Directories, 1868-1969
Lists of Florida's state and county officials either elected or appointed between 1868 and 1969.
Guide to Military Records and the Wartime Experience
A guide to government records and manuscript collections relating to service members and the wartime experience.
Dust Tracks
21 tracks from Hurston's time documenting African American culture for the WPA in 1930s Florida.
History Day 2025
Resources for Florida History Day from the State Library and Archives of Florida.