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Sound Recordings
(continued) |
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0700 |
AFC 1975/001: SR009, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 15:23 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. All songs by Guy Carawan. SR009 through SR011 seem to have
been recorded at the same performance. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
Start |
"The Water is Wide" |
Carawan |
|
4:00 |
Carawan talks about the summer he travelled in the
South with Frank Hamilton and Jack Elliot performing and
learning songs. |
|
|
5:35 |
[this is a version of the song "Simon Slick" or
"Kickin' Mule"] |
Carawan |
first line: "My Uncle had an old mule, his name was
Simon Slick" |
7:20 |
The first line is something like "Dedda Gelt Oy Yoi
Yoi" |
Carawan |
This song is in Yiddish. |
10:20 |
[The title is probably "Wanderin"] |
Carawan |
first line: "My Daddy is an engineer, my brother
drives a hack" |
12:33 |
"On My Way" |
Carawan |
|
14:08 |
"It's Me, Oh Lord It's Me" |
Carawan |
|
15:23 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0701 |
AFC 1975/001: SR010, Recorded:
1958-04-08
|
|
Running time: 15:45 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. All songs by Guy Carawan. Seems to be a continuation of SR009. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
Instruments on a Chinese bamboo flute |
Carawan |
1:04 |
"Chickens They Are Crowin'" |
Carawan |
2:20 |
Medley: "Hattie Belle She's My Own True Love" and
"Look Down, Look Down That Lonesome Road" |
Carawan |
5:20 |
"Cripple Creek" |
Carawan |
8:10 |
Delia |
Carawan |
11:25 |
At the World Youth Festival Carawan learned a Russian
song about a girl named Katushka[?]. Sung in
Russian |
Carawan |
13:45 |
"Talkin' Atom" |
Carawan |
15:45 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0702 |
AFC 1975/001: SR011, Recorded:
1958-04-08
|
|
Running time: 15:45 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. All songs by Guy Carawan. The seems to be a continuation of
SR009 and SR010. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"Black Eyed Susie" |
Carawan |
2:10 |
"Railroad Bill" |
Carawan |
5:05 |
"Hava Nagila" [sung in Hebrew] |
Carawan |
7:30 |
Discussion of two Chinese instruments. One a pipe
called a [Shang or Zhang] and a bamboo flute. |
Carawan |
10:10 |
This Land is Your Land" |
Carawan |
12:25 |
So Long It's Been Good to Know You" |
Carawan |
14:50 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0703 |
AFC 1975/001: SR012, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 30:51 |
|
Good recording quality. This seems to have been recorded live, before an
audience. All songs by Guy Carawan. This seems to be a continuation of
SR009. Start through 14:45 is a repeat
of SR011. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"Black Eyed Susie" |
Carawan |
2:05 |
"Railroad Bill" |
Carawan |
5:07 |
"Hava Nagila" [sung in Hebrew] |
Carawan |
7:29 |
Discussion of two Chinese instruments. One a pipe
called a [Shang or Zhang] and a bamboo flute. |
Carawan |
9:25 |
This Land is Your Land" |
Carawan |
12:20 |
So Long It's Been Good to Know You" |
Carawan |
14:45 |
"Dance Boatman, Dance" |
Carawan |
16:25 |
"3 Little Pigs" |
Carawan |
17:54 |
"Sinner Man" |
Carawan |
20:02 |
"Old Blue" |
Carawan |
23:13 |
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" |
Carawan |
26:58 |
"Ontario" |
Carawan |
30:51 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0704 |
AFC 1975/001: SR013, Recorded:
1958-05-25
|
|
Running time: 32:01 |
|
This is a recording for the second half hour of a John Dildine radio
program. It features live performances by Tom Paley, John Cohen and Mike
Seeger. It is the first time that these three musicians played together
(see Allen, Ray – "The New Lost City Ramblers & The Folk Music
Revival," University of Illinois Press, 2010, pages 38 to 40 and Malone,
Bill C. – "Music from the True Vine – Mike Seeger's Live and Musical
Journey," University of North Carolina Press, 2011, page 79). They went
on to become The New Lost City Ramblers. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
Start |
Conversation by John Dildine: a recent concert by
Pete Seeger; Announcement of upcoming concerts by Josh
White, and by Tom Paley, and Bob Clayton. Introduction
of Paley, Cohen and Seeger. |
|
|
3:07 |
"Soldiers Joy" |
Paley (vocal and guitar), Cohen (banjo) and Seeger
(fiddle) |
|
5:15 |
"Weaver room Blues" |
Cohen and Paley |
|
8:30 |
Discussion of bluegrass and "greengrass" |
Seeger |
|
9:45 |
"Molly and Tenbrook" |
Seeger (vocal and banjo) |
|
12:18 |
Discussion of the song and banjo techniques |
Seeger |
|
14:03 |
"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" |
Cohen |
|
15:50 |
Discussion of John Cohen and his brother Mike Cohen
who is a member of the Shanty Boys. |
Dildine and Cohen |
|
16:20 |
"Colored Aristocracy," instrumental |
Paley |
Paley says he got this song from a Library of
Congress recording. [per page 39 of Ray Allen's book,
this song is titled "Colored Aristocracy." The original
tape box calls this song "Aristocrat ‘til I
die"] |
18:00 |
Discussion of the song as a dance number. Comments
about bluegrass. |
|
|
18:47 |
Tuning instruments |
|
|
19:48 |
"Boll Weevil" |
Paley (vocal) |
|
23:28 |
"Little Moses" |
Seeger (autoharp and vocal) |
|
27:50 |
Conversation: Dildine and Seeger about a TV program
Seeger recently did. |
|
|
28:40 |
Dildine talks about this night's radio broadcast and
upcoming concerts. |
|
|
30:08 |
"Railroad Bill" |
Paley (vocal and guitar) |
|
32:01 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0705 |
AFC 1975/001: SR014, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 12:50 |
|
In this recording John Dildine interviews Tom Paley. The recording
quality is very good. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Start |
Paley describes how he got his first guitar in 1945
when he was in high school in NY. |
2:10 |
Paley talks about the kind of music he
performs. |
4:05 |
Paley discusses where he went to high school, college
and graduate school. |
4:40 |
Paley discusses how and where he learns
songs. |
7:20 |
Paley discusses how he learned to play the guitar and
the banjo. |
8:50 |
Paley discusses being influenced by "ethnic" or
"authentic" performance styles. |
11:30 |
Paley discusses his recordings. |
12:50 |
End |
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0706 |
AFC 1975/001: SR015, Recorded:
1958-11-21
|
|
Running time: 27:50 |
|
Good recording quality |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"P Street Blues" |
Rick [Eric] Von Schmidt |
3:30 |
"Cindy" |
Hutch Morris and others on the chorus |
6:40 |
"Cambric Shirt" |
Jean Foss (vocal) and George Foss |
9:05 |
"DeKalb Blues" |
Von Schmidt |
13:45 |
"Henry Lee" |
Chris and Pixie Christie |
16:50 |
"Nottamin Town" |
Jean Foss (vocal) and George Foss |
19:45 |
"James A. Garfield" |
Von Schmidt |
26:09 |
reprise "James A. Garfield" |
Von Schmidt |
27:50 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0707 |
AFC 1975/001: SR016, Recorded:
1958-12-02
|
|
Running time: 29:01 |
|
Good recording quality. This was recorded in the Dildine's living room.
It is continued on SR017. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
Start |
John Dildine introduces and interviews Rudy Thurau
and Ron Engh |
|
|
7:40 |
Introduction to "Annalisa" |
Engh |
|
8:30 |
"Annalisa" |
Engh and Thurau |
[sung in German] |
10:25 |
Discussion of rock and roll, and folk music |
Dildine, Engh and Thurau |
|
12:01 |
Introduction to a Dutch song |
Thurau |
|
12:55 |
[Dutch song, title not given] |
Thurau and Engh |
[sung in Dutch] |
14:22 |
Discussion of folk singing, conversation and cultural
differences in Europe, the United States and
Africa |
Engh, Thurau and Dildine |
|
24:15 |
Introduction to an [Algerian] song |
Engh |
|
24:50 |
[Algerian song, title not given] |
Engh and Thurau |
[language not identified] |
26:58 |
Discussion of the style in which the guitar was
played; talk of busking in Africa |
Engh, Thurau and Dildine |
|
29:01 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0708 |
AFC 1975/001: SR017, Recorded:
1958-12-02
|
|
Running time: 27:55 |
|
Good recording quality. This was recorded in the Dildine's living room.
It is the continuation of SR016. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
Start |
Discussion of the way Ron Engh and Rudy Thurau look;
they have beards. Engh and Thurau talk about singing in
Paris. |
|
|
2:40 |
"The Shepardess and the Cat" |
Engh and Thurau |
[sung in French] |
3:45 |
Discussion of the pervious song. Dildine asks them to
sing an American song. |
|
|
4:55 |
"The Fox" |
Engh (vocal and guitar), Thurau (harmonica) |
[sung in English] |
7:02 |
Discussion of their travels. Engh and Thurau built a
raft and sailed down the Niger River. Engh broke his arm
and had to return to the United States. The December 20,
1958 issue of the Saturday Evening Post will have an
article about Engh and Thurau. They discuss the
lecture/concert tour they are about to begin. |
|
|
15:57 |
"No, John, No" |
Engh and Thurau |
[sung in English; a variation of "No, Sir,
No"] |
18:35 |
Discussion of previous song. Discussion of the
languages they speak and don't speak. Discussion of
their upcoming trip to South America, Australia, Japan
and Asia. Dildine asks if they have made a
record. |
|
|
25:00 |
"Bon Jour" |
Engh and Thurau |
|
27:55 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0709 |
AFC 1975/001: SR018, Recorded:
1958-12
|
|
Running time: 30:38 |
|
Recording quality is ok; the volume level is uneven. It was recorded
before a live audience. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
Introduction to the first song |
Sandy Paton |
1:45 |
"Coronation Coronach" [also known as "Scottish
Breakaway"] |
Sandy Paton |
2:30 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
4:10 |
"Cold Blows the Wind" [also known as "The Unquiet
Grave"] |
Sandy Paton |
6:25 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
8:00 |
A version of "Captain Wedderburn's Courtship" |
Sandy Paton |
9:40 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
10:05 |
"Dear Companion" |
Sandy Paton |
13:40 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
14:35 |
"An Old Man Rocking the Cradle" |
Sandy Paton |
17:38 |
"Dewy Dens of Yarrow |
Sandy Paton |
22:25 |
Introduction to the next song |
Sandy Paton |
22:50 |
"The Wild Mountain Thyme" |
Sandy Paton |
26:55 |
John Dildine thanks Sandy Paton, introduces Charlotte
(Char) Daniels and announces a concert by Rudy Thurau
and Ron Engh |
|
30:38 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 017 |
AFC 1975/001: SR019, Recorded:
1958-12
|
|
Running time: 26:35 |
|
Recording quality is ok; the volume level is uneven. It was recorded
before a live audience. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
Introduction to the first song |
Sandy Paton |
2:04 |
"Lang a Growin'" |
Paton |
4:45 |
Introduction to the next song |
Paton |
5:35 |
"Long Time a Growin'" |
Paton |
9:35 |
"Keep That Wheel a Turnin'" |
Paton |
12:07 |
Introduction to the next song |
Paton |
12:40 |
"Charlie Mops" |
Paton |
15:30 |
"Sunday is My Day of Rest" |
Paton |
17:05 |
Introduction to the next song |
Paton |
18:25 |
"Foggy, Foggy Dew" |
Paton |
22:13 |
"Maids when you're Young" |
Paton |
24:03 |
Introduction to the next song |
Paton |
24:20 |
Several kid's songs: "Charlie Chaplin," "Shirley
Temple," "Granny", "Duke Street Jail" and
"Black-White-Cat" |
Paton |
26:55 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0711 |
AFC 1975/001: SR020, Recorded:
1958-10-08
|
|
Running time: 26:37 |
|
This seems to be a recording for two short radio programs with Paul
Clayton and Char (Charlotte) Daniels. An unidentified guitar
instrumental it may be "Bully of the Town" is played at the start and
end of each program |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
Introduction to the first program |
Daniels and Clayton |
1:16 |
"Great Getting' Up Morning" |
Daniels and Clayton |
2:24 |
"Pilgrim Stanger" [also known as "I am a
Pilgrim"] |
Daniels |
4:48 |
"Jenny Jenkins" |
Daniels and Clayton |
6:15 |
The story of Old Blue |
Clayton |
8:25 |
"Old Blue" [the song] |
Clayton |
10:37 |
"Whiskey is the Life of Man" |
Daniels and Clayton |
12:25 |
End of the first program |
Daniels and Clayton |
13:25 |
Introduction to the second program |
Daniels and Clayton |
14:10 |
"Drill Ye Tarriers" |
Daniels and Clayton |
16:14 |
"Go Away From My Window" |
Clayton |
18:58 |
"I Gave My Love A Cherry" |
Daniels and Clayton |
21:00 |
"Villikins and Dinah" |
Daniels |
23:13 |
"Sourwood Mountain" [A note in the collection folder
calls this song "Chickens Crowin' on Sourwood
NH."] |
Daniels and Clayton |
25:18 |
Conclusion of the second program |
Daniels and Clayton |
26:37 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0712 |
AFC 1975/001: SR021, Recorded:
1958
|
|
Running time: 26:10 |
|
This seems to be a recording for two short radio programs with Paul
Clayton and Char (Charlotte) Daniels. An unidentified guitar
instrumental it may be "Bully of the Town" is played at the start and
end of each program |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
Start |
Introduction to the first program. Clayton says that
the program will be Cowboy songs. |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
1:17 |
"I Ride Old Paint" |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
3:29 |
"Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail" |
Clayton |
|
5:25 |
"The Colorado Trail" |
Daniels |
|
6:36 |
"Cowboy's Lament" [also known as "The Streets of
Laredo"] |
Clayton |
|
9:16 |
["Tender Fool"] |
Clayton |
[the first line song is: "One day I thought I'd have
some fun, see how punchin' cows was done"] |
10:50 |
"The Old Chisholm Trail" |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
12:15 |
Conclusion of the first program |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
13:10 |
Introduction to the second program |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
14:09 |
"That Great Getting' Up Mornin'" |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
15:47 |
"Pilgrim Stanger" [also known as "I am a
Pilgrim"] |
Daniels |
|
17:47 |
"Jenny Jenkins" |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
19:13 |
The story of Old Blue |
Clayton |
|
21:23 |
"Old Blue" [the song] |
Clayton |
|
23:33 |
"Whiskey Johnnie" [also known as "Whiskey is the Life
of Man"] |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
25:13 |
Conclusion of the second program |
Daniels and Clayton |
|
26:10 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0713 |
AFC 1975/001: SR022,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 19:52 |
|
This seems to be a recording session with Paul Clayton and Char
(Charlotte) Daniels. There are false starts, laughing and some complete
songs. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start: |
[recording error] |
|
0:35 |
"Abilene" |
Daniels |
2:09 |
"Old Cotton Fields at [sic] Home" |
Daniels |
3:35 |
"Abilene" |
Daniels |
5:29 |
"Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" |
Daniels |
6:56 |
"Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry" |
Daniels |
10:05 |
"When I First Came to This Land" |
Clayton and Daniels |
12:52 |
"Jenny Jenkins" |
Clayton and Daniels |
15:40 |
"Pay Me My Money Down" |
Clayton and Daniels |
17:15 |
"Old Cotton Fields at [sic] Home" |
Daniels |
19:52 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0714 |
AFC 1975/001: SR023, Recorded: summer
1957
|
|
Running time: 28:44 |
|
This is a sample, compilation of field recordings made by Bates
Littlehales in Tennessee and Alabama. He introduces the songs and the
performers. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
Start |
"Wildwood Flower" |
Gerry Nelson |
|
1:22 |
"John Henry" |
Gerry Nelson |
|
2:28 |
"Willow Garden" |
Gerry Nelson |
|
3:35 |
Littlehales talks about the three previous songs,
where he collected them and the performer, Gerry
Nelson. |
|
|
4:38 |
"Old Rattler" |
Gerry Nelson |
[The melody seems to be the same as "Lay the Pistol
Down, Babe, Lay the Pistol Down"] |
6:19 |
"Jesse James" |
Bobby Barker |
|
7:19 |
Littlehales introduces Kenneth Bolton |
|
|
7:28 |
Kenneth Bolton explains why he sing hymns. |
|
|
8:08 |
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger" |
Kenneth Bolton |
|
10:23 |
[probably "The Blind Child's Prayer"] |
Polly Bolton |
[the first line is "They say dear father that
tonight"] |
12:10 |
"Dying Hobo" |
Frank Bolton |
[first line is "It was at a western water tank, on a
cold December day"] |
14:11 |
"Old Joe Clark" |
[Lum] Thomas |
|
15:15 |
Flop Eared Mule' |
[Lum] Thomas |
|
16:34 |
"Sally Goodin" |
[Lum] Thomas |
|
17:39 |
"The Arkansas Traveler" |
[Lum] Thomas |
|
19:14 |
Littlehales introduces the next performer. |
|
|
19:33 |
"Little Mary" [also known as "The Ballad of Little
Mary Phagen"] |
Ruby [Haveren] |
|
21:14 |
"The Swapping Song" |
Ruby [Haveren] |
|
23:30 |
"30 Pieces of Silver" |
Kenneth Bolton and friends |
|
25:32 |
"In the Pines" |
[Karl] Samples |
|
26:47 |
"16 Tons" |
Gerry Nelson |
|
28:44 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0715 |
AFC 1975/001: SR024,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 9:40 |
|
There is no documentation for this tape. There is no introduction on the
tape itself. It may be another recording session with Paul Clayton and
Char (Charlotte) Daniels. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Start |
"Tying a Knot in the Devil's Tail" |
Daniels |
2:15 |
"Stackolee" |
Clayton |
4:30 |
"Young Rogers the Miller" [takes 1 and 2] |
Clayton and Daniels |
5:38 |
"Young Rogers the Miller" [take 3] |
Clayton and Daniels |
7:26 |
"The Quaker's Daughter" [take 1] |
Clayton and Daniels |
9:12 |
"The Quaker's Daughter" [take 2] |
Clayton and Daniels |
9:40 |
End |
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0716 |
AFC 1975/001: SR025,
Recorded: unknown
|
|
Running time: 17:03 |
|
There is no documentation for this tape. There is no introduction on the
tape itself. It may be another recording session with Paul Clayton and
Char (Charlotte) Daniels. |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Performer(s)
|
Notes
|
Start |
"The Creation Song" |
Clayton and Daniels |
[first line is "First he made the sun"] |
1:16 |
"Get Down, Get Down Little Henry Lee" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
4:15 |
"Ain't Got No Place to Lay My Head" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
6:05 |
"Young Rogers the Miller" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
7:48 |
"The Quaker Lover" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
9:25 |
"Seven Drunken Nights" |
Clayton and Daniels |
[first line is "First night that I came home drunk as
I could be" |
12:14 |
"Old Blue" |
Daniels |
|
14:20 |
The Frozen Logger" |
Clayton and Daniels |
|
17:03 |
End |
|
|
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0717 |
AFC 1975/001: SR026 (1),
Recorded:
1960-01-08
|
|
Running time: 22:14 |
|
This is a recording for the first part of John Dildine's radio program of
January 8, His guests are Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. All the music
is from their recordings. This broadcast is concluded on SR026 (2). |
|
Time
|
Content
|
Start: |
"Midnight Special" |
2:45 |
Dildine speaks with Terry and McGhee about the blues
and how they got started in the music business. |
9:05 |
"Fox Hunt" |
11:37 |
Dildine asks them about a State Department Exchange
Tour they recently did in India. They talk about the
harmonica work on "Fox Hunt." They talk about their
music. |
17:07 |
"Take this hammer" |
20:05 |
Dildine, Terry and McGhee talk about work
songs. |
22:14 |
End |
|
|
|
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0717 |
AFC 1975/001: SR026 (2),
Recorded:
1960-01-08
|
|
Running time: 22:14 |
|
This is a recording for the second part of John Dildine's radio program
of January 8, 1960. His guests are Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee. All
the music is from their recordings.This broadcast is begun on SR026 (1). |
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Dildine, Terry and McGhee talk about the recording
industry. They talk about the song "John Henry." |
3:20 |
"John Henry" |
7:22 |
Dildine, Terry, and McGhee talk about the song "John
Henry." They talk about guitar tunings. They talk about
the song "Betty and Dupree." |
12:39 |
"Betty and Dupree" |
18:53 |
Dildine, Terry, and McGhee talk about how Terry
learned to play the harmonica. They talk about the next
song. |
20:25 |
"Lose Your Money" |
22:14 |
End |
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MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0718 |
AFC 1975/001: SR027, Recorded:
1960-05-01
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Running time: 31:57 |
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It seems that John Dildine reused a tape to record his radio program of
May 1, 1960. However, the tape was not completely erased before starting
the recording, so the first (almost) nine minutes are not folk music at
all. |
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Start |
Prior to a congressional [Senate] hearing, an
unidentified person from the Westinghouse Broadcasting
Company attempts to do live interviews with Bobby
Kennedy, Dave Beck, Nathan Shefferman and Barry
Goldwater. |
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5:00 |
The committee hearing is called to order and Mr.
Schefferman testifies about 16 checks. |
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8:00 |
An advertisement for the "Program Guide" for radio
station WASH-FM in Washington, D.C. |
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8:57 |
Start of the Dildine radio broadcast of May 1, 1960.
The theme music is Etta Baker's recording of "Railroad
Bill." |
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10:14 |
Dildine introduces the program. |
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11:35 |
Dildine talks about the theme song. He introduces
Charlotte [Char] Daniels. They talk. |
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14:10 |
"Durango Jail" |
Daniels |
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17:00 |
Dildine and Daniels talk. |
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19:23 |
"Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" |
Daniels |
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23:42 |
Dildine and Daniels talk. |
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25:25 |
"Across the Blue Mountains" |
Daniels |
The first line is: "One morning, one morning, one
morning in May" |
27:55 |
Dildine and Daniels talk about folk music and the
"folk process." |
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31:57 |
End |
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[This broadcast is continued on SR028] |
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MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0719 |
AFC 1975/001: SR028, Recorded:
1960-05-01
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Running time: 27:40 |
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This is the continuation of SR027, John
Dildine's radio broadcast of May 1, 1960 with guest Charlotte Char
Daniels. |
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Performer(s)
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Dildine and Daniels talk about "bad man
ballads." |
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1:33 |
"Duncan and Brady" |
Daniels |
3:55 |
Dildine and Daniels talk about acoustic guitars and
electric guitars. Daniels introduces the next
song. |
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7:20 |
"Blues Chase Up a Rabbit" |
Daniels |
10:45 |
Dildine and Daniels talk about the Archive of Folk
Song at the Library of Congress. Dildine talks about the
upcoming Washington Folk Festival and National Folk
Festival. |
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15:45 |
"I've Got a Home in That Rock" |
Daniels |
19:43 |
Dildine and Daniels talk about spirituals. The talk
about "hoots." |
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22:30 |
"Frankie and Johnnie" |
Daniels |
26:09 |
Dildine closes the radio program. |
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27:40 |
End |
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MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0719 |
AFC 1975/001: SR029, Recorded:
1960-05-22
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Running time: 58:54 |
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The only documentation for this recording was two notes on the tape box
itself: "Indian Program" and "May 22, 1960." This recording seems to be
part of a radio broadcast for the World Affairs Seminar. John Dildine
and another unidentified broadcast host apparently combined their
air-time to have a program of Asian music. This recording is the Indian
portion of that broadcast. |
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An unidentified man introduces a program of music
from India. He introduces Mr. [Ravin Tanden], the Second
Secretary from the Embassy of India, "who will tell us
about Indian music and will explain it to us." |
1:05 |
A recorded, instrumental piece of music is played.
[flute, drums, and drone] |
4:30 |
Dildine calls the previous piece "a morning raga."
Mr. [Tanden] says that it is a classical piece. He
explains it. Dildine and [Tanden] discuss the raga
musical form and other aspects of Indian music.
Unidentified man joins the conversation. They introduce
and explain the next piece, which is also a morning
raga. A stringed instrument, a sarod, is the lead
instrument on this recorded piece. |
14:30 |
The second morning raga is played. Mr. [Tanden]
occasionally talks over the music to explain
something. |
38:10 |
Unidentified man discusses the World Affairs Seminar
and how this program fits in. There is discussion of the
raga which was just played: the audience for this music;
how an Indian musician learns his/her profession; the
history of Indian music. They discuss "the social
context" of Indian music. They discuss how western music
is coming into India. The next piece is
introduced. |
51:02 |
This is a recording of a vocal selection, with
instrumental backup, from South India. |
54:24 |
The next selection is introduced. It features a
woodwind instrument. |
55:00 |
A recording is played. |
58:20 |
Unidentified man concludes the Indian portion of the
program. |
58:54 |
End |
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MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0720 |
AFC 1975/001: SR030 (1),
Recorded:
1960-06-05
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Running time: 40:33 |
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This is a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast . It was recorded
at a house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The performers are Bob Beers,
Evelyn Beers, Judy Weston and Dave Sear. They are in D.C. for the
National Folk Festival. The Beers and Sear performed at the festival.
The recording volume is uneven. The first 24+ minutes of this broadcast
are repeated on SR031. |
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Dildine introduces the performance and the
performers. In the background a woman [Judy Weston] is
singing and playing banjo. Dildine and Bob Beers discuss
the psaltry and the hammered dulcimer. They discuss the
first song, which Bob Beers wrote and will perform on
his dulcimer. |
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4:36 |
"The Rain Forest" |
Bob Beers |
8:40 |
Dildine does a station break. He introduces Judy
Weston. They talk about learning songs from phonograph
records. |
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15:55 |
"Willie Moore" |
Judy Weston |
14:10 |
Dildine asks Weston from which recording she learned
the song. They discuss the sources of her songs. Sear
joins the conversation. Sear discusses the next
song. |
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18:18 |
"John Henry" |
Dave Sear |
23:05 |
Dildine and Sear discuss how Sear put together his
arrangement. Dildine does a station break. Dildine talks
with Evelyn Beers. |
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29:05 |
"The Water is Wide" |
Evelyn [vocal] and Bob Beers |
31:30 |
"Bonnie George Campbell" |
Evelyn [vocal] and Bob Beers |
33:38 |
Dildine and Bob Beers talk about fiddling. |
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35:18 |
"So Early, Early in the Spring" |
Judy Weston |
38:50 |
"Aiken Drum" or "Achen Drum" |
Dave Sear [and others on the chorus] |
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MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0721 |
AFC 1975/001: SR030 (2),
Recorded:
1960-06-05
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Running time: 2:25 |
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These few segments may have been recorded at the same time as SR031. There is no documentation
available. |
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[unidentified song] |
Judy Weston |
1:21 |
[tuning instruments] |
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1:50 |
[unidentified song] |
Bob Beers |
2:25 |
End |
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MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0722 |
AFC 1975/001: SR031, Recorded:
1960-06-05
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Running time: 24:14 |
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This is a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast. It was recorded
at a house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The performers are Bob Beers,
Evelyn Beers, Judy Weston and Dave Sear. They are in D.C. for the
National Folk Festival. The Beers and Sear performed at the festival.
The recording volume good. A portion of this broadcast is on SR030. |
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Performer(s)
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Start |
Dildine introduces the performance and the
performers. Dildine and Bob Beers discuss the psaltery
and the hammered dulcimer. They discuss the first song,
which Bob Beers wrote and will perform on his
dulcimer. |
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4:15 |
"The Rain Forest" |
Bob Beers |
8:07 |
Dildine does a station break. He introduces Judy
Weston. They talk about learning songs from phonograph
records. |
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12:10 |
"Willie Moore" |
Judy Weston |
13:50 |
Dildine asks Weston from which recording she learned
the song. They discuss the sources of her songs. Sear
joins the conversation. Sear discusses the next
song. |
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17:18 |
"John Henry" |
Dave Sear |
21:25 |
Dildine and Sear discuss how Sear put together his
arrangement. |
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23:40 |
Dildine does a station break. |
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24:14 |
End |
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