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Audio Recording Guitar music and commentary by John Guthrie, Ray City, Georgia, part 2

Guitar music and commentary by John Guthrie, Ray City, Georgia, part 2

About this Item

Title

  • Guitar music and commentary by John Guthrie, Ray City, Georgia, part 2

Names

  • Adler, Thomas A. (Collector)
  • Guthrie, John

Created / Published

  • Ray City, Georgia, August 20, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Country music
  • -  Guitars
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Music
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Berrien County -- Ray City

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Music
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Part 2 of a 2-part series of recordings of narrative and music by John Guthrie, Ray City, GA, comments and selections include Guthrie's story about his guitar tuning and early playing; "Cindy, Cindy was a good Gal," song from the past; about the band players from the past and the instruments they used to play; Guthrie plays a sample of his banjo playing, strumming with a song; the story of Tom Dooley, Guthrie learned the story from the song; Guthrie talks about himself, personal history, born in 1911, mentions the player piano and what it meant to him and his outlook on music; Guthrie plays "John Henry" on his guitar; Guthrie talks about the songs he used to hear the men play when he was younger, recaps various stories; about (sugar) cane grinding. the social event of the season; Guthrie plays another song on his guitar, explains the moods of a guitar to one of his students, gives his idea of folk music.

Medium

  • audiotape reel, 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 20901
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 1558
  • Field project identifier: GA7-TA-R28

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Adler, Thomas A, and John Guthrie. Guitar music and commentary by John Guthrie, Ray City, Georgia, part 2. Ray City, Georgia, 1977. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs20901/.

APA citation style:

Adler, T. A. & Guthrie, J. (1977) Guitar music and commentary by John Guthrie, Ray City, Georgia, part 2. Ray City, Georgia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs20901/.

MLA citation style:

Adler, Thomas A, and John Guthrie. Guitar music and commentary by John Guthrie, Ray City, Georgia, part 2. Ray City, Georgia, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1982010_afs20901/>.