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Film, Video Nick Gaitan interview conducted by Angel Quesada

Nick Gaitan interview conducted by Angel Quesada, part 1 of 2

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[ Time stamped log of Nick Gaitan interview, part 2 of 2 ]

About this Item

Title

  • Nick Gaitan interview conducted by Angel Quesada

Names

  • Quesada, José Angel (Interviewer)
  • Gaitan, Nick (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Houston, Texas, December 30, 2022

Headings

  • -  Mexican Americans--Music
  • -  Tejano music--Texas--Houston
  • -  Tejano musicians--Interviews
  • -  Houston (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • -  Chicano music--Texas--Houston
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Texas -- Houston

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Moving Image
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Summary: In a two-part interview, musician Nick Gaitan talks about his parents and the historically significant and personal connection Chicano music had in the early part of his life. He recollects the influence his parents and siblings had in steering his musical taste. Nick discusses learning to play the guitar and his first band and the Houston Music Register, a publication that listed all of the musical acts in town. Nick shares about the circuitous ways in which he started playing bass, meeting fellow musician and longtime collaborator, Robert Rodriguez as well as playing in the band, Los Skarnales. Nick recounts going on tour with the Los Skarnales and later falling into a situation playing bass for country recording artist Billy Joe Shaver.
  • -  Keywords: Documenting the Chicano music scene of Houston, Latino representation, Tejano music, Touring musicians, Musician, Houston music register, Bass, Touring
  • -  Venue: Recorded at Nick Gaitan's home, Houston, Texas, December 30, 2022

Medium

  • 2 moving image files (MP4): 2 manuscript files (PDF): digital.

Source Collection

  • Sonidos de Houston : Documenting the City's Chicano Music Scene : Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/009)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image
  • video
  • pdf

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Credit line

Sonidos de Houston: Documenting the City's Chicano Music Scene. Community Collections Grant Project, 2022 (AFC 2022/009), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Chicago citation style:

Quesada, José Angel, and Nick Gaitan. Nick Gaitan interview conducted by Angel Quesada. Houston, Texas, 2022. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022009_028/.

APA citation style:

Quesada, J. A. & Gaitan, N. (2022) Nick Gaitan interview conducted by Angel Quesada. Houston, Texas. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022009_028/.

MLA citation style:

Quesada, José Angel, and Nick Gaitan. Nick Gaitan interview conducted by Angel Quesada. Houston, Texas, 2022. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022009_028/>.