- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 145
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1985-10-17
- Subject:
- Folk music--Georgia--Atlanta
Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Blues musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Sea Island Singers - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Sea Island, 31.18356, -81.34982 - Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The program features a retrospective of past programs. The program includes a segments featuring the Georgia Sea Island Singers; folk music trio Elise Witt and Small Family Orchestra; Tim Arkansas, a folk singer who sings about the Summerhill neighborhood of Atlanta; folk singer and Georgia Tech professor Bud Foote; a Native American-themed play called "Image Makers" that played in an Atlanta theater; Alice Parker and her opera titled "Singers Glen", and blues pianist Willy Lee Perryman, known as "Piano Red." The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis. - Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.145.001
ahc.1118.145.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/136
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Extent:
- 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
29:00 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
