- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 4
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1980
- Subject:
- Folklore
Storytelling
Larkin, Chuck, 1931-2003 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Tennessee, Anderson County, 36.11844, -84.19846 - Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with singer Bessie Jones' rendition of "Preachin the Blues" and an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The entire program focuses on Christmas traditions in Appalachia, and begins at 1:13. The story features audio from John Rice Erwin of Anderson County, Tennessee; Cumberland College professor Chester Young; John Ramsey of Berea College; Edna Baker of Winchester, Kentucky; Lewis Lamb of Paint Lick, Kentucky, and other unidentified individuals. The story also includes audio of Atlanta story teller Chuck Larkin talking about the birth of Jesus. 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 1118.004.001
ahc.1118.004.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/54
- 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
29:33 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
