- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 25
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1981-10-02
- Subject:
- Crime--Georgia--Decatur
Folk music - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, West Virginia, 38.50038, -80.50009 - Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with singer Johnny Cash's rendition of "Southwind" and an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first segment, which begins at 0:55 is a feature about crime in Decatur, Georgia. The program features several audio excerpts of unidentified Decatur residents expressing their shock over the recent attack of two women, Jean Buice and Betty Ann Miles. Decatur City Manager Curtis Branscome and Reverend Lester Buice of Rehovath Baptist Chuch in Decautur are also featured. The second segment, which begins at 16:06 is a feature by West Virginia Public Radio that contains an interview of the Hammond sisters, two West Virginia women who sing and talk about folk music and dancing. They are interviewed by correspondent Susan Leffler. Barbara Smith of Alderson Broaddus College is also featured. 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 1118.025.001
ahc.1118.025.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/73
- 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
29:32 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
