- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of Fleeta Mitchell, Nathaniel Mitchell, and Cecil Barfield, Georgia, 1988
- Creator:
- Georgia Folklore Society
- Date of Original:
- 1988
- Subject:
- Gospel music--Georgia--Athens
Gospel musicians--Georgia--Athens
African American musicians--Georgia--Athens
Blind musicians--Georgia--Athens
Blues (Music)--Georgia--Bronwood
African American guitarists--Georgia--Bronwood
Songs
Singing
Mitchell, Fleeta, 1913-
Mitchell, Nathaniel, 1912?-
Barfield, Cecil - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
United States, Georgia, Terrell County, Bronwood, 31.831, -84.36436 - Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Fleeta Mitchell plays piano and sings gospel with husband Nathaniel Mitchell in Athens, Georgia. Between songs, they discuss how they got started in music. Songs: What Month Was Jesus Born In?, Brother You Ought've Been There, If You Just Hold Out. Blues musician Cecil Barfield sings and plays guitar at his home in Bronwood, Georgia. Some of Barfield's neighbors are inteviewed and discuss Barfield's music. Barfield is interviewed and discusses blues music and his musical style. Camera also pans around inside and outside of Barfield's home.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-1986
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-1986
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 60 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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