- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of Mabel Cawthorn, Carnesville, Georgia, 1989 June 15
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Date of Original:
- 1989-06-15
- Subject:
- Old-time music--Georgia--Carnesville
Banjo music--Georgia--Carnesville
Banjoists--Georgia--Carnesville
Songs
Singing
Women folk musicians--Georgia--Carnesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Franklin County, Carnesville, 34.36983, -83.23516
- Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This video contains offensive language. Video of Mabel Cawthorn at her home in Carnesville, Georgia. She talks about a recent car accident and her issues with the current local sheriff. She also dicusses former sheriff Tom Watson and plays a song she wrote about him on the banjo. She also plays "Shout Lulu" on banjo and sings the Ballad of Little Mary Phagan. She plays a few more songs on piano. She talks about when she (almost?) killed a man with a hammer who tried to rob her. She also discusses growing up with music and plays some more songs on the banjo, including "Brakeman's Blues," "Gloryland Way," "I Don't Love Nobody," "Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister," and "Nelly Gray." She finishes by playing more songs on piano, including "Old Time Religion" and "Shortnin' Bread."
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-1997
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-1997
- 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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