United States, Georgia, Stephens County, Toccoa, 34.57732, -83.33239Rosenbaum, Art1991-02-04Video of Harvie Sims performing guitar in Toccoa, Georgia, on February 4, 1991. Between songs, Sims is interviewed about his history with music. At the beginning of the video Sims speaks about how he learned guitar from his aunt, along with his other cousins. His aunt taught guitar locally, and played into old age. She taught Sims some of her original songs. His aunt performed music at corn-shucking parties on the Jeff Davis plantation in the 1920's. These parties were thrown by sharecroppers, wherein the sharecroppers would shuck corn while they were entertained by music. He talks about older musicians who still live in Toccoa, such as Ray Ritchie. He plays several blues songs, including Good Night Irene. Between songs Sims talks about musicians that he likes, such as John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, and Blind Boy Fuller, among others.video/mp4enghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GeorgiaBlues (music)--Georgia--ToccoaFolk music--Georgia--ToccoaGuitarists--Georgia--ToccoaGuitar music--Georgia--ToccoaAfrican American musicians--Georgia--ToccoaWomen blues musicians--Georgia--ToccoaSharecropping--Georgia--ToccoaCorn--Husking--Georgia--ToccoaGuitar teachers--Georgia--ToccoaAunts--Georgia--ToccoaPlantations--Georgia--ToccoaBlues musiciansHooker, John LeeKing, B. B.Fuller, Blind Boy, 1907-1941Video of Harvie Sims, Toccoa, Georgia, 1991 February 4MovingImage