- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of Joe K. Rakestraw, Athens, Georgia, 1988 January 16
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Contributor to Resource:
- Rosenbaum, Neil
- Date of Original:
- 1988-01-16
- Subject:
- Guitarists--Georgia--Athens
Fiddlers--Georgia--Athens
Blues (Music)--Georgia--Athens
Folk music--Georgia--Athens
African American musicians--Georgia--Athens
Cotton trade--Georgia--Jackson County
Boll weevil--Georgia
Songs
Singing - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
United States, Georgia, Jackson County, 34.13388, -83.56635 - Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Joe Rakestraw plays guitar and fiddle. Between songs, he talks about growing up in Jackson County, growing cotton, and the boll weevil. Songs: Carolina Mom, Am I Blue, Bye Bye Blackbird, Stormy Weather, River Stay Away From My Door, Boll Weevil Blues, Leavin' Here Don't Know Where I'm Goin', How Great Thou Art (with Alberta Rakestraw on vocals).
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2022
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2022
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 38 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:
-
