- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of the North Georgia Folk Festival, Athens, Georgia, 1986
- Creator:
- Georgia Folklore Society
- Date of Original:
- 1986
- Subject:
- Folk festivals--Georgia--Athens
Folk music--Georgia
Folk music groups--Georgia
Bluegrass music--Georgia
Foxfire Boys
Storytellers--Georgia
Storytelling--Georgia
Gospel music--Georgia--Athens
Blind musicians--Georgia--Athens
African American musicians--Georgia--Athens
Gospel musicians--Georgia--Athens
Banjoists--Georgia
Women folk musicians--Georgia
Women country musicians--Georgia
Guitarists--Georgia
Songs
Singing
Mitchell, Fleeta, 1913-
Mitchell, Nathaniel, 1912?-
Bruce, W. Guy
Jones, Carol Elizabeth, 1960- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- The Foxfire Boys, Nathaniel and Fleeta Mitchell, W. Guy Bruce, and Carol Elizabeth Jones perfrom at the 1986 North Georgia Folk Festival in Athens, Georgia. Bluegrass group The Foxfire Boys perform. Their songs include: How Mountain Girls Can Love, Hold Watcha Got, Old Home Place, Midnight on the Highway, If That's the Way You Feel, On the Sea of Life, Daniel Prayed, Love of the Mountains, Carolina in the Pines. A woman performs some storytelling. Blind musicians Nathaniel and Fleeta Mitchell sing gospel, with Fleeta on piano. Their songs include: I Know Prayer Will Change Things, Don't Stop Praying, Put Your Time In, It's My Desire, I Got a New Name, Up Above My Head. W. Guy Bruce then performs on the banjo, accompanied by Art Rosenbaum on guitar. He also does some storytelling. Songs: Boil Them Cabbage Down, Cindy, Lily of the West, Little Brown Jug. Next, country musician Carol Elizabeth Jones sings and plays guitar. Songs: Flower Blooming in the Wildwood, Sweet Sunny South, No Ash Will Burn, Sweet Mama Hurry Home, Unwed Fathers, Shattered Image, Millworker.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2043
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2043
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 124 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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