- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of the North Georgia Folk Festival, Part 5, Athens, Georgia, 1989
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Date of Original:
- 1989
- Subject:
- Shape-note singing--Georgia--Athens
Sacred harp
Folk festivals--Georgia--Athens
Music festivals--Georgia--Athens
African American musicians--Georgia--Athens
Songs
Singing
Church music--Georgia--Athens
Hymns--Georgia--Athens
African American choirs--Georgia--Gainesville
Body percussion--Georgia--Athens
Harmonica--Georgia--Athens
Harmonica players--Georgia--Athens
Dogs--Georgia--Athens
Dogs in the Performing Arts--Georgia--Athens
Piano--Georgia--Athens
African American guitarists--Georgia--Athens
Violinists--Georgia--Athens
Blues (Music)--Georgia--Athens
Guitar music (Blues)
Boll weevil--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Video of the 1989 North Georgia Folk Festival in Athens, Georgia. Art Rosenbaum introduces the South Side Community Choir of Gainesville, an African American shape-note singing choir. Part 5 of 8. They sing several songs, and afterwards a festival volunteer reads announcements and the names of raffle winners. Next, "Bongo" is introduced, a dog who plays a miniature piano. Bradley Fincher and Joe Willie play next, Fincher plays body percussion, while Willie sings and plays harmonica. Next, Art Rosenbaum introduces Joe Rakestraw, who plays fiddle and with Art Rosenbaum accompanying him on guitar. Rakestraw begins by telling a story about getting lost in Gainesville, and introduces the first song, which was written when people began to leave the area due to the boll weevil's infestation of crops. He performs the song on fiddle and sings, and next plays a few songs on guitar, including the beginning of "Market Street," when the tape gets cut off. The annual folk music festival is organized by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2046
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2046
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 63 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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