- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of the North Georgia Folk Festival, Athens, Georgia, 1985 October 12
- Creator:
- McWillie, Judith
- Date of Original:
- 1985-10-12
- Subject:
- Sculptors--Georgia--Athens
Wood sculpture--Georgia--Athens
Folk art--Georgia--Athens
Folk music festivals--Georgia--Athens
Gospel music--Georgia--Athens
African American gospel singers
Old-time music--Georgia--Athens
Banjo music--Georgia--Athens
Banjoists--Georgia
Songs
Singing
Musicians--Georgia
Fiddling--Georgia
Fiddlers--Georgia
Guitarists--Georgia
Women folk musicians--Georgia
Gospel singers--Georgia--Athens
African American musicians--Georgia--Athens
Bluegrass music--Georgia--Athens
Blues (music)--Georgia--Athens
Harp--Georgia--Athens
Blues musicians--Athens
Eller Brothers
Performing arts--Audiences--Georgia--Athens
Barnes, Brady, -1985
Barnes, Lucy
Mitchell, Fleeta, 1913-
Mitchell, Nathaniel, 1912?- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Video of the 1985 North Georgia Folk Festival. The video begins with a woodworker, Alex Williams, being interviewed about his wood sculptures. Williams shows his peices, explains their meanings, and discusses his material. Next, the gospel group Voices of Truth perform. Art Rosenbaum introduces the next musicians, Lawrence Eller and Ross Brown who perform old-time songs on banjo and fiddle. They are accompanied by a third musician on guitar. Joe Rakestraw performs next, and begins with a story. He plays several songs on guitar and vocals. Mabel Cawthorn perfoms on piano and vocals, accompanied by Rosenbaum on banjo. Next John "Doodle" Thrower and the Golden RIver Grass perform several songs, including "Foggy Mountain Top." Finally, Doc and Lucy Barnes of Athens, Georgia, perform with the The Gospel Chorus. They perform "Great Camp Meeting in the Promised Land" while Doc Barnes accompanies the group on guitar. 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-2062
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2062
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 122 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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