- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of the North Georgia Folk Festival, Athens, Georgia, 1984 October 6
- Creator:
- McWillie, Judith
- Date of Original:
- 1984-10-06
- Subject:
- 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
Eller Brothers
Blues musicians--Georgia--Athens
Performing arts--Audiences--Georgia--Athens
Parks--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 1984 North Georgia Folk Festival in Athens, Georgia. The video begins with Doc Barnes and Lucy Barnes performing gospel songs with the Gospel Chorus. Doc Barnes accompanies the Chorus on guitar. Jake Rakestraw performs blues music next, on guitar and vocals. The video includes shots of the festival attendees, who are sitting on the ground and watching the performances on stage. Rakestraw briefly introduces his songs, including a story about a fortune teller and a gypsy that inspired the song "Market Street." The Gospel Chorus returns to the stage to perform more songs, with Nathaniel and Fleeta Mitchell leading on vocals and piano. Next, Lawrence Eller and Ross Brown perform old-time music on banjo and fiddle. Finally, Bessie Sheats of the Gospel Chorus plays blues songs on piano. 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-2066
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2066
- 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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