- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Musical recording and interview with Mabel Cawthorn Part 2, Carnesville, Georgia, 1982 December 17
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Date of Original:
- 1982-12-17
- Subject:
- Old-time music--Georgia--Carnesville
Banjo music--Georgia--Carnesville
Banjoists--Georgia--Carnesville
Songs
Singing
Folk dancing--Georgia--Carnesville
Drug traffic--Georgia--Carnesville
Field recordings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Franklin County, Carnesville, 34.36983, -83.23516
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Part two of a three-part recording. Art Rosenbaum records Mabel Cawthorn on banjo and vocals in Carnesville, Georgia. In an interview segment, she says that there used to be a lot of musicians in the area, but they have since quit playing. She continues to play because she loves it. Cawthorn also speaks about her late husband and legal troubles, having recently been arrested for selling marijuana. She says that when she played for square dances, fights rarely broke out. People in the region made and drank moonshine often, including her late husband. Songs and interview segments are as follows: Shout Lulu, John Henry, Spanish Flang Dang, Interview, Cripple Creek, Interview - Husband - Legal trouble.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2267-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2267-01
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 00:16:02
- 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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