- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Musical recording and interview with Mabel Cawthorn, Carnesville, Georgia, 1983 December 25
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Date of Original:
- 1983-08-25
- Subject:
- Old-time music--Georgia--Carnesville
Banjo music--Georgia--Carnesville
Piano music--Georgia--Carnesville
Banjoists--Georgia--Carnesville
Songs
Singing
Camp meetings--Georgia--Carnesville
Shape-note singing--Georgia--Carnesville
Preaching--Georgia--Carnesville
Sheriffs--Georgia--Carnesville
Political campaigns--Georgia--Carnesville
Field recordings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Franklin County, Carnesville, 34.36983, -83.23516
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Art Rosenbaum records Mabel Cawthorn on banjo, piano and vocals. The first song, "Tom Watson," is named after a sheriff, Tom Watson Anders, who served in Franklin County circa 1958. The song was used during Watson's campaign, with different lyrics. Cawthorn says that brush arbor meetings used to take place in the region. They are not held any longer because no one attends them, but Cawthorn enjoyed them. The meetings included preaching and shape-note singing. Her mother bought their family an organ, which Cawthon played more than anyone else in the family. Songs: Tom Watson, Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad, The Dying Girl, Light In The Graveyard, Lonesome Valley.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2269-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2269-01
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 00:15:08
- 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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