- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Musical recording and interview with Howard Finster and others, Summerville, Georgia, Part 1, 1984 September 22
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Date of Original:
- 1984-09-22
- Subject:
- Birdcall whistles--Georgia--Summerville
Folk music--Georgia--Summerville
Folk artists--Georgia--Summerville
Artists--Georgia--Summerville
Riddles--Georgia--Summerville
Songs
Singing
Life on other planets
Cosmology
Hunting
Library of Congress
Field recordings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chattooga County, Summerville, 34.48064, -85.34773
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Part one of a two-part recording. Art Rosenbaum records Howard Finster and Stan Gillian. In the first half of the recording, Howard Finster whistles, performs bird calls and speaks about the creation of the universe and life on other planets. At 00:31:38 Stan Gillian sings traditional songs. At 00:48:17 Howard Finster performs three songs and talks about his upbringing in Alabama, shooting his first rabbit, and he and W. Guy Bruce each tell a riddle (continued in the second part of the recording). The first song Finster sings, "Just a Little Tack," was composed while he was at the Library of Congress. Songs: Goin' Back To Georgia, Gypsy Davy, Come Along Pretty Little Miss (Sail Away Lady), Greenback, Wilfork Murder Ballad (fragment), Good Morning Mrs. Pilgrim, Bullfrog Went A-Courtin', Run Nigger Run, Lullabyes, Black Sheep Where's Your Lamb, Go To Sleep Little Baby, I Want To Go A-Courtin', Was You There When They Crucified My Lord?, Just A Little Tack [Fintser], In The Single Of The Fool, Introduction.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2357-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2357-01
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 00:59:45
- 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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