- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Interview with Tom and Kate Quinton, Talking Rock, Georgia, 1980 July 31
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Date of Original:
- 1980-07-31
- Subject:
- Songs
Singing
Recitations--Georgia--Talking Rock
Vendettas--Georgia--Gilmer County
Violent crimes--Georgia--Gilmer County
Composition (Music)--Georgia--Talking Rock
Folk music--Georgia--Talking Rock
Storytelling--Georgia--Talking Rock
Georgia--Talking Rock--History--20th century
Gilmer County (Ga.)--History--20th century
Beheading--Georgia--Gilmer County
Field recordings - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Pickens County, Talking Rock, 34.50926, -84.50493
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Art Rosenbaum records Tom Quinton, Kate Quinton and Kay Sewell in Talking Rock, Georgia. Kate Quinton recites "That Hainted House," an old recitation, and then Tom, Kate's son, is interviewed about Uncle Tom Quinton, who wrote songs. He recounts the narrative one of his uncle's songs about an old man and the devil. Then, Kate Quinton and Key Sewell sing songs. Tom Quinton talks about the many people buried in the graveyard at Ebeneezer Church, in Gilmer County, Georgia, who were killed as a result of feuding. Interview and song segments: Recitation - That Hainted House, Interview with Tom (Kate's son) about Uncle Tom Quinton, One Verse of Farmer's Curst Wife, Farmer's Curst Wife [Kay Sewell], Songs For Swinging Housewives [Kay Sewell], Barbara Allen [Kate Quinton], Interview with Tom Quinton - feudin' - Aunt Villa and husband's death, Moonshining.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2382-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2382-01
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 00:32:04
- 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:
-
