COLLECTION NAME:
WNYC: Radio
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WNYC: Radio
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Identifier:
MUNI-AMFV-1941-02-12-8281.18 LT944 EQ stereo 2nd pass
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MUNI-AMFV-1941-02-12-8281.18 LT944 EQ stereo 2nd pass
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Catalog Number:
LT944
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LT944
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Title:
Leadbelly, Sam Price, and Albert Ammons in Studio
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Leadbelly, Sam Price, and Albert Ammons in Studio
Title
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Series Title:
American Music Festival
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American Music Festival
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Description:
Ralph Berton hosts a music program featuring songs by Leadbelly. ~ At head, Leadbelly has just finished singing "Grey Goose." Berton explains the importance of work songs to laborers and Leadbelly sings "The Axe Chopping Song." After, Berton talks about the realities of life in the Deep South and asks Leadbelly to illustrate with "TB Blues." Before singing, Leadbelly explains the provenance of each song. ~ Berton introduces a new Blues singer, primarily a pianist, called Sam Price. Berton explains what Boogie-Woogie blues is and who Cow Cow Davenport is. Price plays his version of "Cow Cow Blues" and then sings "Hey Lordie Mama," which is Berton's favorite. Berton asks Price to perform "The Dirty Dozen" by Rufus Perryman a.k.a. Speckled Red. ~ Berton introduces Albert Ammons and talks more about Boogie-Woogie, which has only just been discovered but is an old form of piano playing. Ammons plays "Mecca Flat Blues" and then Boogie-Woogie Style. Berton describes the scene in the studio. ~ Meade Lux Lewis plays the "Yancy Special." ~ The Golden Gate Singers do "Wade in the Water" and "Noah, Noah." ~ Incomplete
description
Ralph Berton hosts a music program featuring songs by Leadbelly. ~ At head, Leadbelly has just finished singing "Grey Goose." Berton explains the importance of work songs to laborers and Leadbelly sings "The Axe Chopping Song." After, Berton talks about the realities of life in the Deep South and asks Leadbelly to illustrate with "TB Blues." Before singing, Leadbelly explains the provenance of each song. ~ Berton introduces a new Blues singer, primarily a pianist, called Sam Price. Berton explains what Boogie-Woogie blues is and who Cow Cow Davenport is. Price plays his version of "Cow Cow Blues" and then sings "Hey Lordie Mama," which is Berton's favorite. Berton asks Price to perform "The Dirty Dozen" by Rufus Perryman a.k.a. Speckled Red. ~ Berton introduces Albert Ammons and talks more about Boogie-Woogie, which has only just been discovered but is an old form of piano playing. Ammons plays "Mecca Flat Blues" and then Boogie-Woogie Style. Berton describes the scene in the studio. ~ Meade Lux Lewis plays the "Yancy Special." ~ The Golden Gate Singers do "Wade in the Water" and "Noah, Noah." ~ Incomplete
Description
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Date:
2/12/1941
date
2/12/1941
Date
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Creator:
WNYC Radio
creator
WNYC Radio
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Credit:
Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
credit
Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Subject:
Arts.
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Arts.
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Subject:
Music.
subject
Music.
Subject
false
Subject:
Social sciences.
subject
Social sciences.
Subject
false
Subject:
Tuberculosis.
subject
Tuberculosis.
Subject
false
Subject:
African Americans.
subject
African Americans.
Subject
false
Subject:
Blues (Music).
subject
Blues (Music).
Subject
false
Subject:
Group identity.
subject
Group identity.
Subject
false
Subject:
Medicine.
subject
Medicine.
Subject
false
Subject:
Diseases.
subject
Diseases.
Subject
false
Subject:
Health.
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Health.
Subject
false
Subject:
Public health.
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Public health.
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false
Type:
Sound
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Sound
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false
Format:
lacquer transcription disc
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lacquer transcription disc
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Language:
English
language
English
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Notes:
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