University of California-Berkeley: Folksong Concert- Bessie Jones, Reel #1
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1845
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: United States, California, Berkeley (Calif.), 1962.
label: General
content: CDR copy Tape Info: The following tapes were recorded at the 1962 University of California - Berkeley Folk Festival. Many other tapes in the CFCH Archives were recorded at the same festival. FW-ASCH-7RR-1845, recorded on 6/27, 1962, is reel 1 of a "Folksong Concert" featuring Bessie Jones, of the Georgia Sea Islands. She sings children's songs, spirituals and work songs. A song list in the tape box lists five additional songs she presumably sang after the tape ended.
name: label: Performer
content: Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: Berkeley (Calif.)
label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Georgia
topic: label: Topic
content: Sea Islands -- Songs and music
label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- Georgia
label: Topic
content: Folk songs -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sea Islands
label: Topic
content: African Americans
creator: label: Performer
content: Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Gullahs
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1845
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Story about hootin' owls--Sandaree-All hid--Juba--Rice and peas--Kneebone--Oh, day, yonder come day--If you want to please your captain--Ain't it hard to be a farmer