University of California-Berkeley Folk Festival: Merritt Herring; Bessie Jones; Cabaret, Reel 3, 6/29/62
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-4051
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: United States, California, Berkeley (Calif.), June 29, 1962.
label: General
content: CDR copy-4051 was recorded at the same Cabaret session of the UC - Berkeley Folk Festival as -4050, but apparently was recorded earlier, as the original tape reel says "Reel I." After several songs featuring the MC (see above) Bessie Jones is introduced; she sings songs, mainly game songs, from the Georgia Sea Islands.
name: label: Performer
content: Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984
label: Artist
content: Herring, Merritt, 1933-2004
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 music -- United States
label: Topic
content: Sea Islands
label: Topic
content: African Americans
creator: label: Performer
content: Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984
label: Artist
content: Herring, Merritt, 1933-2004
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-4051
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Merritt Herring--See see rider (frag.)--I crossed the Rocky Mountains--Trouble in mind--Boll weevil; Bessie Jones--You must come to the door--Buzzard lope--Walk Daniel--Kneebox bend--Juba