University of California-Berkeley Folk Festival: Merritt Herring; Bessie Jones; Cabaret, Reel 3, 6/29/62 [sound recording]
name: label: performer
content: Jones, Bessie 1902-1984
label: artist
content: Herring, Merritt 1933-2004
notes: label: Notes
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.
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: United States, California, Berkeley (Calif.), June 29, 1962.
label: Table of 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
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Berkeley (Calif.)
label: Place
content: California
label: Place
content: Georgia
topic: label: Topic
content: Sea Islands--Songs and music
label: Topic
content: Folk music
label: Topic
content: Sea Islands
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: African American
label: Culture
content: Gullahs
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-4051
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in