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Video of the North Georgia Folk Festival, Athens, Georgia, 1984 October 6

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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

McWillie, Judith

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Video of the 1984 North Georgia Folk Festival in Athens, Georgia. The video begins with Doc Barnes and Lucy Barnes performing gospel songs with the Gospel Chorus. Doc Barnes accompanies the Chorus on guitar. Jake Rakestraw performs blues music next, on guitar and vocals. The video includes shots of the festival attendees, who are sitting on the ground and watching the performances on stage. Rakestraw briefly introduces his songs, including a story about a fortune teller and a gypsy that inspired the song "Market Street." The Gospel Chorus returns to the stage to perform more songs, with Nathaniel and Fleeta Mitchell leading on vocals and piano. Next, Lawrence Eller and Ross Brown perform old-time music on banjo and fiddle. Finally, Bessie Sheats of the Gospel Chorus plays blues songs on piano. The annual folk music festival is organized by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society.

Record Contributed By

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Gospel Singers
  2. African American Musicians
  3. African Americans
  4. Athens
  5. Audiences
  6. Banjo Music
  7. Banjoists
  8. Barnes, Brady, 1985
  9. Barnes, Lucy
  10. Bluegrass Music
  11. Blues (Music)
  12. Blues Musicians
  13. Eller Brothers
  14. Fiddlers
  15. Fiddling
  16. Folk Music Festivals
  17. Georgia
  18. Gospel Music
  19. Gospel Singers
  20. Guitarists
  21. Harp
  22. Mitchell, Fleeta, 1913
  23. Mitchell, Nathaniel, 1912?
  24. Musicians
  25. Old Time Music
  26. Parks
  27. Performing Arts
  28. Singing
  29. Songs
  30. Women
  31. Women Folk Musicians

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