Archives West Finding Aid

Tape Contents: 00:00-Silence00:03-Titles-"Washington Films" "Ethnic Music and Dance Series" "Robert Garfias, Editor" "University of Washington Press Seattle"00:13-"A Program of Songs by Lightnin' Hopkins"; "Filmed and recorded by Robert Garfias and Daniel Grinstead, October 1967"; "Copyright @ 1968 by the University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington 98105"00:32-(picture and sound) Lightnin' Hopkins - "Baby Please Don't Go" (guitar and vocals); 02:55-end of song - Hopkins says a few words about "Baby Please Don't Go" and introduces next song. 03:15-"Mojo Hand"; 06:30-end of song - talks about Mojo Hand and introduces "Take Me Back"07:11-"Take me Back"08:22-fadeout08:27-Titles - "Produced by the University of Washington Archive of Ethnic Music and Dance with the Cooperation of the Seattle Folklore Society"[End of Program #1]08:44-[Beginning of Program #2] Titles - "Washington Films / Ethnic music and Dance Series / Robert Garfias, Editor / University of Washington Press / Seattle and London"08:48-"The Roots of American music: Country and Urban Blues, Part I / Filmed and Recorded by Robert Garfias and Daniel Grinstead / Copyright @ 1972 by University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington 98105" 09:05-"Jesse Fuller / John Henry / Filmed in April, 1968"09:11-Fuller introduces "John Henry"; 09:36-"John Henry" (12 string amplified guitar and vocals, includes some bottleneck); 14:27-end14:35-Titles - "Jesse Fuller / Hark from the Tomb / and / I'm Glad Salvation's Free"14:43-Fuller introduces songs; 14:59-"I'm Glad Salvation's Free" (same guitar played flat with bottleneck, no vocals) 16:27-Fuller introduces "Hark from the Tomb"; 16:40-"Hark from the Tomb" (guitar played same as previous, no vocals); 18:31-end, Fuller says - "You gone gone gone" (big smile) 18:39-Titles - "Son House / Death Letter Blues / Filmed in March, 1968"18:45-House introduces song - talks about love (2 kinds - foxfire love and the kind in the song), and talks about death letters20:15-"Death Letter Blues" (metal guitar with raised belly, metal bottleneck slide and vocals) 24:45-end24:50-Titles - "Mance Lipscomb / Motherless Child / Run Sinner Run / Filmed in Febuary, 1968"24:57-"Motherless Child" (6 string guitar with slide); 27:54-end28:03-"Run Sinner Run" (no slide); 30:02-end30:07-Titles - "Furry Lewis / Going to Brownsville / Filmed in May, 1968"30:12-Lewis introduces - "Going to Brownsville" (6 string guitar, slide on little finger); 32:59-end33:00-Titles- "Robert Pete Williams / Baby, You Don't Treat Me Right / Filmed in April, 1970" 33:09-"Baby, You Don't Treat Me Right" (6 string guitar); 42:33-end42:38-Titles - "John Lee Hooker / I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive / Filmed in Febuary, 1970"42:44-"I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive" (electric guitar and vocals); 47:17-end[End of Part I]

Tape Contents:00:00-Titles - "Washington Films / Ethnic Music and Dance Series / Robert Garfias, Editor / University of Washington Press / Seattle and London"00:08-Titles-"The Roots of American Music / Country and Urban Blues / Part II / Filmed and recorded by Robert Garfias and Daniel Grinstead / Copyright @ 1972 by the University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington 98105"00:20-Titles - "Sonny Terry & Brownie Mc Ghee / My Baby's So Fine, Motorcycle Blues, Life is a Gamble / Filmed in March, 1970"00:30-My Baby's So Fine (S. T. - vocals and harmonica; B. M. - guitar); 03:18-end of song 03:28-Sonny Terry introduces and talks about "Motorcycle Blues"; 03:49-"Motorcyle Blues" (S. T. - vocals and harmonica; B. M. - guitar); 07:07-end of song 07:15-"Life is a Gamble" (B. M. - vocals and guitar; S. T. - harmonica); 11:27-end of song11:30-Titles - "Johnny Shines / Rambling / Tell Me Momma / Mr. Tom Blues Farm / Filmed in November, 1970 / with the assistance of Harold A. Schultz"11:42-"Rambling" (guitar with bottleneck on little finger and vocals); 14:50-end of song15:10-"Tell Me Momma"; 18:14-end of song - introduces Mr. Tom Blues Farm18:28-"Mr. Tom Blues Farm"; 21:32-end of song21:38-Titles - "The Georgia Sea Island Singers / I Want Jesus to Walk With Me / Filmed in April, 1970"21:47-one member (male) introduces song; 22:12-"I Want Jesus To Walk With Me"; 26:25-end of song26:28-Titles - "Jesse Fuller / With the Fotdella / The Woman I Had / and / Running Wild / Filmed in April, 1968"26:35-"The Woman I Had" (vocals, guitar, harmonica, kazoo, and fotdella (kind of rhythm kit in a suitcase)); 30:59-end of song31:03-"Running Wild"; 34:34-end of song34:39-Titles - "Produced by the University of Washington Archives of Ethnic Music and Dance / with the Cooperation of the Seattle Folklore Society / and the Assistance of the Graduate School, University of Washington" [end of Part II]; 34:44-end of titles34:55-Titles - "The Roots of American Music: Country and Urban Blues, Part III / Filmed and Recorded by Robert Garfias and Daniel Grinstead / Copyright @ 1972 by University of Washington Press / Seattle, Washington 98105"35:15-Titles - "Louise / and / Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning" (No ID of artist, it's Fred McDowell) 35:23-"Louise" (vocals and Gibson electric guitar with bottleneck on 4 th finger); 41:05-end of song41:09-McDowell introduces "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning"; 41:21-"Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning"; 44:43-end of song44:51-Titles - "Heard Somebody Calling / Shake 'Em On Down / My Babe" [performed by Fred McDowell]44:58-"Heard Somebody Calling"; 48:47-end of song; 48:52-McDowell comments on his playing style49:12-"Shake 'Em on Down"; 51:44-end of song - tunes guitar; 52:00-comments52:13-"My Babe"; 54:35-end of song54:42-Titles - "Produced by the University of Washington / Archives of Ethnic Music and Dance / with the Cooperation of The Seattle Folklore Society / and the Assistance of the Graduate School, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105" [end of Part III]