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Phil Andrus is the host and producer of "Tossed Salad," a four-hour program comprising live and recorded music and interviews at KPTZ Radio 91.9 in Port Townsend, Washington, formerly at KRAB in Seattle, Washington. Andrus has also produced live broadcasts from the Northwest Folklife Festival and several series of documentaries for broadcast.
Fredric Lieberman (1940-2013) received his B.M. from the Eastman School of Music, his M.A. from the University of Hawaii, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a performer, composer, writer, and teacher at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His interests included organology - particularly with regard to taxonomic methods and systematic description -, the music of China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, and South India, and American vernacular music from Tin Pan Alley through contemporary rock. He taught courses on American Popular Music and World Musics.
Port Townsend Festival 1979: concert recordings; musicians introduced by Frank Ferrel.
Original 14 reels recorded with Revox recorder, Tapco mixer, Electro-voice RE-16 mics (tapes 1-12); Sony C-37, stereo mics, Magnacord 1028, mixer Teac 2 (tape 13); (tape 14?)
For contents information see documentation file (includes festival notes and original archive sheets); for tapes 1-10 see logsheets (produced by Leah Meyer, summer 2013)
Recorded by Fred Lieberman and Phil Andrus (recording engineer), for Centrum Foundation represented by Frank Ferrel.
Discussion with Fred Lieberman 8/8/91 - 2 kinds of recordings were made at the 1979 festival: 1) concert recordings (this is EC set of these recordings; see collection 91008 for original set of 14 reels); 2) workshop & informal recordings (79037 (originals) & 79038 (dubs))
Documentation: Typed notes
July 3, 1979, evening concert (tape 1 of 6).Contents: Hank Bradley and Jody Stecher (7 tunes)
July 3, 1979, evening concert (tape 2 of 6).Contents: Paul Hostetter, Irene Herrmann, Dave Dailey (8 tunes)
July 3, 1979, evening concert (tape 3 of 6).Contents: The Gypsy Gyppo String Band (6 tunes)
July 3, 1979, evening concert (tape 4 of 6).Contents: Tom Sauber, Weiser All-Stars (5 tunes)
July 3, 1979, evening concert (tape 5 of 6).Contents: Tom Sauber, Weiser All-Stars; Robert Force and Albert D'Ossche (8 tunes)
July 3, 1979, evening concert (tape 6 of 6).Contents: Robert Force; Kenny Hall, Marta Hall, Sandy Bradley, and Harry Liedstrand (9 tunes)
July 4, 1979, afternoon concert (tape 1 of 7).Contents: Phil Williams, Vivian Williams, Dick Marvin; Sam Hinton (11 tunes)
July 4, 1979, afternoon concert (tape 2 of 7).Contents: Sam Hinton; Bill Mitchell, Phil Williams, Dick Marvin (15 tunes)
July 4, 1979, afternoon concert (tape 3 of 7).Contents: Bill Mitchell, Phil Williams, Dick Marvin, Vivian Williams, and Stewart Herrick (1 tune)
July 4, 1979, afternoon concert (tape 4 of 7).Contents: Mike Seeger and Alice Garrard (7 tunes)
July 4, 1979, afternoon concert (tape 5 of 7). Contents: 8 tunes.
July 4, 1979, afternoon concert (tape 6 of 7). Contents: 6 tunes (not all identified in notes); explanation and demo of Cajun music techniques.
July 4, 1979, afternoon concert (tape 7 of 7); contents unidentified. Contents: 2 tunes (unidentified in notes). Performers: "Bill Shepherd and the Cajuns" (according to original archive sheet).
July 5, 1979, participants' concert (tape 1 of 5). Contents: 8 tunes (not all identified in notes). Performers: The Last Gasp Throat Band (David Swan, Nancy Dillon, Kathryn Ritchie, Hank Bradley, Jody Stecher, Elizabeth Wolf) (1-2); The Cracked Crab Tones (Connie Lindley, Irene Ullman, Candy Hope) (3); The Cackle Sisters (Alice Garrard, Irene Herman, Sue Thompson) (4-5); Wind That Shakes the Bridges (Phil Marpole, Sandy Hankins, Glen W. Dudley) (6-7); The Spoonoplians (8)
July 5, 1979, participants' concert (tape 2 of 5). Contents: 7 tunes (not all identified in notes). Performers: The Spoonoplians (1-2); Paul and the Hostettes (3); Aginsky and others (4); unidentified (5); Hobe Kytr (6-7).
July 5, 1979, participants' concert (tape 3 of 5). Contents: 7 tunes (not all identified in notes). Performers: Daniel and Stefan and the Simonized String Band (Kevin Carr, Beverly, Mr. Muzzle) (1-2); Bill and Pearl (3-4); Buck Dancers Choice (5); unidentified (6); Margo Murphy and Debbie Nagusky (7).
July 5, 1979, participants' concert (tape 4 of 5). Contents: 10 tunes (not all identified in notes). Performers: Home Cookin Honey Band with Fanny Flash, Uncle Glen, Incognito (1-2); "crowd and violin" (3); The Rhythm Rascals (4-5); Toots and Lefty (6-7); Sally Ashford, Mike Saunders (8-9); Hawkeye (10).
July 5, 1979, participants' concert (tape 5 of 5). Contents: 4 tunes (not all identified in notes). Performers: Hear No Evil (aka Fort Wordenaires) (Rachel Smith, Trini Cooper, Debbie Janison) (1); Together Again for the First Time (2); Les Vieux Pommes Frites (3); Wabash Conservatory Trio and Discount Orchestra (4).
July 7, 1979, evening concert and finals (tape 1 of 5). Contents: 9 tunes (not all identified in notes). Performers: Mark Graham, harmonica; Jerry Gallaher, banjo (1-6); Mike Schway, fiddle (7); John Hodge, fiddle (8); Shirley Sains, fiddle (9).
July 7, 1979, evening concert and finals (tape 2 of 5). Contents: 10 tunes (not all identified in notes). Performers: Margaret Elwood, fiddle, and Dick Marvin, bass and guitar (1); Greg Canote, fiddle, and Jerry Canote, guitar (2); Hobe Kytr, banjo (3); Kevin Carr, banjo (4); Dan Warwick, banjo (5); Frank Ferrel, fiddle, and Bertram Levy, accordion (6-9); Bertram Levy, banjo (10).
July 7, 1979, evening concert and finals (tape 3 of 5). Contents: 8 sets of tunes (not all identified in notes) and a story. Performers: Bertram Levy, banjo/accordion, and Frank Ferrel, fiddle (1); Tony Mates, mandolin, with guitar (2); Michael Williams, mandolin, with guitar (3); Paul Gibson, mandolin, with guitar (4); Jerry Holland and Mike Saunders, guitar (5-9).
July 7, 1979, evening concert and finals (tape 4 of 5). Contents: 2 tunes. Performers: Jerry Holland and Mike Saunders, guitar (1); The Fiddlin' Cough Drops (2).
July 7, 1979, evening concert and finals (tape 5 of 5). Contents: 5 tunes/sets (not all identified in notes). Performers: The Dweeb Sisters (1); Tidewater Summit Band (2); Rue Sue Band (3); Bagpipe (?) (4); Cape North Symphony (5).
July 6, 1979, public dance #1 (tape 1 of 2). Performers: Sandy Bradley and Dudley Laufman, callers; music by the festival All Stars orchestras. Contents: 9 dances (not all identified in notes)
July 6, 1979, public dance #1 (tape 2 of 2). Performers: Sandy Bradley and Dudley Laufman, callers; music by the festival All Stars orchestras. Contents: 2 square dances (not identified in notes).
July 6, 1979, public dance #2 (tape 1 of 2). Performers: Sandy Bradley and Dudley Laufman, callers; music by the festival All Stars orchestras. Contents: 6 dance sets (not all identified in notes).
July 6, 1979, public dance #2 (tape 2 of 2). Performers: Sandy Bradley and Dudley Laufman, callers; music by the Festival All Stars Orchestras. Contents: 9 dance sets (not all identified in notes).
July 6, 1979, public dance #3 (tape 1 of 2). Performers: Sandy Bradley and Dudley Laufman, callers; music by the Festival All Stars Orchestras. Contents: 8 dance sets (not all identified in notes).
July 6, 1979, public dance #3 (tape 2 of 2). Performers: Sandy Bradley and Dudley Laufman, callers; music by the Festival All Stars Orchestras; Mark Graham, harmonica. Contents: 5 dance sets (not all identified in notes).
July 3, 1979, rehearsal. Contents: 22 items (including multiple takes of some tunes); not all identified in notes.
July 3, 1979, fragment (concert?) Contents: 1 tune (mandolin and voice, performers unidentied).