JOAN FENTON COLLECTION, #20015, 1973-1978
Anecdotes and tales about fishing and hunting, animals (Rooster and Buzzard, etc.) as told
by African-American storyteller Howard Cotten, recorded by Joan Fenton in 1978; n.p. [3 reels, FT1159]. Henry Johnson, an African-American musician, performs
five unidentified country blues songs with guitar accompaniment, recorded by Joan Fenton,
Michael Levine, and Steve Wolf in Union County, South Carolina, 1973 [1 reel, FT1282]. Country blues, gospel, fiddle tunes, and ballads performed by
Jamie Alston and Wilbur Atwater, recorded by Joan Fenton, Michael Levine, Steve Wolf, and
Bruce Bastin in Orange County, North Carolina in 1973 [2 reels,
FT1298-FT1299]. Dubs of field recordings of Reverend Gary Davis ["Blind Gary Davis"]
originally recorded by John Cohen at Davis' apartment in New York City in 1952. Includes songs with guitar accompaniment and also features Reverend Peoples
and Annie Davis [4 reels, FT1339-FT1342]. Interviews with and songs by Charles Williams, a
washboard player from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and Nat Reese, a guitarist and
blues singer from Princeton, West Virginia, recorded by Joan Fenton in 1978 [FT1493]. Recordings of an African-American church service with electric gospel
music, biblical readings, chanted sermon, and congregational testimonies, recorded by Joan
Fenton near Princeton, West Virginia, ca. 1975 [5 reels,
FT1508-FT1512]. Interview with Elvie Johnson on topics including railroading, blues, and
dancing. Johnson also plays songs with Travis style guitar accompaniment, recorded by Joan
Fenton in Meadow Creek, West Virginia, 1975 [FT1514].