KIP LORNELL COLLECTION, #20024, 1974-1975
Interview with Guy B. Johnson regarding his work collecting African-American folk music in
the 1920s on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina and also about his research on the legend
and song cycle of "John Henry." Recorded by Kip Lornell in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1975.
[2 reels, FT1317-FT1318] Also included are tapes documenting African-American musicians in
the North Carolina Piedmont area recorded by Kip Lornell in 1974. Music includes blues and
pre-blues secular music on fiddle and banjo; musicians include Dink Roberts, Wilbur Atwater,
Jamie Alston, John Snipes, Joe and Odell Thompson, Willie Trice, Jack Minor, and Arthur
Lyons. [8 reels, FT1396- FT1403]
