Oral history interview with Willie White, Jr., July 6, 2003 and July 15, 2003
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Authors
White, Willie, Jr.
Issue Date
2003-07-06
Type
Text
Sound
Sound
Language
en_US
Keywords
Georgia , Oral histories , Sound recordings , Turpentine , Turpentining , Turpentine industry and trade , White, Willie, Jr. (1948-2021) , Hoboken (Ga.) , Gospel music , Guitarists , African Americans , Musicians
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Abstract
Oral history interview with Willie White, Jr., July 6, 2003 and July 15, 2003. Hoboken (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from 3 cassette tapes. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include gospel music, blues (music), and turpentining. July 15, 2003 audio file includes song performances Willie White Jr., accompanied by guitar.
Willie White talks at length about his life working in the turpentine woods. He demonstrates calls and hollers, tells jokes, and sings – beautifully – spirituals that he once sang while working in the woods.
Willie White speaks of his musical past, from listening to his father blow the harmonica as a small child and hearing his mother sing spirituals at dawn to singing in the turpentine woods and later (and presently) directing the choir at his church. Additionally, he sings and plays guitar on a number of spirituals and gospel tunes, some of them traditional and others that enjoyed some commercial success once upon a time.
Description
1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 3 audio files (wav, mp3), combined. 156402767 bytes, 734655788 bytes. 01:48:36, 01:10:15. 3 PDF documents (6 scans, jp2). 2.33 GB (2,511,737,699 bytes).
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Publisher
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections
License
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED