BERNARD ROUSSEAU COLLECTION
1957-1988 and Undated

East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138

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INTRODUCTION

Title: Bernard Rousseau Collection, 1957-1988
Collection Number: Accession No. 469
Physical Description: 187 open reel audio tapes; 2 manuscript boxes
Creator: Bernard Rousseau
Repository: Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: Bernard Rousseau of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, donated the collection to the Archives on May 21, 1985.

Access: The recordings are available for educational and research use in the Archives. Recordings may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission of the performer. For further information, contact the Archives of Appalachia.

Processing Information: Processing of the collection was completed in June 1999. The following persons processed the collection: Rebecca Adkins, Roy Andrade, Rebecca Buller, Norma Myers, Ed Speer, and Marie Tedesco. Robin Pendleton transcribed the information from the original tape boxes. With support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, preservation masters and public-use copies of the audiotapes were made in 2001/2002.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Bernard Rousseau is a collector of country and bluegrass music, as well as a sound engineer who had a recording studio in Kingston, Tennessee, ca. 1960-85. Rousseau recorded live performances of musicians at bluegrass and country music festivals, fiddlers’ conventions, and music clubs and lounges.

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Bernard Rousseau Collection contains 187 open reel audiotapes of performances at fiddlers’ conventions, bluegrass festivals, music clubs, and studio sessions, 1957-84; as well as radio broadcasts of bluegrass and country music, 1983-88. The collection also contains two manuscript boxes of printed materials, which focus on the conventions and festivals. Included in the two boxes are tape logs, performer lists, publicity photos, along with convention and festival programs.

Organization: The collection is divided into five series: Series I, Festivals and Fiddlers’ Conventions, 1969-84 and undated, tapes RO:1-137; Series II, Performances in Clubs, Concerts, and Private Parties, 1957-83 and undated, tapes RO:138-163; Series III, Studio Tapes, 1967-83 and undated, tapes RO:164-180; Series IV, Radio Broadcasts, 1983-88 and undated, tapes RO:181-187; and Series V, Printed Documentation, 1957-84 and undated. The first two series consist of open reel audiotapes of live performances at fiddlers’ conventions, music festivals, and clubs. Series III contains open reel audiotapes made in Rousseau’s Kingston studio, while Series IV contains off-the-air radio broadcasts. Series V contains written documentation (convention programs, publicity photos, festival schedules, tape logs, etc.) on the musical performances.

Important subjects and persons covered in the collection:

Blue Grass Boys
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass Spectacular at the Capitol Theatre (Elizabethton, Tenn.)
Byers, Joe
Cain, Benny
Cain, Vallie
Carlton Haney Festival (Camp Springs, N.C.)
Clinch Mountain Boys
Clog-dancing
Cobb County Bluegrass Festival (Marietta, Ga.)
Country Gentlemen (Musical group)
Crowe, J. D.
Fiddle tunes
Fiddlers’ Convention (Collinsville, Va.)
Galax Fiddlers' Convention (Galax, Va.)
Georgia State Bluegrass Festival (Lavonia, Ga.)
Gold Rush (Musical group)
Kentucky Mountain Boys
Lawson, Doyle
Louvin Brothers
Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996
Old Fiddlers’ Convention
Old time music
Ole Time Fiddler’s & Bluegrass Festival (Union Grove, N.C.)
Osborne Brothers
Reno & Smiley
Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival (Smithville, Tenn.)
Smoky Mountain Cut-Ups
South Carolina State Tri-Centennial Blue Grass Festival (Greer, S.C.)
Stanley, Ralph
Union Grove Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention (Union Grove, N.C.)
Williams, Benny
Wiseman, Mac

SERIES DESCRIPTION

*Click on the link to go to that series or subseries in the Tape List.

Series I, FESTIVALS AND FIDDLERS’ CONVENTIONS, 1969-84 and undated, tapes RO:1-137.

This series consists of audiotapes recorded by Bernard Rousseau at country music festivals and fiddlers’ conventions held in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. One of the tapes includes an off-the-air broadcast, and one tape consists of edited excerpts from the Union Grove Fiddlers’ Convention. One Union Grove tape is not dated. Types of music represented include old-time fiddle music, bluegrass, gospel, and old-time country music. Tapes are arranged chronologically. Rousseau assigned each tape a distinct number and often further identified the recordings by part designations (e.g., A, B, S-10, 5 etc.). These numbers have been retained in the tape list.

Series II, PERFORMANCES IN CLUBS, CONCERTS AND PRIVATE PARTIES, 1957-83 and undated, tapes RO:138 -163.

This series consists of audiotapes recorded by Rousseau at clubs, concerts, and private parties in the Washington, D. C. area and in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. These performances are mainly of bluegrass and country music. As in Series I, tapes are arranged chronologically. Rousseau assigned each tape a distinct number and often further identified the recordings by part designations (e.g., A, B, S-10, 5 etc.). These numbers have been retained in the tape list.

Series III, STUDIO TAPES, 1967-83 and undated, tapes RO:164-180.

This series consists of audiotapes made at Rousseau’s recording studio in Kingston, Tennessee. Some of these tapes are studio masters and submasters, while others are compilations made from different performances. Tapes are arranged chronologically. Rousseau did not assign his own numbers to these tapes. Master tapes have been placed before submasters, with backups placed after submasters.

Series IV, RADIO BROADCASTS, 1983-88 and undated, tapes RO:181-187.

This series consists of radio broadcasts of bluegrass and country music programs taped off the air. Tapes are arranged chronologically. Rousseau’s numbers have been retained in the tape list.

Series V, PRINTED DOCUMENTATION, 1957-84 and undated.

This series consists of printed documentation. The series is divided into Subseries A, Tape Logs and Supporting Materials, 1957-82 and undated; and Subseries B, Publications, Printed Materials, and Photographs, 1969-84 and undated. Arrangement in Subseries A is sequential, according to the numbers assigned to tapes in Series I - IV, while arrangement in Subseries B is alphabetical by title of publication, type of document, or festival. Not every tape in the collection had accompanying tape logs, photos, or other printed materials. In addition, materials included with tapes did not always refer to the accompanying recording. [For example, included with tape RO-148, a recording of performances at the Turf Club in Laurel, Maryland, are photos from the Carter Stanely Memorial Performance held at College Park, Maryland, in 1967.] Miscellaneous materials have been placed at the end of Subseries B.

Festivals included in Rousseau Collection:

  1. Bluegrass Spectacular at the Capitol Theatre, Elizabethton, Tennessee: May 21, 1971.
  2. Carlton Haney Festival, Camp Springs, North Carolina: August 30, 1969; September 6, 1970.
  3. Cobb County Bluegrass Festival, Marietta, Georgia: October 25, 1969; October 3, 1970.
  4. Fiddlers’ Convention, Collinsville, Virginia: November 17-18, 1972; November 16-17, 1973.
  5. Galax Fiddlers’ Convention, Galax, Virginia: August 7, 1970.
  6. Georgia State Bluegrass Festival, Shoal Creek Country Music Park, Lavonia, Georgia: July 26, 1970.
  7. Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree and Crafts Festival, Smithville, Tennessee: July 7, 1984
  8. South Carolina State Tri-Centennial Blue Grass Festival at Glassy Mountain in Greer, South Carolina: September 25, 1970.
  9. Union Grove Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention, Union Grove, North Carolina: April 4, 1969; March 27-28, 1970; April 9-10, 1971; April 20-21, 1973; April 11-13, 1974; March 27-29, 1975; April 15-17, 1976; March 24, 1978. [We only have tapes from that particular day.]

Abbreviated titles for festivals:

  1. Bluegrass Spectacular at the Capitol Theatre, Elizabethton: Elizabethton
  2. Carlton Haney Festival: Carlton Haney
  3. Cobb County Bluegrass Festival: Cobb County
  4. Fiddlers’ Convention, Collinsville: Collinsville
  5. Galax Fiddlers' Convention: Galax
  6. Georgia State Bluegrass Festival: Georgia State Festival
  7. Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree and Crafts Festival, Smithville, Tennessee: Smithville Jamboree
  8. South Carolina State Tri-Centennial Blue Grass Festival: Glassy Mountain Festival
  9. Union Grove Old-Time Fiddlers’ Convention: Union Grove

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TAPE LIST

25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 187
Click on a number to go that tape in the list.

*Click on the link to go to that series or subseries in the Series Description.

The information below is from Bernard Rousseau’s original tape boxes. All of the information on the boxes has been transcribed with the exception of information given in Rousseau’s Tape Log. Where there is no Rousseau number, but only a part number or letter, that number or letter alone is placed in parenthesis.

Series I, FESTIVALS AND FIDDLERS’ CONVENTIONS, 1969-84 and undated.

Tape

Location, Date

Rousseau No.

Tape Box Notes

RO-1

Union Grove,
April 4, 1969

4101 (1A and 1B)

Distortion due to microphone

RO-2

Union Grove,
April 4, 1969

4102 (2A and 2B)

RO-3

Union Grove,
April 4, 1969

4103 (3)

RO-4

Union Grove,
April 4, 1969;
WUUT, Knoxville, Tenn.,
October 21, 1983

 4104 (Side B)
4104 (Side A: Radio program: "Music of the Southern Mountains")

Pierce – talk of volunteer fire department and “tomorrow”

RO-5

Carlton Haney,
August 30, 1969

4107 (1)

Performers – Charlie Waller, Eddie Adcock, Ed Ferris (Country Gentlemen?)  Note:  Near end of side 2, Charlie Waller says, “they wouldn’t let us bring our bus down here.”  This is in reference to a row that Jimmy Martin had with Carlton.  (He left in a huff.)

RO-6

Carlton Haney,
August 30, 1969

4108 (2)

Matterhorn – (L and R mikes OK)
Center (main P.A. mike) not mixed.
Mocking Banjo – Fred Bartenstein
Once More – With electrification :  (no distortion)
Making Plans (seque)
Surefire – clear instrumental.  Drum:  Robbie Osborne.

RO-7

Cobb County,
October 25, 1969

4109 (A & B)

Side 1:  1:30pm, 2:30pm
Return side:  (1/2 reel input to 1st stage of recorder reduced by mixer.)

RO-8

Cobb County,
October 25, 1969

4110 (C & D)

Ridgerunners – banjo two years old
Grey hats

RO-9

Cobb County,
October 25, 1969

4111 (E)

RO-10

Cobb County,
October 25, 1969

4112 (F & J)

The Bluegrass Five:  J.N. Baxter, guitar Carrollton, GA
Onie Baxter, guitar, Carrollton, GA
Hughie Wylie, mandolin, Dauglasville. GA
Ron Norman, banjo, Smyrna, GA
Howard McGuire, bass, Douglasville, GA

RO-11

Cobb County,
October 25, 1969

4113 (G & H-I)

RO-12

Cobb County,
October 25, 1969

4114 (K & L)

Bass-Jimmy Rogers
Shenandoah
Hoyle Brothers
Dixie Rebels
Georgia Boys
Copy to:  Dillard Rogers
182 Mulkey Rd
Marietta, GA (July, 1971)

RO-13

Union Grove,
March 27, 1970

4117 (1)

Recorded AMPEX 1070 SYNCHRON MICROPHONES

RO-14

Union Grove,
March 28, 1970

4118 (2)

Mikes:  SYNCHRON AU7a
Old Joe Clark (during clogging) 6.5 minutes

RO-15

Union Grove,
March 28, 1970

4119 (3)

Side 1:  Good mic. placement
Side 2:  Hum R, okay if hum on R is filtered. 
“What A Friend” (L mike cut out near end of 1st vocal)
“Smoky Mountain Girl” (BR [Butch Robbins?] testing mike near start)
(L side okay:  weak lead voc.)
-Roustabout
(Union Grove Record Sale by Bernard Kamieri)

RO-16

Union Grove,
March 28, 1970

4120 (4)

RO-17

Union Grove,
March 28, 1970

4121 (5)

Note:  at end there is adhesive on tape (green tab-scotch 150 reel) so I am sandwiching it with (black) backed tape, see marker

RO-18

Union Grove,
March 28, 1970

4122 (6)

RO-19

Union Grove,
March 28, 1970

(7, 1A)

RO-20

Union Grove,
March 28, 1970;
April 9, 1971

 4142 (7, 1B)
4142 (1A & B)

 

RO-21

Georgia State Festival,
July 26, 1970

4124

Master produced by Johnny Martin, a dentist, Atlanta area, this morning at 9. Lavonia, GA
The Country Gentlemen:  Charlie Waller, guitar; Bill Emerson, banjo; Jimmy Gaudreau, mandolin; and Bill Yates, bass.
J.D. Crowe with the Kentucky Mountain Boys – J.D. Crowe, banjo; Doyle Lawson, guitar; Larry Rice, mandolin; and Bob Sloan, bass.

RO-22

Galax,
August 7, 1970

4125 (1)

RO-23

Galax,
August 7, 1970

4126 (2)

RO-24
 Galax,
August 7, 1970 		4127 (3)  

RO-25

Galax,
August 8, 1970

4128 (4)

At the start of reel 4, 4th song:  Stoney Creek,
Terry Beaucom, Monroe, NC

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RO-26

Carlton Haney,
September 6, 1970

4129 (1)

RO-27

Carlton Haney,
September 6, 1970

4130 (2)

RO-28

Carlton Haney,
September 6, 1970

4131 (3)

Scotch 290

RO-29

Carlton Haney,
September 6, 1970

4132 (4)

RO-30

Glassy Mountain Festival,
September 25, 1970

4133 (A)

BR [Bernard Rousseau?]:  Mix vocals to center left

RO-31

Glassy Mountain Festival,
September 25, 1970

4134 (B & C)

For Binaural listening, angle the studio monitors at 45 degrees (master tape)
Allen Riddle, WBBR, Travelers Rest, South Carolina
Master Tape:  This field tape was recorded on stage.
“One Track Mind,” Bill Harrell

RO-32

Glassy Mountain Festival,
September 25, 1970

4135 (D & E)

Nine Pound Hammer – Frank Walker
Sugar Coated Love (omit BR)

RO-33

Cobb County,
October 3, 1970;
Galax, August 8, 1970;
Glassy Mountain Festival,
September 25, 1970

 4136 (A)
4136 (Side B)
4136 (Part F)

 

RO-34

Cobb County,
October 3, 1970

4137 (B & C)

RO-35

Cobb County,
October 3, 1970

4138 (D & E)

RO-36

Cobb County,
October 3, 1970

4139 (F)

RO-37

Cobb County,
October 3, 1970

4140 (G & H)

( in progress ) “Nearer My God to Thee”, announcer
“Rocky Top” // cut end tape, side 2

RO-38

Cobb County,
October 3, 1970

4141 (I & J)

Dobro 60% of side 1 2400’
11pm
Reel end, 12:30am, 4 Oct., 1970

RO-39

Union Grove,
April 9, 1971

4143 (2A & 2B)

17.5 Pop ½ TRR, Mono

RO-40

Union Grove,
April 9, 1971

4144 (3A & 3B)

Friday
Woody Thurmond
Shure 545, Shure 555
Start of 2B, classical bjo #20

RO-41

Union Grove,
April 9, 1971

4145 (4A & 4B)

RO-42

Union Grove,
April 9 &10, 1971

4147 (8A & 8B)

Mallard Creek String Band (Jim Scancarelli – f)
#75 Shenandoah Valley Boys – “Tennessee”, “Devil’s Dream”
Doug Mayes, MC
#71 Fuzzy Mountain String Band (O.T.) (bjo. – fid.)
#67 Canadians (fid. – guit.) good
#54  Frank Childre (mand. --  guit.)
#53  Cecil Creasy
#42  Smoky Ridge Boys
-“Lift Up Your” – guit., voc. By B. Hendrickson, Doug M. (encore)
George Pegram “The Legendary”
-“Log Cabin in the Lane” J.P. Van Hoy, Doug Mayes
-“Reuben”  R.C. –banjo, Doug Mayes – bass
Doug:  Conclusion
1210 “I Don’t Want it All” // Johnny Hines (cut – needs fade)(blues)
April 10, 1971, 11:30 am
-Warm-up
-“Big Ben” Unknown announcer explains pre-competition warm-up
Solo muted banjo:  Peter Wenick (guit. Duet)
Russ Barenberg and Peter Wenick (Prior to Hot Rize)

RO-43

Union Grove,
April 10, 1971

4148 (9C, A & B)

“Pretty Polly,” The Virginia Wonders
Leake Caudle
“Wait for the Light to Shine”

RO-44

Union Grove,
April 10, 1971

4149 (10 A& B)

RO-45

Union Grove,
April 10, 1971

4150 (11 A & B)

RO-46

Union Grove,
April 10, 1971

4151 (12 A & C)

Start of 11A has Mol Hill H
Bjo is Scancarelli
12 end and 13A } Synchrons (2) and rear (PA)
9:00pm

RO-47

Union Grove,
April 10 & 11, 1971

4152 (12 B; 17)

RO-48

Union Grove,
April 10, 1971

4153 (13 A & B)

RO-49

Union Grove,
April 10, 1971

4154 (14 A & B)

RO-50

Union Grove,
April 10, 1971;
Elizabethton,
May 21, 1971

 4155 (15 A)
4155 (1 on Side 2)

 
 

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RO-51

Elizabethton,
May 21, 1971

4156 (2 A & B)

RO-52

Elizabethton,
May 21, 1971

4157 (3 A & B)

RO-53

Collinsville,
November 17, 1972

4158 (B & C)

8:00 pm
“Love Come Home,” Elmer Heygood (M. Voc.)
Intros:  Percy Bradley, fiddle; Mike Purdy, banjo;
Swanson – Halling Cassidy (Weak Vocals)
-Lynchburg Deal (Percy!)
-Bill Cheatam (guit:  Cassidy)
-Sailor’s Hornpipe (Mike)
The Big Country (mand:  Elmer) [L. foot]
-Six White Horses (weak)
Bluegrass Express – Leon Connor, bass; Con Agee, Junior Montgomery, b., Charlie Robinson, Rick.

RO-54

Collinsville,
November 17, 1972

4159 (D & E)

Good binaural microphones
“Old Joe Clark” (very clear instruments)
“Old Joe Clark” vibrations of the whole stage.
Microphone talk
Lost Indian:  Mike Hazelwood, mandolin
Bells of St. Mary’s > Clarence, Mike H.
Little Joe voc., mand.

RO-55

Collinsville,
November 17 & 18, 1972

4160 (F & G)

RO-56

Collinsville,
November 18, 1972

4161 (H & I)

Note:  Curling, handle with care

RO-57

Collinsville,
November 17 & 18, 1972

4162 (J & K)

End needs pressure pad, wavy tape/cut off many feet, burned in fire
Mar. 10, 1979 B.R.

RO-58

Union Grove,
April 20, 1973

4169 (B & C)

Left and Right notes on sheet are reversed.
Part B 7:30 pm
Mikes:  Electrovoice RE-15
Lars timed each selection

RO-59

Union Grove,
April 20, 1973

4170 (D & E)

Mikes:  Electrovoice RE-15
Part D Side 1 about 8:30 pm
Part E Side 2 about 9:00 pm

RO-60

Union Grove,
April 21, 1973

4171 (F & G)

The only stereo master tape about 1pm
“Rear” channel is a third input mixed out-of-phase to both L and R channel.
Side 1:  Jimmy Edmonds, “Mockingbird” // cut off (end tape)
Side 2:  Start 1:40 pm Jimmy Edmonds, “Mockingbird” (Conclusion)
40% reel Peter Bruner gui. Duet

RO-61

Union Grove,
April 21, 1973

4172 (H & I)

Cris (11 year old) (No rear channel)
Cutoff // by Rock Bottom Sod Busters, Angus Campbell
1/3 reel – “Get Up John” (Rear channel okay)
2 duets, rear channel, yes
Old Time 1st part rear, rest no.
Duet instrumental, yes.
Blackberry Blossom, no
David Murdock, yes
$ yes?  no?
   Rear channel on    -not monitered
“Fox on the Run” – Sat. 4:25 pm
“Lady on the Lake” – no rear
(Problem clear at start of next reel)

RO-62

Union Grove,
April 21, 1973

4173 (J & K)

4:25 pm
Doug intro. For #200 Brushy River Boys
Dobro – short nvg. // slight rear channel
Eno River – no rear
After ________ Rear, yes
Terry Baucom, fiddle – rear
                         Mandolin – rear
[after Katy Hill?]
Earl talks, announcements, hum on announc. Channel (left)
#180 Country Gold
“Under the Double Eagle” – Banjo on rear
Johnson’s Old Grey Mule – Corbett Bennett
Rear Channel, yes! – “How Mountain Girls Can Love”

RO-63

Union Grove,
April 21, 1973

4174 (L & M)

8:00 pm
#174 – Old Joe Clark (no rear)
-         not monitored; slight mix (rear)
-         contd. On N 7:10pm

RO-64

Union Grove,
April 21, 1973

4175 (N & O)

#179  “Walkin’ Shoes”
#154  The Grass Cutters 
           -“Love Come Home”               
#108  Tennessee Teardrops                 Rear                                   
          -“Lay Down My Old Guitar”       $
#89  Highwood String Band
          -“John Brown’s Dream,” twin fiddle (yes, Rear)
#40  Hoebuckin’
          -“Will the Circle” (Rear, back and forth, on, off)
#115 Border Mountain Boys (Rear, no) – ok!
Brushy River Boys

-         no rear
-         “Wildwood Flower” – Doug M. on guitar
L:  girl banjo, Doug and George Pegram on R (no rear)
#32 “Black Mountain Rag”              
10:45 pm

RO-65

Union Grove,
April 21, 1973

4176 (P & Q)

“Darling Corey” (Dobro only on rear)
#180 Country Gold
Jimmy Edmonds (no rear) "rear mixed" “Old Joe Clark”
Microphones used:  electrovoice RE-15
“Mockingbird” (no rear channel mix)
Olin Gardner
Blue River Boys – L.W. Lambert (Terry B.)
Border Ride
    Terry (Rear Channel)
Dobro

  1. Darrel Wiles (Statesville)
  2. Jim Robbins
  3. Abbie Camfield (Mass.)
     Champ.  Jim Sizemore, Winston-Salem
Guitar
  1. Larry Flippin
  2. Ray Kline (Blue River Boys)
  3. Jesse Lowell (Fries, VA)
     Champ.  Tim Connor (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Mandolin
  1. Randy Corrier (Blue Denim)
  2. Herb Lambert (Morganton, NC)
  3. Dennis Siebert (Country Playboys)
     Champ.  Maynard Raiser (Cleveland, ?)
(contributions)
Rear from monitoring Amplifier (composite, or all 3 mikes mixed)

RO-66

Collinsville,
November 16, 1973

4163 (A & B)

[No “Rear” Channel]
Part A – level monitored
      not
“House of Rising Sun” – yes
 “You Better Get Right” [slight rear channel]
“Rolling in My Sweet Baby’s Arms// Cut end (part 1)
“My Lying Eyes” [‘Rear’ mike near stage R. side]
“White House Blues”
      (space … [Left mike on reverse phase])
“Foggy Mountain Breakdown”
     -Announcements Left and ‘rear’ channel full level.
Milwaukee 1st part, no rear
2nd part, medium level ‘rear’
calibration rear channel
-Intro for Larry Campbell 

RO-67

Collinsville,
November 16, 1973

4164 (C& D)

‘Rear Channel’
“Dim Lights” [medium]
“Sally Ann”
“Banks of the Ohio” [low]     -relocated ‘rear’ mike to center [high]
“Down Yonder” [high, low]
“Love and Wealth” [high]
“Spinning Wheel” [low]
“Arkansas Traveler” [high]
[No left mike]
“Wheelhoss” [med. ‘rear’ high]
[Senn. Mike ‘rear’ relocated to the bass player … 1 of out]
#135 –Good morning to You
[Left and ‘rear’ only at first]
“Honky Tonk Man” [last 1/3 Left and Right]
“To Be or Not to Be” [Low]
#31 [no ‘rear’]
“Ragtime Annie” [no ‘rear’]
“Soldier’s Joy [no rear]
“Home in West Virginia” [high]

RO-68

Collinsville,
November 16, 1973

4165 (E & F)

“Goin’ Back Home”  9:30 pm
“Today I Started Loving You Again” (partial tune) The Kimble Family
and Geo. Gregory
“Eight of Jan.”  [Rear Ch. Guitar]
                        [med. –high level]
“Foggy Mountain Breakdown” [high]
“W & L Swing” [left and rear only]
“Darling Child” [right and rear only]
-rear is center senn. Mike
Crystal Chandelier [no ‘rear’]
Dancers, tape problem, wrinkle.
“Old Joe Clark” #1 [rear mike close to bass]
                          #2
“This-n-that” [med-low]
[no rear]
James W. Bridwell
1905 Hardee Rd.
Kinston, NC 28501

RO-69

Collinsville,
November 16 & 17, 1973

4166 (H & I)

-recorded with ‘rear’ out-of-phase signals mixed with the normal L and R mic. inputs.  BR
“Train 45” [Rear channel loud]
heads cleaned!
“Fox on the Run” [1st hald-none, 2nd-some]
“Reuben’s Train” [slight]
When You and I Were Young [medium-high level]
“Virginia Darling” [None]
“Bringing Mary Home” [slight]
“Country Roads” [medium-hi]
“Greensleeves” [none]
 “Earl’s” [none]
“House of the Rising Sun,” Steve Wilson, dobro [none]
“Bringing Mary” [medium?]
“Little Maggie” [slight?]
“Maiden’s Prayer (dobro) [some]
“Fair and Tender Ladies” [Rear Channel, med-low]
-Talk
Four Mountaineers [none]
“Ragtime Annie” (calibration)
-Announcement
“Mississippi Sawyer” [none]
“Rollin’ in My Sweet Baby’s Arms” [some]
“Mule Skinner Blues” [some]

RO-70

Collinsville,
November 16 & 17, 1973

4167 (J, K & L)

Fri. night – Sat. am (12:40 am)
Part J – “Mule Skinner Blues” pt. 2
Guitar
Part K – Saturday, 7:30 pm, start
Left:  AKG C-451E; Center mike is Right Channel:  2nd C-451E mike third mike (on my right) is the Sennheiser MD21 mike.  This feeds both channels in opposite phase.  [this is the ‘rear’ channel]  The amount or level is indicated below.
“Ragtime Annie” [high]
“Chinese Breakdown” [med-hi]
“I’ve Got My Angel on My Mind”
“Liberty” [balance of rear _____?]
“Bad Land Dream” (?)
“Dueling Banjos” [No Rear]
“Bluegrass Express” [same level]
“Greensleeves” [high – bass on ‘rear’ ch.]

RO-71

Collinsville,
November 17, 1973

4168 (N & O)

Steve Wilson
227 Alta Lane
Lynchburg, VA 24502
Stoney Ridge Boys – see part M
9:20 pm
Joe Smith (solo)
Center Channel (rear)
Center mike feeds both channels out of phase. (AKG mike)
Right mike now is right channel
-Molly & Tenbrooks [R. and Center mike together “rear” down]
“Liberty” [no center mike]
[senn. On R.]
“Reuben’s Train” 1st half X, 2nd okay. (no center)
The Heartaches L. is AKG, R is AKG [no rear]
“The Old Hometown” [all 3 mikes]
“Rosewood Casket” Left – AKG, Right – Senn.
“Highway Man” (Waltz) [both AKG]
-last half only
Blue Ridge Travelers [all three]

RO-72

Collinsville,
November 17, 1973

4177 (R & S); spine of tape box says "4168b?"

12:30 am, Sun.
Timmie Martin
“Duelin’” [No ‘rear’] AKG – Senn.
“Old Joe” [1st part no rear, 2nd part AKG ‘rear’]
“Are You Washed?” [left AKG and Center AKG lafored]
“Sally Ann” [recalibrated ‘rear’] [bass in center ‘rear’]
“Old Joe Clark” [1st part fair, 2nd part AKG – Senn. Only]

RO-73

Union Grove,
April 11, 1974

4178 (A & B)

Master (Field) Tape, Thurs., Apr. 11, 1974
Labeled:  Gene Elders
“Muleskinner Blues” – Red Voc. On center (rear)
“Foggy Mountain Rock” (no rear)
dobro (no rear Ch.)
(Asheville musicians, no rear channel)
(Fiddle)(Right Ch. And rear Ch. Only)

RO-74

Union Grove,
April 11, 1974

4179 (C & D)

Tape deck fell … fan with headphone … traffic yanked cord and deck!
The Country Capers
Subs.  Hph.X  couldn’t hear what was recording!
Charles Beverly (dobro)(no rear channel)
Ernie Scofield (yes rear channel)

RO-75

Union Grove,
April 12, 1974

4180 (E & F)

Sat., end 3:25 pm

 

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RO-76

Union Grove,
April 12, 1974

4181 (G & H)

End 5:20 pm, Fri. (Terry Baucome)

RO-77

Union Grove,
April 12, 1974

4182 (I & J)

Note:  at end of side 1, there’s about a minute of space; let it play --- don’t stop the recorder (or use FF)

RO-78

Union Grove,
April 12, 1974

4183 (M & N)

“Forked Deer” (3 fiddles)
Gui. Duet (no rear ch.)
Rocky Top (Audience 112 dB)

RO-79

Union Grove,
April 11 & 12, 1974

4184 (O; S-0 & S-1)

Earl Carney
“What Have They Done”
‘Whisper My Name” (shot or firecracker)
end, fade-out-//calibrate ‘rear’
X Pierce X -- // Lost and Found -- // Ed and clean-up man; Ed pops mike; joke x intro.
Musicians:  Olin Gardner, banjo; Cecil Creasy, fiddle; Frederick Dowell, guitar; Kenneth Dowell, guitar; Charlie Ambrin, bass; -- about 50% of judges
Intro. Ed Hurt, mandolin
(mic. change:  Ed)
“Would You Be Loving Another Man”  (feedback 1st part)
Ed Pops mic.
On “Redwood Hill” there’s a Right channel DPO near start.

RO-80

Union Grove,
April 13, 1974

4185 (S-2 & S-3)

Rick S. (no ‘rear’ ch.)
Not monitored (Pegram til end of S-2)
1st Pic. Sat., Southbound
(gui.)(no rear ch.)
end 5-3 1:55 pm, Sat.

RO-81

Union Grove,
April 13, 1974

4186 (S-4 & S-5)

Mrs. Van Hoy, Photo 15A (pan x roll)
Left channel of ‘rear’ pair inten. Corrected
Recalibration
Dr. Leo Heathy
Doug:  6 expert recording engineer
2:55 pm

RO-82

Union Grove,
April 13, 1974

4187 (S-6 & S-7)

The ‘rear’ channel is encoded out-of-phase – mixed – with the L and R tracks.
To decode this channel, use the Hafler method or amplify the signal from + L and + R
W.A. Hallman
7449 Mabel Way
Matthews, NC 28105
Gui. Trio, 114, gui. Solo 115
(no rear)

RO-83

Union Grove,
April 13, 1974

4188 (S-8 & S-9)

#107 “The Bluegrass Kinsmen”
Blue River Boys (Terry Baucome)
#38 New River Ramblers – 1st picture in competition

RO-84

Union Grove,
April 13, 1974

4189 (S-10 & S-11)

TANDBERG 4000X
L & R:  AKG C451E, C Senn. MD21
“Ruby” #13
Hi Country Ramblers not close enough to mikes
112 Rank, Sally Goodin’”
#126 Country Boys
-“Katy Hill”, “Sally Goodin’”
#8 Sons of Bluegrass
-“Reuben’s Train, “These Little Birds”
#106 Southbound, #89
11:40 pm

RO-85

Union Grove,
April 13, 1974

4190 (S-12 & S-13)

Bluegrass Masters, Scancarelli – producer of Union Grove Records
#47 Country Capers, Tommy Macbeth
#83
#65
“Rollin’ in My” (Earl Carney dances)
#110 Bluegrass Masters
#74 The Lost & Found, fiddler, Buddy Pendleton

RO-86

Union Grove,
April 13 & 14, 1974

4191 (S-14)

Sat. night, April 13, 1974 and Sun. a.m., April 14, 1974
“Awards”

RO-87

Union Grove,
1969-74

edited excerpts

Edited Excerpts, Demo. Tape
1969, 1974
Label:  Mr. Bernard P. Rousseau
            19 Cobia St.
            Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082

RO-88

Union Grove,
March 27, 1975

1 (or 47)

Mar. 10, 1977
Telephone call        
Pierce   1-
2-     Your 21 tapes are almost ready
3-     Mixer received last month – but
4-     Documenting still going on
5-     No tape copies yet
6-     Checked on disc production over 1000 time is now too short
UN GR.  50, 51, 52 destroyed (fire)
(1975 – 1976

RO-89

Union Grove,
March 27, 1975

2

Union Grove 75:  Part 2, March 27, 1975

RO-90

Union Grove,
March 27, 1975

3

Field Tape

RO-91

Union Grove,
March 27, 1975

4

RO-92

Union Grove,
March 27, 1975

5

Super Service
Field tape

RO-93

Union Grove,
March 28, 1975

6

Started 4:45 pm, Fri.
Olin
-INSTR.
-John Hardy – R/3 DBX BYPASSED

RO-94

Union Grove,
March 28, 1975

7

Field tape

RO-95

Union Grove,
March 28, 1975

8

Field tape
Low Print, extra strength
Same as (131) on (Mylar) Polyester backing

RO-96

Union Grove,
March 28, 1975

9

Same as (131) Mylar
“Sittin’ on Top of the World” changed DBX  R3"R4
P.A. Now on R/4
End 8:40 pm

RO-97

Union Grove,
March 28, 1975

10

Same as 131 Mylar

RO-98

Union Grove,
March 28, 1975

11

RO-99

Union Grove,
March 28, 1975

12

Same as 131 Mylar

RO-100
Union Grove,
March 28, 1975
 13 Same as 131 Mylar

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RO-101

Union Grove,
March 28, 1975

14

Re-recorded

RO-102

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

15

UG 75:  Pt. 15, March 29, 1975 [Thurs.]

RO-103

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

16

Label:  Mr. Bernard P. Rousseau
            19 Cobia St.
            Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 

RO-104

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

17

RO-105

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

20

(tape problems, tape warp)

RO-106

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975;
Smithville Jamboree,
July 7, 1984

 4193 (1)

Four Channel

RO-107

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

4194 (9)

DBX ENCODED (Compressed audio).
Use a DBX I decoder to restore dynamics

RO-108

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

4195 (B & C)

RO-108

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

4196 (D & E)

RO-110

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

4197 (I)

Four Channel

RO-111

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

4198 (J)

DBX encoded
DBX 1 (DBX 154)
Four Channel

RO-112

Union Grove,
March 29, 1975

JK

RO-113

Union Grove,
April 15, 1976

4200 (1 & 2)

Pt. 2 End about 7:45 pm, Thurs.
6000x TANDBERG with overload limiting protection
“Muleskinner Blues” (L. ch. Overloads very start of vocal—feedback
mix. r. ch. To center for the start)
Pierce Van Hoy
           “Muddy Water”
           “Doing My Time” (R. ch. Overloads v. start)
-fiddle moves closer
           “Small Exception of Me”
           “Think of What You’ve Done” (R. ch. Overloads start)
Jerry Wood, Fiddle
           “High Country”                             Min. Flaws
           “Bye, Bye Love”                                    
Ed Hurt promotes BG EXP. Record                    
           “Can’t You Hear Me Calling               
           “Dixie Breakdown” (gui.-off mic.)        

RO-114

Union Grove,
April 15, 1976

48b

RO-115

Union Grove,
April 15, 1976

4201 (50)

RO-116

Union Grove,
April 15, 1976

4202 (51)

RO-117

Union Grove,
April 16, 1976

4203 (52 & 53)

AKG C-451E mic. on _____ side

RO-118

Union Grove,
April 16, 1976

4204 (53, 54 & 55)

Defective – vocals and/or P.A. mix “tinny.”  Weak, no center ch., shrill P.A. mix

RO-119

Union Grove,
April 16, 1976

(56, 57, 58 & 59)

RO-120

Union Grove,
April 16, 1976

4205 (58)

RO-121

Union Grove,
April 16, 1976

(60, 61, 62 & 63)

RO-122

Union Grove,
April 16, 1976

(63, 64)

RO-123

Union Grove,
April 16 & 17, 1976

(65, 66 & 67)

RO-124

Union Grove,
April 16 & 17, 1976

(67, 68 & 69)

RO-125

Union Grove,
April 17, 1976

(70 & 71)

 

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RO-126

Union Grove,
April 17, 1976

(72)

RO-127

Union Grove,
April 17, 1976

(73, 74, 75A)

RO-128

Union Grove,
April 17, 1976

(77b, 79)

RO-129

Union Grove,
April 17, 1976

4206 (80 & 81)

Main channel recorded from the high impedance output of the P.A. mixer.  2nd channel is straight from an AKG C-451E Condenser mic. (and an Advent mic premplifier).  Red:  Tandberg 6000X with overload limiting capability. 

RO-130

Union Grove,
April 17, 1976

(82 & 83)

RO-131

Union Grove,
April 17, 1976

4207 (83 & 84)

McClure, VA
Goldrush
Possible heat damage from fire (reel)

RO-132

Union Grove,
April 17, 1976

(84-end)

RO-133

Union Grove,
March 24, 1978

(1, 2)

RO-134

Union Grove,
March 24, 1978

(2,3)

RO-135

Union Grove,
March 24, 1978

(4)

RO-136

Union Grove,
March 24, 1978,

(4, 5, 6)

RO-137

Union Grove, undated

125 C: reel Y

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Series II, PERFORMANCES IN CLUBS, CONCERTS AND PRIVATE PARTIES, 1957-83 and undated.

Tape

Location, Date

Rousseau No.

Tape Box Notes

RO-138

Harvard Grill, Washington, D.C., 1957

4001

My first example of Bill Emerson
Live with Benny and Vallie Cain, Don Mulkey, and Porter Church
“Soundcraft”

RO-139

Baltimore-Washington,
D. C. area clubs,
1966-68

4123

1967-1968
(only (?) Copy of the live music … from the master.)
Master lost in fire (?)
Note:  Most of the music is unique since the masters were lost or destroyed.

RO-140

Zebulon Lounge, Baltimore, Md., 1966; unidentified locale, 1970

4123a

 

RO-141

Kimble Blair Benefit, Baltimore, Md.,
October 16, 1966

4002

Side 2
“Maggie Blues”?
Russell Hooper, Marvin Howell
Dulaney Valley Boys?  Dubs
Delmar Delaney

RO-142

Kimble Blair Benefit,
October 16, 1966

4004

 

RO-143

Herb’s Hideaway, Reistertown, Md., November 12, 1966

4005

For Dianne Sims:  “Love and Wealth”
“Memories of You” bas start

RO-144

Unknown and Alice Foster’s New Year’s Party, November 20, 1966 & December 31, 1966

4006

 

RO-145

Alice Foster’s New Year’s Eve Party, (1), December 31, 1966

4007

 

RO-146

Alice Foster’s New Year’s Eve Party, (2), December 31, 1966

4008

 

RO-147

Alice Foster’s New Year’s Eve Party, (3), December 31, 1966;
Turf Club, Laurel, Md., January 2, 1967

4009

Guest:  Charlie Waller
(talk by Buzz, Charlie, B.R.) (last half ok)

RO-148

Turf Club, Laurel, Md.,
January 2, 1967

4010 (1A & 1B)

The Virginians
Bill Emerson, banjo; Buck Ryan, fiddle; Buzz Busby, mandolin; Stoney Edwards, bass and Guest:  Charlie Waller, guitar
“Heart of Glass” (solo ok) (Feature:  Buzz)
“Bringing Mary Home” (Guitar – Charlie Waller)
“Maiden’s Prayer” (Buck Ryan)
“Waiting For the Boys (Gospel) (Charlie)
X (Joke)
“My Sister Wants to Marry” –distorted (last half, ok)
“Orange Blossom Special” (Buck)
“Uncle Pen” (trio) slight dist.
“If it Takes Me A Lifetime (Charlie Waller) dist.
“Sweet Dixie (Bill Emerson) (2nd channel adjusted)
“Are You From Dixie (“Needle Marks”) Charlie Waller (Last half ok) distorted
“I’m Traveling Down This Lonesome Road” (Buzz)
Side 2
“Red Wing” (fade beginning)
“Tennessee Waltz” (Stoney- Vocal)
             (Risqué talk)
“Little Birdie” (Bill-Vocal)
“Johnny Be Good”
“I Saw Your Face In the Moon” (Charlie)
“Talk of the Town”
“Black Mountain Rag: (Buck, Bill)
“Wildwood Flower” (Bill) Overload, 1/3 distorted
“I Can’t Stop Loving You
“Just Bumming Around (Stoney)
“Crying Time” (Buck Owens Medley)
“Almost Persuaded” (Stoney)
“Moving On/Rhumba Boogie” (Charlie)  slight dist.
“Pardon Me” (Buzz, Charlie)  vocal, slight dist.
“Birthday Cake Boogie” (risqué) (Buzz)
“Pike County Breakdown”
talk- BN

RO-149

Turf Club, Laurel, Md.,
February & March, 1967

4011 (3)

Feb. or Mar. 1967
Bill Emerson, Buzz Busby, Stoney Edwards, Buck Ryan, and Red Allen
5.  “Little Birdie” Red, Buzz, Stoney
6.  “Kentucky” (good end)  Buzz, Red, Bill
7.  “Lonesome Pike Breakdown” Bill, Buck
8.  “Mocking Bird” (Buck)

RO-150

Turf Club, Laurel, Md.,
March 13, 1967

4012 (2)

“Flint Hill” –Don Stover
“Under the Double Eagle” –Buck Ryan
“I’m Little But I’m Loud” –Ronnie Reno
“Ragtime Annie (Raggedy Ann) –Buck Ryan
“Yaller Rose of Texas” –Don Stover
“Maiden’s Prayer” –Buck Ryan
“All My Friends” (Are Gonna Be Strangers) –Ronnie Reno
“I’d Love To Be Alone With You” –James Dodson, guest.
“Randy Lynn Rag –Don Stover
“Another Day Another Dollar” –George Shuffler
“Cannonball Blues (guitar by George Shuffler)
“I Don’t Love Nobody”    “        “          “         
“Rosewood”                     “         “           “
 

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RO-151

Live Bluegrass, various locations, 1966

1966-1

 

RO-152

Live Bluegrass, various locations, 1966-67

1966-2

 

RO-153

Live Bluegrass, various locations, 1966

1966-3

No master avail.

RO-154

Bill Emerson; E. Waller, 1967
[Side 1]; Bill Torbett, Osborne Brothers at Zebulon Lounge, Baltimore, Md., undated;
[Side 2]; Camp Creek Boys and Country Boys at Galax, Va., 1970

 

  

RO-155

Lewis Family live at Utica School, Seneca, S.C., May 2, 1969

4105 (1A & 1B)

Rev. Beulah H. Brown
Spiritual Non Sect. Church
NY, NY 10023

RO-156

Joe Byars and the Smoky Mountain Cut-Ups, Glenville, N.C.,
May 16,1969

4106

Joe Byers and the Smoky Mountain Cut-Ups

RO-157

Joe Byars and the Smoky Mountain Cut-Ups, Glenville, N.C., May 16, 1969; Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers, Gainesville, Ga.,
March 14, 1970

4116 (2A & 2B)

 

RO-158

Carl Story, Gainesville, Ga., March 14, 1970

4115 (1)

 

RO-159

J. D. Ward Band at Red Speek’s Country Music Theatre, Clinton, Tenn., February 7, 1975

4192

Dbx Four Channel
BR
Taped
Red Speaks
Country Music Theatre  Clinton, TN
JD Ward Band
End
Tests – dbx off – on
Auditorium sounds
Banjo – Sennheiser

RO-160

Knoxville Grass at Red Speek’s,
February 7, 1975

Part A

Dbx 4 Channel
Clinton, TN

RO-161

Knoxville Grass at Red Speek’s,
February 7, 1975

4199 (B)

Fire damaged (1st part ok)

RO-162

New River Boys at Red Speek’s,
February 7, 1975

 

 Dbx 4 Channel
Clinton, TN

RO-163

Bill Monroe Reunion, May 13, 1983;
various radio broadcasts,1983. Tape box says, "John Starling, 1966."

4107A

John Starling
Ben Eldridge
Gary Henderson
Tom Morgan
Dave Auldridge
Mike Auldridge
Recorded by Ben Eldridge; Bernard Rousseau

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Series III, STUDIO TAPES, 1967-83 and undated.

Tape

Location, Date

Tape Box Notes

RO-164

Bluegrass on Stage, 1, compilations from the Turf Club and Union Grove, 1967-71.

Bill Emerson, Buck Ryan, Stoney Edwards, Buzz Busby, Guest: Red Allen
“Run Boy, Run” Bill
“Shenandoah Valley Waltz” Mandolin:  Red Allen
“Weary Blues From Waiting”  Buzz
“Little Cabin Home on the Hill”  Buzz
“Little Birdie”  Red, Bill, Buck
“Kentucky”  Red, Bill, Buck
“Lonesome Pine Breakdown”  Bill, Buck
“Mocking Bird”  Bill, Buck
“Once More” (Overload at end)  Trio
“Cold, Cold Heart”  Buzz
“Bluegrass Breakdown”  Bill, Buzz
“A Good Woman’s Love”  Charlie Waller
“Muleskinner Blues”  Buzz

RO-165

Bluegrass on Stage, 2, compilations from Union Grove; Seneca, S.C.; Collinsville and Martinsville, Va.; and Glassy Mountain, S.C., 1969-75

Greer, SC
Don Reno, Red Smiley, Bill Harrell, and Jerry McCoury

RO-166

Bluegrass on Stage, 3, compilations, undated.

 

RO-167

Dennis Lakin and Stony Point, March 21, 1982

 

RO-168

Dennis Lakin and Stony Point, March 21, 1982

 

RO-169

Goldrush, June 12, 1982

 

RO-170

Goldrush, A, June 12, 1982

 

RO-171

Goldrush, 1, June 12, 1982

 

RO-172

Goldrush, Kingston, Tenn., submaster,
May 4, 1983 [might not be a studio tape]; unidentified festivals, undated

 

RO-173

Benny Williams, master, (1),
November 23 or 26, 1983

Recorded at Rousseau’s SOUND LAB Studio in Harriman, TN.

RO-174

Benny Williams, master, (2),
November 26, 1983

With Tom Morgan
Scott Morgan, guitar.

RO-175

Benny Williams, submaster, (1),
November 26, 1983

Recorded at THE SOUND LAB in Harriman, TN.
 

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RO-176

Benny Williams, submaster, (2),
November 26, 1983

Recorded at THE SOUND LAB in Harriman, TN.

RO-177

Benny Williams, 7 ½ ips backup master,
November 26, 1983

Recorded at THE SOUND LAB in Harriman, TN.

RO-178

Benny Williams, 7 ½ ips backup, (1), November 26, 1983

Recorded at THE SOUND LAB in Harriman, TN
Back-up tapes

RO-179

Benny Williams, 7 ½ ips backup, (2), November 26, 1983

Recorded at THE SOUND LAB in Harriman, TN
Back-up tapes

RO-180

Tom [Morgan?], Red, Mary, and Scott [Morgan?], "Nobody’s Darlin’ but Mine," undated

 

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Series IV, RADIO BROADCASTS, 1983-88 and undated.

Tape

Location, Date

Rousseau No.

Tape Box Notes

RO-181

Scanning the FM Dial [various programs], December 3 & 10, 1983

713

1.  Scanning the FM radio dial on Saturday, December 3, 1983.
Public radio station, WUOT, Knoxville, TN
(also Dec. 10, 1983 – PHC )
Jack Tottle
2.  Johnson Mt. Boys
Dreadful Snakes
Buddy Spicher
Bill Monroe
Lester Flatt
Lost and Found

RO-182

WJCT-FM, Jacksonville, Fl., January 7, 1984

710

Off the air:  WJCT – FM  Jacksonville, FL
Mike Johnson, banjo
Glen Smith, guitar
Polly Johnson, bass
Pat Ogelby, mandolin, banjo, and guitar.

RO-183

Various programs, 1984-87

711

Side 1
¼ track stereo and mono
“Patty on the Turnpike”
BOBBY HICKS Taped off-the-air, WJCT-FM
“100 Years From Now”
JD CROWE, TONY RICE AND THE CALIFORNIA CONNECTION
NORMAN BLAKE            BILL HARRELL
FREE STATE RAMBLERS
-From the Malabar in Jacksonville, FL, Jan. 14, 1984.  This night club was possibly the only place to hear bluegrass regularly.  Leader, Mike Johnson.
-From WETS, Johnson City, Tennessee, as received in Harriman, TN.  There was some noise, fading and the stereo effect was cancelled.
BRUIT CITY ROUNDERS
-Program was probably “Our Front Porch” (syndicated)
-Now, from Knoxville, TN – good clear signal – THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL originating from WFMT Chicago.  Folk, country and variety music.
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN
-At the 1986 Kentucky Fried Chicken Bluegrass Music Festival (WCJT – Jacksonville, FL)
-“City of New Orleans”
Side 2
(From Lexington, KY)
-The 1986 Kentucky Fried Chicken Bluegrass Festival
-(WJCT, Jacksonville, FL)  THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN on stage:  “God’s Coloring Book”’ “Fox on the Run”
The TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET interviews, talk.  Live in the studio.  Strange music with various influences, including bluegrass.  The leader is Darrel Anger, who has been influenced by David Grissman and Richard Greene.  Greene’s a pioneer in what is now called “New Acoustic Music”, and his fiddle was at one time heard in Bill Monroe’s band.  WJCT-WNYC, ‘87
STONEY LONESOME on the Prairie Home Companion stage.  “Limehouse Blues”, “My Sweet Memory”, (commercial!) “Before the Sun Goes Down”.  Announcer-MC G. Keylor.

RO-184

Don Reno Memorial Program on "Bluegrass Heartland," WETS-FM, Johnson City, Tenn., October 22, 1984; Music of the Southern Mountains,
May 6, 1983

712

 

RO-185

"Bluegrass Heartland," WETS-FM, Johnson City, Tenn. [features the Louvin Brothers], October, 1986

  WETS, Jack Tottle
THE LOUVIN BROS.

RO-186

Bluegrass Sampler
[from various broadcasts], December, 1986

  B.R. Mix Sampler

RO-187

Bluegrass [mix of broadcasts and live performances], 1988

   

 

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BOX LIST

Series V, PRINTED DOCUMENTATION, 1957-84 and undated.

Subseries V-A, Tape Logs and Supporting Materials, 1957-82 and undated.

Box No. 1, Folder No.
  1. RO: 1-5
  2. RO: 7-12
  3. RO: 13-15
  4. RO: 16-18
  5. RO: 20-21
  6. RO: 22-23
  7. RO: 24
  8. RO: 25
  9. RO: 26-29
  10. RO: 30
  11. RO: 31-32
  12. RO: 33-34
  13. RO: 35-38
  14. RO: 39-42
  15. RO: 43-49
  16. RO: 50-52
  17. RO: 53-57
  18. RO: 58-65
  19. RO: 66-72
  20. RO: 73-77
  21. RO: 78-83
  22. RO: 84-87
  23. RO: 88-91
  24. RO: 92-98
  25. RO: 99-105
  26. RO: 106-112
  27. RO: 113-114
  28. RO: 115-116, 118, 120-121
  29. RO: 122-123
  30. RO: 124
  31. RO: 125-126, 129, 137
  32. RO: 138-143
  33. RO: 144-147
  34. RO: 148-150
  35. RO: 151-152, 155-158
  36. RO: 160-162
  37. RO: 164-169
  38. RO: 171-173, 181

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Subseries V-B, Publications, Printed Materials, and Photographs, 1969-84 and undated.

Box No. 2, Folder No.

  1. Cobb Bluegrass Festival: schedule and business cards, Oct. 25, 1969
  2. Collinsville Fiddlers' Convention program, Nov. 16-17, 1973
  3. Country Music World and Yearbook, vol. 1, undated
  4. Easter Time is Music Time: A Pictorial Album of the Union Grove
      Old Time Fiddlers Convention, 1973
  5. Easter Time is Music Time: A Pictorial Album of the Union Grove
      Old Time Fiddlers Convention, 1977
      [Souvenir program for the 50th annual convention, 1924-1974]
  6. Pictorial History of Country Music, vol. 4, 1972
  7. Publicity photos of artists, undated
  8. Recordings list, undated
  9. Society for the Preservation of Blue Grass Music Association Ninth Annual
      Information Guide: Festival '83, 1983
10. Society for the Preservation of Blue Grass Music Association Tenth Annual
      Information Guide: Festival '84, 1984
11. Union Grove: The First Fifty Years by Pat J. Ahrens, 1975
12. Union Grove Old Time Fiddlers' Convention: list of bands who performed,
      March 27-28, 1970
13. Union Grove Old Time Fiddlers' Convention: loose papers, 1971-75
14. Union Grove Old Time Fiddlers' Convention: photographs, 1978
15. Miscellaneous: loose papers and photographs, undated

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