FolkLib Index - Dr. Palmeri class 9-23-2005

          This page contains links for the "Folk Music Overview" talk given in Dr. Palmeri's class on 9-23-2005 at UW Oshkosh. The talk presented information not covered in "Bob Dylan and the New Frontier", chapter 5, p. 81-100, in the textbook.
          Links at this site in Bold Type go to off-site pages maintained by others. Unbolded links go to another page at this site. [There are no links on this site to these class pages.]

          Course: Communications: 96-428: The Rhetoric of Rock Music
          Textbook: "Rockin' in Time: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll", by David P. Szatmary, 5th ed. 2004, 382 p., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, ISBN: 0-13-112107-3, LC: 2002-156300 (prev. ed. 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000)
          Fall 2005 Course Archive - 9-17-2007 Presentation
          Dr. Palmeri's Web sites: Home Page - UW Oshkosh

          The Folk File: A Folkie's Dictionary by Bill Markwick
"A collection of terms related to folk music, plus some mini-biographies, musicology terms, trivia, and miscellaneous facts and figures."
          Wisconsin Music Site Map
"Everything on the Web related to Wisconsin Music and Musicians"
          How to Speak 'Scansin by author unknown
"Wisconsin dialect terms"
          MissPronouncer.com by Jackie Johnson
"A pronunciation guide for everything Wisconsin"

• Native American Courting Flute - Google Images
            - Bill Miller, "The Best of Bill Miller" [Vanguard 79729-2] - Track 8 "Reservation Road" (grew up on the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation, Bowler, WI / TN)
• Mountain Dulcimer (or Lap Dulcimer) - Google Images
• Hammered (or Hammer) Dulcimer - Google Images
            - John McCutcheon, "Live At Wolf Trap" [Rounder CD-0283] - Track 14 "Copper River Bounce / Money Musk" (Wausau, WI / VA)
• Celtic Harp - Google Images
            The baby sister to the orchestral "Pedal Harp" - Google Images
            - Kim Robertson, "Christmas Lullaby" [Gourd GM-134] - Track 8 "In The Bleak Midwinter" (b. Oshkosh, grad. UW Oshkosh 1977 / Milwaukee)
• Autoharp - Google Images
            - Harvey Reid, "The Autoharp Album" [Woodpecker WP-117] - Track 1 "Waltz of the Waves" (attended UW-Madison / NH)
• Jaw Harp - Google Images
• Kazoo - Google Images
• Dobro / National Steel Guitar / Resophonic Guitar - Google Images (most frequently used in Acoustic Blues and Bluegrass)
            - Michael Lee Ammons, "Somethin' 'Bout The Sky" [Door County Voices DCV-003] - Track 11 "Cedar Swamp Stomp" (Sheboygan, WI)
• 12-String Guitar - Google Images
            - Pete Seeger, "The Essential Pete Seeger" [Vanguard VCD-97/98] - Track 4 "Bells of Rhymney"

• Acoustic Blues (preceded the Chicago Electric Blues of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King)
            - Rev. Edward W. Clayborn (The Guitar Evangelist), "Complete Recorded Works 1926-1928" [Document DOCD-5155] - Track 23 "I Shall Not Be Moved" (old song recycled 30 years later during the 1960's Civil Rights Movement)
            - Jesse Fuller, "Brother Lowdown" [Fantasy FCD-24707-2] - Track 1 "San Francisco Bay Blues"
            - John Hammond, "The Best of John Hammond" [Vanguard VCD-11/12] - Track 10 "32-20 Blues"
  2nd generation musicians carrying on the tradition of Acoustic Guitar Blues created by African-Americans:
        African-American: - Guy Davis - Keb'Mo' - others?
        Caucasian: - Scott Ainslie - Rory Block (Her Father, Allan Block, was born in Oshkosh, and her grand parents founded Block Iron & Steel, now known as Sadoff & Rudoy, but she has never lived in Wisconsin.)
  - Roy Bookbinder - Bob Brozman - Paul Geremia - John Hammond - Catfish Keith - "Spider" John Koerner - Del Rey - Les Sampou - Chris Smither - Catfish Stephenson (Madison) , and the late - Jo-Ann Kelly - Dave "Snaker" Ray (Milwaukee, Superior, Eau Claire) of - Koerner, Ray & Glover - Dave Van Ronk - others?

• The Folk Process Modifying the words or tune of old songs
            - Joan Baez, "Very Early Joan" [Vanguard VCD-79446/7] - Track 13 "Railroad Bill"
            - Andy Breckman, "Fast Folk" [Smithsonian Folkway SFW-CD-40137] - Disc 2, Track 12 "Railroad Bill and the Kitten"

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  Ran out of time to play
            - Michael Cooney, "Still Cooney After All These Years/Singer of Old Songs" [Front Hall Records FHR-304CD] - Track 3 "Cindy"
            - Arianne Lydon, "Lady of the Green" [O'Vert OR-9865-2] - Track 6 "Cindy" (Viroqua, WI)
            Other old songs she has written new music for, "Clementine", "Home on the Range", "How Can I Keep From Singing"
            - Arianne Lydon, - same - Track 4 "You're Not Alone" [Celtic Harp and 12-string guitar played simultaneously]
• Humor
            - Steve Hazell, "Songs From The Northland" [Golden Oak GOM-005] - Track 8 "Driving A Mess" (Oshkosh)
            - Lou & Peter Berryman, "Double Yodel" [Cornbelt CD-10] - Track 7 "Double Yodel" (Madison)

• Bluegrass Unlimited
• Blues Revue
• The Devil's Box - Ceased publication with the Winter 2000 issue
• Dirty Linen - originally the Fairport Convention folk/rock band newsletter
• The Old-Time Herald
• Performing Songwriter
• Sing Out! (since 1950)
• Links for all Folk Music related magazines I know about.

• Balalaika and Domra Association of America (BDAA) - "Newsletter" (Madison)
• Black Hawk Folk Society (BHFS) - no name (Wautoma/Mount Morris)
• Celtic Music Association of Madison (CMA) - "Celtic Madison" (Madison)
• Fondy Acoustic Music Alliance (FAMA) - no name (Fond du Lac)
• Great Northern Blues Society (GNBS) - "Good News Blues" (Wausau)
• Green Apple Folk Music Society (GAFMS) - "Newsletter" (Appleton)
• Madison Blues Society (MBS) - no name (Madison)
• Madison Folk Harp Society (MFHS) - ? (Madison)
• Madison Folk Music Society (MFMS) - "MadFolk News" (Madison)
• Milwaukee Area Bluegrass Music Association (MABMA) - no name (Milwaukee)
• Southern Wisconsin Bluegrass Music Association, Inc. (SWBMAI) - "Fireball Mail" (Madison)
• Southern Wisconsin Old Time Fiddlers' Association (SWOTFA) - no newsletter (McFarland)
• Wisconsin Blues Society (MBS) - "Tell It Like It Is" (Madison) - no Web site, just a mailing address

• Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR)
            "Simply Folk" (Sunday, 5-8 pm, WPNE-FM, 89.3) [CMN]
            "Thistle & Shamrock" (Sunday, 8-9 pm, WPNE-FM, 89.3) [CMN]
            "A Prairie Home Companion" (Saturday, 5-7 pm, WPNE-FM, 89.3) [CMN]
            "Tent Show Radio" (Saturday, 9-10 pm, WHID-FM, 88.1) [IN]
            Webcasting - All WPR programs can be listened to live on the Web.
                  CMN - WPR's Classical Music Network
                  IN - WPR's Ideas Network

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• Tony Palmeri - September 23 [2005]: Doug Henkle Presentation
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