Jim Lowe interviewed by Barry McDonald in the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989 [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 653476
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lowe, Jim, 1896-1984, performer
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for both research and public use during the lifetime of the interviewer.
- Description:
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- 1984 Mar. 21
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 91 min.) : analog, mono.
- Series:
- Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording: REEL 2720/39/21. Music: - 1. Conversation: McDonald reads a letter from Vera Schwebele (wife of Jim's older brother Teddy). 2. Song: Face on the bar room floor (fragment). 3. Recitation: Just plain folk (fragment). 4. Song: Just plain folk (fragment). 5. Dublin Bay (whistling; fragment). 6. Steve Harte's schottische (McDonald). 7. Conversation: discusses an article in the Armidale Express many years ago re Jim Lowe, how he trapped possumsfor skins, how to make and set a possum snare, how he stole a sheep with Bill Lowe, sheep called "monkeys", bowie knives called "dovers", discusses the song Barbara Allen, recalls Bill Tobin, recalls boxing fights with Lawrie Arndell, discusses stories of carnal knowledge in bush communities, stories of gamblers.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on March 21, 1984 at Guyra, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (2 p.)
- Subject:
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- Lowe, Jim, 1896-1984 -- Interviews
- Folk musicians -- New South Wales -- Guyra Region -- Interviews
- Folk singers -- New South Wales -- Guyra Region -- Interviews
- Folk music -- New South Wales -- Guyra Region
- Folklore -- New South Wales -- Guyra Region
- Folk songs -- New South Wales -- Guyra Region
- Singing
- Recitations
- Whistling
- Country life -- New South Wales -- Guyra Region -- Social life and customs
- Guyra Region (N.S.W.) -- History
- Other authors/contributors:
- McDonald, Barry, 1955-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
This collection contains 121 records. - Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2054 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1984
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