Doug Lowe interviewed by Barry McDonald in the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989 [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1811263
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lowe, Doug, performer
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for both research and public use during the lifetime of the interviewer.
- Description:
-
- 1983
- 2 sound tape reels (ca. 56 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono. 5 in.
- Series:
- Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording: Doug Lowe whistles, sings, plays on the piano accordion and discusses his family, other folk musicians, the music and songs of the Armidale District N.S.W.; his brother Teddy in mining; techniques of playing a piano accordion; playing for dances; violin and mandolin player Darryl Cosgrove; Basil Cosgrove; how the concertina became a very popular instrument early on; concertina player John Hibberd; mouth organs and a mouth organ band of about 40 men based in Guyra in the 1930's; how he learnt tunes from his grandfather John Hibberd; impressions of Salvation Army concertina players, talks of his wife who sang, played the accordion and the mouth organ and had been a circus tumbler with her brother; discusses his first cousin; Cossy's waltz (really a schottische) named after Darryl Cosgrove; feeling the vibration of music; playing the chromatic mouth organ; half-note tunes; Teddy playing the concertina with other family members; Prince of Wales waltz and varsoviana tango; how Cossy's waltz got its name; meeting Bruce Brooks around Guyra; Doug Brodie who married a girl from Guyra; 'Turkey' Lowe; Doug's band; and playing the Jew's harp.
- Partial contents:
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- REEL 1, Doug Lowe, accordion music:
- Cuckoo waltz
- The Waltz you saved for me
- Rangers' waltz
- Roll out the barrel
- REEL 2, Doug Lowe, accordion music:
- (unidentified) (fragment)
- Doug Lowe, accordion and Barry McDonald, violin music:
- Schottische (unidentified)
- Doug Lowe, whistling and Barry McDonald, violin music:
- Shchottische (unidentified)
- Barry McDonald, violin music:
- Schottische (unidentified)
- Doug Lowe, whistling and singing:
- Tango, Tripping along to fairyland (fragment)
- Doug Lowe, whistling:
- Schottische (unidentified) (learned from his brother-in-law, Herbie Baldwin)
- Barry McDonald, violin music:
- Waltz (unidentified)
- Doug Lowe, accordion music:
- Waltz (unidentified)
- When the saints go marching in
- I'll be all smiles tonight
- Doug Lowe, accordion and Barry McDonald, violin music:
- Cossy's waltz.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 15 October 1983, at Armidale, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary available (2 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- 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 2053 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1983
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