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Audio Recording Interviews and performances by Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, and Mickey Martin, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interviews and performances by Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, and Mickey Martin, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • Interviews and performances by Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, and Mickey Martin, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Robinson, Beverly J. (Collector)
  • Streeter, Sarah (Performer)
  • Slim, Sunnyland (Interviewee)
  • Taylor, Eddie (Interviewee)
  • Martin, Mickey (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, May 21, 1977

Headings

  • -  African Americans
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Music
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Music

Notes

  • -  Taylor, Sunnyside Slim, Martin interv.
  • -  Part 1 of a 2-part recording that includes interviews and performances by Sunnyland Slim (piano), Eddie Taylor (guitar), and Mickey Martin (drummer); the fieldworker’s log does not identify the location; project photographs of these musicians were made at the Elsewhere club and the Flying Fox Lounge; this part includes interviews with Eddie Taylor, Mickey Martin, and Sunnyland Slim, recorded in a club with significant ambient noise, followed by performances that include Sweet Little Angel (vocal: Sunnyland), Change My Way of Living, Roll All Night Long, followed by comments by Sunnyland.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-90

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20622a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0669
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T099-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Robinson, Beverly J, Sarah Streeter, Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, and Mickey Martin. Interviews and performances by Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, and Mickey Martin, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20622a/.

APA citation style:

Robinson, B. J., Streeter, S., Slim, S., Taylor, E. & Martin, M. (1977) Interviews and performances by Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, and Mickey Martin, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20622a/.

MLA citation style:

Robinson, Beverly J, et al. Interviews and performances by Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Taylor, and Mickey Martin, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20622a/>.