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Film, Video Follow The Music Interview: Ty Bunky

Video interview with Tyrone Woods conducted by Leslie Liao

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About this Item

Title

  • Follow The Music Interview: Ty Bunky

Names

  • Liao, Leslie (Interviewer)
  • Liao, Leslie (Recordist)
  • Woods, Tyrone, 1952-2023 (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Silver Spring, Maryland, June 6, 2023

Headings

  • -  Nightlife
  • -  Music trade
  • -  African Americans--Social life and customs
  • -  African American dancers--United States--Interviews
  • -  Dance cyphers
  • -  House music--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Burns, Sam the Man
  • -  African Americans--Music
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  United States -- Washington (D.C.)

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image

Notes

  • -  Summary: Tyrone Woods (also known as Ty Bunky) discusses his life as a native Washingtonian, growing up during the Civil Rights Movement- detailing his dad's connection to music as a member of The Clovers, to the Black bands and stars he saw practicing and performing at his home, in DC Theaters, house parties, and eventually clubs. He traces the DC House music scene from DooWop, to Disco, to Go-Go, and connects dances like Fast Dancing, Hand Dancing, and Vogue to community hubs like churches, Masonic Temples, and the ever-changing DC club scene.
  • -  Keywords: DC Native, Doo-Wop, Old Dunbar Theater, Howard Theater, segregation, fast dancing, house band, Go Go, funk, disco club, cabaret, disco, cypher, miscegenation, generation, link severed, HIV, AIDS, crack cocaine, Sam Burns, Rita Burns, Hip Hop, Popping, Locking, Soul Train, partnering
  • -  Venue: Recorded at Urban Artistry Dance Academy, Silver Spring, Maryland, June 6, 2023.

Medium

  • 1 moving image file (MP4): digital. 1 manuscript file (PDF): digital.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Series: Washington, DC

Source Collection

  • Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/012)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video
  • pdf
  • image

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Credit line

Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture, Community Collections Grant Project, 2023 (AFC 2022/012), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Cite This Item

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

Chicago citation style:

Liao, Leslie, Leslie Liao, and Tyrone Woods. Follow The Music Interview: Ty Bunky. Silver Spring, Maryland, June 6, 2023. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_080/.

APA citation style:

Liao, L., Liao, L. & Woods, T. (2023) Follow The Music Interview: Ty Bunky. Silver Spring, Maryland, June 6. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_080/.

MLA citation style:

Liao, Leslie, Leslie Liao, and Tyrone Woods. Follow The Music Interview: Ty Bunky. Silver Spring, Maryland, June 6, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_080/>.