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1990 Thomas Edison 'Brownie' Ford
001.1990.009
Sat Apr 28 1990
51:13 - Audio Cassette Master; WAV and Mp3 on Server and Cloud
00:00 Introduction by Allison Miner; she met Brownie at the World’s Fair in 1984; he performed at the Louisiana Folk Life Area; knows hundreds of ballad song; Brownie’s an old cowboy; used to rodeo, talks about how he found out he was too old to fight bulls and how he was married 3 times; Brownie tells several stories about riding horses in the rodeo and getting hurt 06:40 Demonstration 09:20 Brownies releasing a record in several weeks from the interview; talks about recording and making a record sound good 10:42 Demonstration 14:13 talks about when he was young how people were traveling West because of poverty or loss 16:12 Demonstration 19:27 Introduces next song written by Bob Will’s father 20:05 Demonstration “Faded Love” 22:02 Demonstration 24:35 Demonstration; old cowboy song 27:07 Demonstration “I Never Had the One That I Wanted” 29:11 Brownie looks around the audience and gets ideas for songs; next song has been around for a long time 30:20 Demonstration 32:23 “In the Pines” was a convict song; Brownie tells about what the convict laborers in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Louisiana did with turpentine 33:20 Demonstration “In the Pines” 36:26 Brownie imagines it’s not fun to run away anymore; Demonstration “I Washed My Hands in Muddy Waters” 39:30 Demonstration; original by Brownie Thomas “The Next Heart You Break May Be Your Own” 41:51 Demonstration 44:22 Demonstration “Streets of Laredo” 48:10 Demonstration 51:13 Interview ends.
Allison Miner introducing. This item is part of the “Crescent City Living Legends Collection” that was admitted to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in 2002.
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive