Audio file

Date recorded: October 6, 1961
Contributor(s): Performer: Marchand, Antoinette; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: interview/commentary

Culture: African American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: voice

Setting: Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T955

Track Number: 5

Archive ID: T955R05

Note: Jones was too young for her first marriage. "I wanted to play, I was a child."

Transcript:
Belongs to: New York City 10/61

About the session: The tenth of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.

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