Interview with Bessie Jones about music and dancing in the turpentine camps
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Title: Interview with Bessie Jones about music and dancing in the turpentine camps Date recorded: June 26, 1961 Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Jones, Bessie; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Note: Jones and Lomax discuss the music and dances of the turpentine camps: blues, set dances, the buck dance, and the Charleston. Jones also mentions Oh Happy Land (Beulah Land) and Black Annie, which she calls an "old time thing."
About the session: The first of 21 recording sessions with Bessie Jones.
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