Interview with Bessie Jones about the Coonshine (Coonjine) dance

Audio file

Date recorded: September 26, 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: T977

Track Number: 11

Archive ID: T977R11

Note: Jones says that Coonshine is a dance with a little wiggle. Girls weren't allowed to wiggle, she adds.

Belongs to: New York City 9/61

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

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