Interview with Harry List about his work, his family, and singer Arthur Kent

Audio file
Date recorded: 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: List, Harry; Performer: Kennedy, Peter; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: East Anglian, English
Instruments: voice
Setting: Unidentified pub
Location: Sweffling, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3337
Track Number: 5
Archive ID: T3337R05
Note: Harry List introduces himself as a stockman who has kept sheep, bullocks, pheasants all his life. His father was a laborer and a horseman, worked the land all his life but wasn't a singer. List learned his songs from a "Devon chap" named Arthur Kent. (Speed and pitch-corrected 93.89%/-1.092.)
Belongs to: Sweffling 1951
About the session: Ballads sung by Harry List and his nephew Alec Bloomfield. Recorded by Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy (at too fast a speed).
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