Newport 1966

July 21, 1966 to July 24, 1966
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
In 1966, Alan Lomax arranged for a crew to film and record portions of that year’s Newport Folk Festival, some aspects of which he had programmed. These included a "blues cutting" (featuring Son House, Skip James, and Bukka White); a "gospel battle" (with the Dixie Hummingbirds, Swan Silvertones, and Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes); and a fiddle contest (including Clark Kessinger, Angus Chisholm, and the Coon Creek Girls). In addition to impromptu recordings of some festival participants—such as Canray Fontenot and Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, Joe Heaney, Dock Boggs, Bessie Jones, and Janie Hunter—Lomax also arranged for the filming of performances by House, White, James, Howlin' Wolf, and Rev. Pearly Brown in an ersatz juke joint he designed on the premises.
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Lonnie Young, Sr., with bass drum 07/21/1966
Ed Young (with fife), Lonnie Young, Sr., (with bass drum), G. D. Young (with snare drum) 07/21/1966
Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf) 07/21/1966
Eddie House, Jr. (Son House) 07/21/1966
Introduction of Flatt and Scruggs / Camera identification 07/21/1966
Foggy Mountain Chimes 07/21/1966
Introduction to Wabash Cannonball by Lester Flatt 07/21/1966
Wabash Cannonball 07/21/1966
Camera identification / Commentary by Lester Flatt 07/21/1966
Introduction of the Festival's music battles by Alan Lomax 07/21/1966
Introduction of the fiddling contest and Tex Logan by Jimmie Driftwood 07/21/1966
Katy Hill 07/21/1966
Introduction of Grant Rogers by Jimmie Driftwood 07/21/1966
Miss Monaghan's Reel 07/21/1966
Introduction of Angus Chisholm by Jimmie Driftwood 07/21/1966
Unidentified fiddle air (fragment) 07/21/1966
Introduction of Lily May Ledford by Jimmie Driftwood 07/21/1966
Cacklin' Hen 07/21/1966
Introduction of Almon and Virginia Manes by Jimmie Driftwood 07/21/1966
Westphalia Waltz 07/21/1966
Introduction of Clark Kessinger by Jimmie Driftwood 07/21/1966
Sally Anne Johnson 07/21/1966
Introduction of Tex Logan by Jimmie Driftwood (II) 07/21/1966
The Old Gray Goose (fragment) (I) 07/21/1966
The Old Gray Goose (fragment) (II) 07/21/1966
The Old Gray Goose (fragment / conclusion) 07/21/1966
Introduction of Angus Chisholm by Jimmie Driftwood (fragment) 07/21/1966
Poca River Blues 07/21/1966
Talk/ambience 07/21/1966
Introduction of Skip James, Bukka White, and Son House by Alan Lomax 07/21/1966
Commentary on blues contests by Bukka White 07/21/1966
Aberdeen Blues 07/21/1966
Camera identification / tuning 07/21/1966
Cherry Ball Blues 07/21/1966
Tuning 07/21/1966
Downhearted Blues 07/21/1966
Commentary on the blues contest by Alan Lomax / Camera identification 07/21/1966
Blues improvisation 07/21/1966
Commentary on the blues contest by Alan Lomax 07/21/1966
Introduction of Liam Clancy by Alan Lomax 07/21/1966
Commentary on the ballad contest by Liam Clancy 07/21/1966
Ticket To Ride (fragment) / Shoals Of Herring (with introduction) 07/21/1966
Shoals Of Herring 07/21/1966
Introduction of Mike Seeger by Liam Clancy 07/21/1966
Introduction of Neville Marcano by Liam Clancy / Camera identification 07/21/1966
Matilda 07/21/1966
Introduction of Grant Rogers by Liam Clancy 07/21/1966
Pat McBray 07/21/1966
Introduction of Jimmy Driftwood by Liam Clancy 07/21/1966
The Lonesome Ape 07/21/1966
Introduction of Joe Heaney and The Rocks Of Bawn by Liam Clancy 07/21/1966
Commentary on The Rocks Of Bawn by Joe Heaney 07/21/1966
Cunnla 07/21/1966
Introduction of Mike Seeger by Liam Clancy / Announcements by Pete Seeger and Jean Ritchie 07/21/1966
Camera identification / Introduction of by Jimmie Driftwood 07/21/1966
John Adair (variant) 07/21/1966
Camera identification 07/21/1966
Easy And Slow (I) 07/21/1966
Introduction to Five Drunken Nights (Our Goodman) by Joe Heaney 07/21/1966
Five Drunken Nights (Our Goodman) (I) 07/21/1966
Talk/ambience 07/21/1966
The Christian Automobile 07/21/1966
Camera identification 07/21/1966
Introduction of Swing Down Chariot by Dorothy Love Coates 07/21/1966
Swing Down Chariot 07/21/1966
Introduction of the Swan Silvertones by Dorothy Love Coates / Announcement by Claude Jeter 07/21/1966
Feed Me Jesus 07/21/1966
Camera identification 07/21/1966
I've Got So Much To Shout About 07/21/1966
Camera identification 07/21/1966
Introduction of Trouble In The Land Will Soon Be Over by Dorothy Love Coates 07/21/1966
Trouble In The Land Will Soon Be Over 07/21/1966
Introduction of the Swan Silvertones by Dorothy Love Coates / Camera identification 07/21/1966
Introduction to Only Believe by Claude Jeter 07/21/1966
Only Believe 07/21/1966