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.

Oree (II)

Talk/ambience

Camera identification

Interview with Ed Young about learning to play the fife and picnics in the Mississippi hill country

Camera identification

Camera identification

Introduction of Flatt and Scruggs / Camera identification

Foggy Mountain Chimes

Introduction to Wabash Cannonball by Lester Flatt

Wabash Cannonball

Camera identification / Commentary by Lester Flatt

Introduction of the Festival's music battles by Alan Lomax

Introduction of the fiddling contest and Tex Logan by Jimmie Driftwood

Katy Hill

Introduction of Grant Rogers by Jimmie Driftwood

Miss Monaghan's Reel

Introduction of Angus Chisholm by Jimmie Driftwood

Unidentified fiddle air (fragment)

Introduction of Lily May Ledford by Jimmie Driftwood

Cacklin' Hen

Introduction of Almon and Virginia Manes by Jimmie Driftwood

Westphalia Waltz

Introduction of Clark Kessinger by Jimmie Driftwood

Sally Anne Johnson

Introduction of Tex Logan by Jimmie Driftwood (II)

The Old Gray Goose (fragment) (I)

The Old Gray Goose (fragment) (II)

The Old Gray Goose (fragment / conclusion)

Introduction of Angus Chisholm by Jimmie Driftwood (fragment)

Poca River Blues

Talk/ambience

Introduction of Skip James, Bukka White, and Son House by Alan Lomax

Commentary on blues contests by Bukka White

Aberdeen Blues

Camera identification / tuning

Cherry Ball Blues

Tuning

Downhearted Blues

Commentary on the blues contest by Alan Lomax / Camera identification

Blues improvisation

Commentary on the blues contest by Alan Lomax

Introduction of Liam Clancy by Alan Lomax

Commentary on the ballad contest by Liam Clancy

Ticket To Ride (fragment) / Shoals Of Herring (with introduction)

Shoals Of Herring

Introduction of Mike Seeger by Liam Clancy

Introduction of Neville Marcano by Liam Clancy / Camera identification

Matilda

Introduction of Grant Rogers by Liam Clancy

Pat McBray

Introduction of Jimmy Driftwood by Liam Clancy

The Lonesome Ape

Introduction of Joe Heaney and The Rocks Of Bawn by Liam Clancy

Commentary on The Rocks Of Bawn by Joe Heaney

Cunnla

Introduction of Mike Seeger by Liam Clancy / Announcements by Pete Seeger and Jean Ritchie

Camera identification / Introduction of by Jimmie Driftwood

John Adair (variant)

Camera identification

Easy And Slow (I)

Introduction to Five Drunken Nights (Our Goodman) by Joe Heaney

Five Drunken Nights (Our Goodman) (I)

Talk/ambience

The Christian Automobile

Camera identification

Introduction of Swing Down Chariot by Dorothy Love Coates

Swing Down Chariot

Introduction of the Swan Silvertones by Dorothy Love Coates / Announcement by Claude Jeter

Feed Me Jesus

Camera identification

I've Got So Much To Shout About

Camera identification

Introduction of Trouble In The Land Will Soon Be Over by Dorothy Love Coates

Trouble In The Land Will Soon Be Over

Introduction of the Swan Silvertones by Dorothy Love Coates / Camera identification

Introduction to Only Believe by Claude Jeter

Only Believe

Commentary on the quartet contest by Alan Lomax / Camera identification

Jesus Lifted Me

Camera identification

Camera identification

Commentary on woolwork

Talk/ambience

Talk/ambience

Commentary on ivory-working

Commentary on toys and toy-making (with Eh La Bas)

Commentary on toy bear / Story of bear and hunter (with See See Rider)

Unidentified waulking song

Gur Tu Mo Ni’n Donn Bhòidheach (You Are My Beautiful Brown-Haired Maiden)

Commentary on calypso and calypsonians by Neville Marcano (Growling Tiger)

Camera identification

Atomic Energy Calypso

East Virginia Blues (fragment)

East Virginia Blues

Camera identification / Johnson Boys (fragment)

Johnson Boys

Hand Me Down My Old White Hat (I)

Hand Me Down My Old White Hat (II)

Oree (III)

Camera identification

Mouthbow demonstration

Interview with Jimmy Driftwood about the mouthbow

Interview with Kilby Snow about the autoharp and his background

Close By

Conversation about the autoharp and Kilby Snow's background

Unidentified autoharp instrumental

Demonstration of autoharp technique

Shady Grove

Conversation about Snow's sons' autoharp playing

Please Don't Take Advantage Of Me

Talk/ambience

Introduction to Wildwood Flower by Kilby Snow

Wildwood Flower

Talk/ambience

Camera identification

Talk/ambience

Conversation about the mouth-bow

Old Joe Clark

Conversation about the mouth-bow and Uncle Charlie Everidge

Galloping Horse

Talk/ambience / camera identification

Camera identification

Bonsoir, Moreau (II)

Barres De La Prison

Camera identification

Two Step De Mama

Talk/ambience

Jeunes Gens De La Campagne

Camera identification

Blues De Port Arthur

Valse Des Opelousas

Talk/ambience

Camera identification

Go Away From That Window

Story of a girl and her false-hearted lover

Introduction to the story of Jack and Mary

Camera identification

Story of Jack and Mary

Riddles

Camera identification

Talk/ambience

Shoo La Loo

Camera identification

Miss Sue

Camera identification

Head And Shoulder, Baby (I)

Camera identification

Head And Shoulder, Baby (II)

Talk/ambience

Talk/ambience

Pompy Is Dead

Shout, Josephine (I)

Bow-Legged Chicken And Knock-Kneed Hen

Meeting On The Old Campground

Talk/ambience

Shout, Josephine (II)

Camera identification

Commentary on baptizings by Bessie Jones

Take Me To The Water

Commentary on baptizings by Bessie Jones

Drinking That Wine (false start)

Camera identification

Drinking That Wine

Commentary on old songs by Bessie Jones

Once There Was No Moon

Commentary on One Morning Soon by unidentified woman

One Morning Soon

Commentary on One Morning Soon by Bessie Jones

Way Bye And Bye

Hallelu, Hallelu (I'm Gonna See My Friends Again)

Camera identification

Commentary on The Rocks Of Bawn by Liam Clancy

The Rocks Of Bawn

Commentary on The Rocks Of Bawn and An Buinneán Buí (The Yellow Bittern) by Liam Clancy and Joe Heaney

The Yellow Bittern

An Boinneán Buí (The Yellow Bittern)

Camera identification

Unidentified Irish ballad

Talk/ambience

Easy And Slow (II)

Introduction of Cunnla by Joe Heaney (I)

Introduction of Cunnla by Joe Heaney (II)

Cunnla (II)

Commentary on Cunnla by Joe Heaney

Talk/ambience

Camera identification

The Bonny Bunch Of Roses

Commentary on The Bonny Bunch Of Roses and Five Drunken Nights by Joe Heaney

Five Drunken Nights (Our Goodman) (II)

Talk/ambience

Commentary on having a drink by Liam Clancy

Oró Sé Do Bheatha Bhaile (fragment) (I)

Oró Sé Do Bheatha Bhaile (fragment) (II)

Conversation about cutting contests

Introduction of Midnight Blues (I)

Introduction of Midnight Blues (II)

Midnight Blues

Talk/ambience

Talk/ambience

Introduction to World Boogie

World Boogie

Introduction to Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning

Talk/ambience

Commentary on street singing, women, and Blind Willie Johnson

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (I)

Camera identification

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (instrumental)

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (II)

Talk/ambience

You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion (partial)

Prayer

Conversation about moonshine

It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In

Coming In On That Train

Talk/ambience

Talk/ambience

Unidentified fiddle tune

Over The Waves Waltz

Talk/ambience

Red River Valley (false start)

Introduction to Red River Valley

Red River Valley

Introduction of Almon and Virginia Manes by Tex Logan

Introduction of Romeo's Last Chance

Romeo's Last Chance

Talk/ambience

Camera identification

Introduction to Red Fox Waltz

Red Fox Waltz

Camera identification

Sally Anne Johnson (I)

Introduction to Poca River Blues

Poca River Blues

Introduction to Wednesday Night Waltz

Wednesday Night Waltz

Talk/ambience

Salt River

Camera identification

Sally Anne Johnson (II)

Husking Bee (fragment)

Husking Bee

Billy In The Lowground

Camera identification

Eunice Two-Step

Camera identification

Bonsoir, Moreau (I)

Commentary on Bonsoir, Moreau

Camera identification

Camera identification

Camera identification

Conversation about playing bluegrass

Camera identification

He's A Solid Man

Conversation about similarities between Scottish and Appalachian song

Come All You Tender Ladies

Conversation about dance tunes from Scotland and Kentucky

Hop Up, My Ladies, Three In A Row

Mrs. McLeod's Reel

Camera identification

Eggs And Marrowbones

Eggs And Marrowbones (fragment) (I)

Camera identification

Eggs And Marrowbones (fragment) (II)

Interview with Grant Rogers about Eggs And Marrowbones

Talk/ambience

When A Fellow Is Out Of A Job

Interview with Grant Rogers about When A Fellow Is Out Of A Job

Down By The Glenside

Down In The Bottom (fragment)

Talk/ambience

Commentary on the blues and Son House by Howlin' Wolf

Down In The Bottom

Camera identification

How Many More Years?

Talk/ambience

Camera identification

Dust My Broom

Camera identification

Unidentified blues

Aberdeen Blues (false start)

Camera identification

Give Me An Old Old Lady

Camera identification

Death Letter Blues

Talk/ambience

Commentary about the blues by Son House

Death Letter Blues (fragment)

Camera identification

Camera identification

Commentary by Dock Boggs (false start)

Camera identification

Commentary on playing and making phonograph records by Dock Boggs

Pretty Polly

Country Blues

Talk/ambience

I Hope I Live A Few More Days (false start)

I Hope I Live A Few More Days (with introduction)

Camera identification

Camera identification

Skip's Worried Blues

Camera identification

Devil Got My Woman

Camera identification

I'm So Glad

Interview with Skip James about his background and his personal musical style

Fife and drum ambience

Camera identification

Unidentified fife and drum tune (fragment)

Camera identification

Unidentified fife and drum tune

Camera identification

Oree (I)

Lonnie Young, Sr., with bass drum

Ed Young (with fife), Lonnie Young, Sr., (with bass drum), G. D. Young (with snare drum)

Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf)

Eddie House, Jr. (Son House)

Dock Boggs: Pretty Polly (1966)

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