Buzzard Lope

Audio file

Date recorded: April 28, 1960
Contributor(s): Performer: Georgia Sea Island Singers; Performer: Young, Ed; Performer: Smith, Hobart; Performer: Ramsey, Emma Lee; Performer: Ramsey, Alberta; Performer: Rahmings, Nathaniel (Nat); Performer: Morrison, Henry; Performer: Davis, John; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: dance song, ring play, slavery song

Culture: African American, Southern U.S., Georgia Sea Islands

Instruments: banjo (five-string), drum(s), fife, voice

Setting: The set of "Music of Williamsburg" film

Location: Williamsburg, Williamsburg County, Virginia, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T933

Track Number: 3

Archive ID: T933R03

Belongs to: Williamsburg 4/60

About the session: On set of "Music of Williamsburg" film

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