Doctor Ross: Freight Train (1982)


Date recorded: 1982
Contributor(s): Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Ross, Isaiah
Description: Doctor Ross (Isaiah Ross) performs his "Freight Train": a harmonica imitation of a race between a T-Model Ford, a freight train, and a passenger train. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at the 1982 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington, D.C.
Subject(s):
Setting: Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States
Archive ID: QiTNgWtlBI4
Transcript:
Belongs to: Smithsonian Folklife Festival 1983
About the session: Folk artists from across the country at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. (https://festival.si.edu/past-program/1983)
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