Jim Lowe with wife May interviewed by Barry McDonald in the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989 [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2176062
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lowe, Jim, 1896-1984, performer
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for both research and public use.
- Description:
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- 1984 May 3
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 29 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording: REEL 2720/41/10.Music:-1.Discussion:how he learnt music, explains care of mouth-organ, early musical influences, musical education received at school, could play tunes by age 4,lack of mouth-organ players at Backwater,how Bill Lowe destroyed a boomerang mouth-organ.2.Song:3 cheers for the red, white and blue.3.Discussion: How kids were taught war songs at school,few kids at school were musical, how to tune a violin to an open tuning, describes old accordion with little horns, informants are available, how Harry Lowe played the concertina a bit, describes Lowe's cross-key style in detail, how his grandmother had to stand on a chair to knead bread.4.Song:Give my love to Nancy (parody ; there were smutty variations).5. Discussion: how sentimental songs were more valued than comic or bush songs, talks about Tom Arndel's aesthetic & his repertoire.6.Song:He hauled me back again.7.Why did my master sell me (mouth-organ).8. Starry night for a ramble (mouth-organ;plus variations).9.Song:Starry night for a ramble with charming Archie Campbell(May Lowe). 10. Red River valley (mouth-organ).11.Wedding bells (mouth-organ).12.Fair, fair with golden hair (mouth-organ).13.Discussion:how bass notes sound nicer than than tenor notes.14.Violets so blue (mouth organ).15.Discussion:how he learnt from Bill Tatham.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on May 3, 1984 at Guyra, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (1 p.)
- Subject:
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- Lowe, Jim, 1896-1984 -- Interviews
- Lowe, May -- Interviews
- Folk musicians -- New South Wales -- Guyra -- Interviews
- Folk singers -- New South Wales -- Guyra -- Interviews
- Folk music -- New South Wales -- Guyra
- Folk songs -- New South Wales -- Guyra
- Harmonica music
- Piano music
- Guyra (N.S.W.) -- History
- Backwater (N.S.W.) -- History
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Barry McDonald folklore collection, 1970-1989.
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- Until 2066 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1996
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