Okie Music
Dublin Core
Title
Okie Music
Subject
This collection is focused on the music, and dance that was brought by the individuals emigrating out of Oklahoma to California.
Description
I am focusing on dance, such as square dancing that served a community building activity, as well as music as a form of protest or a method which migrants utilized to record their experience.
Creator
Diego Mulato Castillo
Collection Items
King family playing music
From movie "Grapes of Wrath" King Family (L-R)f Mr. King, Syd Thompson (friend), Charles, Harlen & Billy (handwritten on reverse)
Will Neal playing fiddle
Will Neal age 63 - Arvin. Playing since 14 yrs (handwritten on reverse) b) Will Neal...champion fiddler in Arvin Camp. Won many fiddlin' contests. 1940. (typed and attached)
Square Dance Calling Accompanying "Chicken reel"
Walter Harp, square dance calling; Charles Cook, fiddle; Charles Powell, guitar; Bennie Lindsay, guitar; and Junior Lindsay, harmonica.
"I'm Going Down this Road Feeling Bad"--Transcription
!["I'm Going Down this Road Feeling Bad"--Transcription](https://grapesofwrath.sfsuenglishdh.net/files/square_thumbnails/2a60f444112d5ed5839a458e5547e139.jpg ""I'm Going Down this Road Feeling Bad"--Transcription")
Variants of this song have been sung for seventy years
on westering high roads in America. Since 1933 it has
became the song of the migrant families who were tractered out of Texas, dusted out of Oklahoma and flooded out of Arkansas.
on westering high roads in America. Since 1933 it has
became the song of the migrant families who were tractered out of Texas, dusted out of Oklahoma and flooded out of Arkansas.
I'm Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Todd, Charles L., 1911-2004 (Collector)
Sonkin, Robert, 1910-1980 (Collector)
Stone, Gussie Ward (Performer)
Sonkin, Robert, 1910-1980 (Collector)
Stone, Gussie Ward (Performer)
Orchestra During Intermission at Square Dance
Intermission during square dance; note the sweated shirt of the host.
Scene at Square Dance, McIntosh County, Oklahoma
Couples square dancing, note the period dress as well as the venue, with an emphasis on the wood floor.
Square Dance Music (Harmonica)
- Arvin FSA Camp
- Field recordings
- Spoken word
- Square dancing
- California -- Arvin
Field recordings
Spoken word
Square dancing
- Field recordings
- Spoken word
- Square dancing
- California -- Arvin
Field recordings
Spoken word
Square dancing