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Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy Halliday, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Fiddlers were often regarded as lazy, even if they were depended upon to provide music
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy Halliday, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:House parties started to go down when they began to install carpets in homes; faded away in 40s and early 50s; television ruined a lot of things; now if you go to visit the TV is on
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Jimmy Halliday, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:How the word went around; people would sit around and talk at first, then the dance would start; then lunch and dance some more; more sociability then than now what with cars, TVs, telephones, etc.
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories