Field Recording Sessions
Indiana Arts Commission grant, 1979-80
Recordings in Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University
Click on highlighted date to access field notes.
| Date | Event/Artist | Hometown | Instrument | Style / Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/21/1979 | Francis Geels | Decatur | fiddle | traditional |
| 8/25/1979 | Fiddle Contest at Tri-State Gas Engine & Tractor Assoc. Reunion: Lowell Logan; Dillard Armstrong; Bob Leidigh; Adlie Hedges; &c. | Muncie; Bryant; Defiance, Ohio; Portland (event in Portland) | fiddle | bluegrass |
| 9/15/1979 | Hoagland Oktoberfest: Maumee Valley Polka Band; The Barons | Napoleon, Ohio; Detroit (event in Hoagland) | accordion; brass &c. | dance / German polka |
| 9/16/1979 | Hoagland Oktoberfest: The Imperials; The Vandenberg Orchestra | Toledo, Ohio; Holland, Michigan (event in Hoagland) | accordion, brass &c. | dance / German & Dutch polka |
| 9/29/1979 | Dance at Alles' Barn: Dale Alles w/ Alles Family Band | Roanoke | accordion, electric guitar &c. | square dance |
| 10/11/1979 | Live at Rudisill Senior Center: Herman Fox, Hugh Sowers & The Entertainers | Fort Wayne; Arcola (event in Fort Wayne) | concertina & fiddle | German |
| 10/12/1979 | Herman Fox & Hugh Sowers | Fort Wayne; Arcola | concertina & fiddle | German |
| 10/25/1979 | Vic Rigsby | Cromwell | fiddle & banjo | traditional; bluegrass |
| 10/29/1979 | Dillard Armstrong, Ritchell Bowman & Collins Ciscon | Bryant | fiddle, mandolin & guitar | bluegrass |
| 10/29/1979 | Adlie Hedges | Portland | fiddle | traditional |
| 10/30/1980 | Noble Melton | Indianapolis | fiddle; interview | traditional |
| 11/8/1979 | William Bernard Lee & Bill Hardy | Nashville | fiddle, guitar & vocals | traditional; bluegrass |
| 11/17/1979 | David Hall | Monticello | fiddle | traditional; bluegrass |
| 11/11/1979 | Clay 'Pete' Smith with Country Bluegrass |
Star City | fiddle & vocal | traditional; country |
| 11/13/1979 | Francis Geels | Decatur | fiddle | traditional |
| 11/27/1979 | Clay "Pete" Smith | Star City | fiddle; interview | traditional |
| 11/29/1979 | Henry Rigsby; Clella Rigsby | Wawaka | banjo & vocals | traditional |
| 11/29/1979 | Ken Stonebreaker | Albion | fiddle | traditional |
| 11/30/1979 | Toad Bradley | Servia | fiddle | traditional |
| 11/30/1979 | Jam at the Bandstand: Dave Johnson; Jim Cornell; & c. | Wabash | banjo, mandolin &c. | bluegrass |
| 12/13/1979 | George & Dan Berger | Fort Wayne | accordion & trumpet | German polka |
| 12/15/1979 | Donald Duff & the Duff Family Band | Lebanon | fiddle & vocals | traditional; gospel |
| 12/18/1979 | Live in Bears Back Room: Hector Phillips & the Patoka Valley Boys f/ Tony Rothrock | Petersburg, Winslow (event in Bloomington) | fiddle, mandolin &c. | traditional |
| 12/20/1979 | Eleanor Gianikeff | Fort Wayne | interveiw | Macedonian |
| 1/4/1980 | Hector Phillips | Petersburg | fiddle | traditional |
| 1/8/1980 | Julian Cramer | Martinsville | mandolin, guitar | popular; ragtime |
| 1/11/1980 | Jam at the Bandstand: Ray Moore; Kenny DeMarcus; & c. | Wabash | fiddle, vocals &c. | bluegrass |
| 1/12/1980 | Dance at the Fort Wayne Sport Club: Fritz Ehrhart's German Band | Fort Wayne | accordion &c. | dance / German |
| 1/16/1980 | James Acree | Indianapolis | vocals | ballads & folksongs |
| 1/16/1980 | Edgar Hursey | Ligonier | fiddle & plectrum banjo | traditional |
| 1/17/1980 | Dan Gellert | Elkhart | fiddle & banjo | folk revival |
| 1/19/1980 | Linda Myers | Decatur | interview | German |
| 1/28/1980 | Harold Zimmerman | Convoy, Ohio (moved to Fort Thomas, Kentucky) | fiddle | traditional |
| 1/31/1980 | Roy Litton | Lebanon | interview | |
| 2/2/1980 | Ray Moore; The Moore Brothers; Toad Bradley | Servia | fiddle, mandolin &c. | bluegrass |
| 2/20/1980 | John Hasse | Bloomington | piano; interview | ragtime |
| 2/21/1980 | Frank Hall & Bob Herring | Bloomington | fiddle; interview | folk revival |
| 2/29/1980 | Helen Reynolds | Monroeville | piano | ragtime; popular |
| 3/15/1980 | Shorty Cook | Fort Wayne | interview | hillbilly |
| 4/17/1980 | Homer Birge | Lebanon | vocals; harmonica | traditional |
| 4/20/1980 | Dance for Philip of Macedon Society: The Kastorians f/ Pete Tsouklas | Crown Point (event in Fort Wayne) | clarinet, brass &c. | dance/ Greek |
| 4/22/1980 | Live at the Ground Round: The Johnsons | North Manchester (event in Fort Wayne) | banjo, mandolin &c. | bluegrass |
| 5/10/1980 | Square dance at St. Louis Parish Hall: Sandy & the Keynotes | Fort Wayne (event in Besancon) | accordion &c. | square dance |
| 5/12/1980 | Steve Jugloff | Fort Wayne | interview | Macedonian |
| 5/24/1980 | New Harmony Fiddlers Day: Ebert 'Mac' McClain; Hector Phillips; Stephanie White; Brian Hubbard; Billy & Teresa &c. | Danville; Petersburg; New Albany; Bloomington (event in New Harmony) | fiddle, vocals &c. | traditional; country |
| 6/10/1980 | Ken Smelser | Paoli | fiddle | traditional |
| 6/17/1980 | Steve Duray | Fort Wayne | concertina & accordion | Slovenian polka |
| 6/17/1980 | Jack Childress | Wabash | banjo, vocals &c. | old-time; bluegrass |
| 6/21/1980 | Square dance at the Armory: Beamon Wille Band; Mark Oliphant | Bloomfield; Indianapolis (event in Linton) | fiddle; calling | square dance |
| 7/8/1980 | Dallas Henderson | Indianapolis | banjo | traditional |
| 7/15/1980 | Mark Oliphant | Greene County (moved to Indianapolis) | interview | square dance caller |
| 7/16/1980 | Wednesday Night Dance: Brad Leftwich; Brian Hubbard; Gary Stanton; Steve Hinnefeld; & c. | Bloomington | fiddle, banjo &c; interview | square dance; folk revival |
| 7/19/1980 | Dance at Alles' Barn: Dale Alles w/ Alles Family Band | Roanoke | accordion, electric guitar &c. | square dance |
| 8/9/1980 | Ebert 'Mac' McClain | Danville | fiddle | traditional |
| 8/10/1980 | Oscar "Butch" Kunkler & Herb Obermeye as Obie & Ossie | Fulda | fiddle, guitar & vocals | German |
| 8/10/1980 | Satkamp Family f/ Wayne Satkamp | Stendahl | fiddle, guitar, vocals &c. | country / German |
| 8/12/1980 | Fritz Ehrhart | Fort Wayne | diatonic accordion | German polka |