
Indiana Hoedown:
Traditional Music from the Hoosier State
Indiana Committee for the Humanities Grant, 1979-80
A radio series produced at WIPU-FM, Fort Wayne (now WBNI)
Click on highlighted name to access field recordings.
No. | Artists | Program Title | Style / Ethnicity | Listen |
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1 | Francis Geels | Francis Geels of Decatur | fiddle | Pt. 1 Pt. 2 |
2 | Maumee Valley Polka Band; The Barons; The Imperials; Vandenberg Orchestra | Oktoberfest in Hoagland | polka | |
3 | Herman Fox, Hugh Sowers & the Entertainers | More Time for Music | concertina, fiddle, guitar & vocals | |
4 | Collins Cisco & the KY Grass; The Moore Brothers; Vic Rigsby | Bluegrass in the Cornbelt I | bluegrass | |
5 | Edgar Hursey; Donald Duff; Noble Melton; Clay “Pete” Smith; Francis Geels | "Wabash Gal" and Other Homegrown Tunes | fiddle | |
6 | Dan Gellert; Easy Street String Band | New Blood in Old Time Music | fiddle & banjo; old-time revival | |
7 | Julian Cramer; Homer Lovell; John Hasse; Helen Reynolds &c. | Ragtime in Indiana | mandolin; piano | |
8 | Vic Rigsby; Henry Rigsby | Vic and Henry Rigsby | fiddle & banjo | Pt. 1 Pt. 2 |
9 | Blackhawk Valley Boys; Nancy Lee ? the Hilltoppers; The Downhomers | Radio Folk I: Hoosier Hop | hillbilly | |
10 | Hoosier Cornhuskers; Barbara Price; Joe Taylor & the Indiana Redbirds | Radio Folk II | hillbilly | |
11 | Elia Calcoff; Bill Skimos Band; Steve Jugloff; Kastorians | East European Music in Hoosier Cities I | Macedonian; Greek | |
12 | Hector Phillips; Patoka Valley Boys | Hector Phillips from Pike County | fiddle; country | |
13 | Homer Birge; James Acree; Oscar "Doc" Parks; &c. | "An Indiana Hero" and Other Ballads | ballads & folksongs | Pt. 1 Pt. 2 |
14 | John W. Summers; Frank Wisehart | Master Fiddlers | fiddle | Pt. 1 Pt. 2 |
15 | George Berger; Fritz Ehrhart; Joe Altman; Obie & Ossie; Satkamp Family | Eine Kleine Volksmusic | German | Pt. 1 Pt. 2 |
16 | Julian Cramer; Homer Lovell; Yank Rachell; &c. | The Mandolin and the Guitar | ragtime; popular; blues | Pt. 1 Pt. 2 |
17 | Wildwood Flowers; The Johnsons; Duff Family Band; Patoka Valley Boys &c. | Bluegrass in the Cornbelt II | bluegrass | |
18 | Vic Rigsby; Ray Moore; Toad Bradley &c. | "Tennessee Wag'ner" and Other Southern Fiddle Tunes | fiddle | |
19 | Vic & Henry Rigsby; Dallas Henderson; Jack Childress; Homer Lovell &c. | The Great American Five String Banjo | banjo | |
20 | Yank Rachell; Shirley Griffith; Scrapper Blackwell &c. | Naptown Blues | blues | |
21 | Ken Smelser; Vern Smelser | The Smelsers of Orange County | fiddle; ballads & folksongs | |
22 | Edgar Hursey; Herman Fox; Dale Alles; Sandy & the Keynotes | Dance Tonight! | square dance | |
23 | Beamon Wille Band; Brad Leftwich; Easy Street String Band &c. | Come to the Dance | square dance | |
24 | Drina Orchestra; Linda Pappas &c. | East European Music in Hoosier Cities II | Serbian / Greek | |
25 | Harold Zimmerman; Ebert "Mac" McClain; Gene Wilhite | Fiddle Champs | fiddle | Pt. 1 Pt. 2 |
26 | Duff Family Band; Wolcott Family &c. | When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder | Gospel | |