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1985-RR-419 cont. LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: ALDONA M. KAMANTAUSKAS REEL NUMBER: #3 STAGE: CULTURAL CONSERVATION NARR. DATE: 7/4/85 PRESENTOR: TOM VENNUM & GLENN HINSON GROUP NAME: TRADITIONAL SINGING STYLES REGION/STYLE: APPALACHIAN; IRISH- AMERICAN; CAJUN; GOSPEL PERFORMER(S): INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Dewey Balfa (Basile, Louisiana) - Cajun: Doug Wallin (Marshall, North Carolina): Appalachian Anglo-American ballads Mick Moloney (originally from Ireland) - Irish-American: Rev, Samuel McCrary (Nashville, Tennessee): Afro-American Gospel CONTENTS: 1. introduction - Tom Vennum 2. THE HOUSE CARPENTER - Doug Wallin 3. sean nos version of LORD RANDAL - Mick Moloney 4. "TALK TO ME ABOUT DRINKING, BUT NEVER ABOUT MARRIAGE"- Dewey Balfa 5. story about preservation of European traditions- Tom Vennum 6. background information on Afro-American singing styles - Glenn Hinson 7. IF JESUS HAD TO PRAY, WHAT ABOUT ME?- Rev. McCrary 8. explanation of high pitch in Cajun singing - Dewey Balfa 9. survival of Irish music in America - Mick Moloney 10. explanation of lining out - Glenn Hinson, Rev. McCrary 11. impromptu sermon - Rev. McCrary 12. more of THE HOUSE CARPENTER - Doug Wallin 13. song about boy sentenced to the penitentary who has to cross a 6" plank with a wheelbarrow strapped to his waist - Dewey Balfa 14. BLACK WATERSIDE - Mick Moloney 15. HE KNOWS JUST HOW MUCH WE CAN BEAR - Rev. McCrary