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Logger's Sheet Logger: Lori Taylor Reel Number: 8 Stage: AFS Date: 6/23/1988 Presentor: John Vlach Group Name: Afro-American folklore Region/Style: Performer(s) Instrument/Occupation Worth Long (folklorist - Atlanta, GA) Lonnie Pitchford (blues guitarist - Lexington, ms) John Vlach (folklorist - Washington, DC) Chuck Howell - bar B-que cook, Memphis, TN Contents 1.Intro - retention of African traits in black community(yes) newest pursuit -> search for Afro-American artifacts. 2. music has been and will be health with - emphasis on material culture 3. Learning guitar on a one strong 4. using whatever is around the house? screen wire, broom wire, brick, stick. 5. LP - 1st time on festival stage 1974. how he felt. 6. growth of his awareness of (diddly-bow) one string as part of African heritage 7. made his instrument yesterday (6 hrs). hollow, carved 8. if he were in a hurry, he'd use a board & a nail. 9. Playing - examples of early sound, greater speed - slide. 10. Tine ("Roll and Tumble") "I wish I was in Heaven Gettin' Down" finger picking, and with vocals 11. Song "My Baby Can't Stand No Chains [strikethrough] Cheatin'" he's made hollow & solid, steel & stick, up against wall & electric 12. Song - fast picking 13. Chuck of Cuck's Bar-B-Que, Chuck Howell - Memphis, TN African origins in Bar-B-Que Tennessee - "Pork capital of the world" large family - 27 sisters & brother, Dad did the cooking. Secret in the sauce - lest ingredient: mustard, still experiments meat - fresh only, not boiled. Shows ribs - cook 4hrs, slide off bones pork but - cook 10 mins at 280 [degrees] T-shirt - "We Que for you"