Traditional music in England
‘Banjo’ Harry Fielding interview, part 14
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Type
sound
Duration
00:05:23
Cultures
English
Shelf mark
1CDR0011405 (copy of C1033/110)
Recording date
1980-09-14
Is part of (Collection)
Bob and Jacqueline Patten Collection
Recording locations
Timsbury, Somerset, England, UK
Interviewees
Fielding, 'Banjo' Harry (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Patten, Bob (speaker, male)
Recordist
Patten, Bob
Abstract
No local songs. Stopped busking after his wife died, ‘that took the wind out of my sales’. Recites a line of a Sweeny Todd monologue. Places in Scotland where he went. East coast (of England) was never any good for making money.
Metadata record:
‘Banjo’ Harry Fielding interview, part 14
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