Bob Davenport English Folk Music Collection
Bob Davenport interview, part 01
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Type
sound
Duration
00:05:23
Shelf mark
2CDR0010840 (copy of C1047/51)
Recording date
1979-06-14
Is part of (Collection)
Bob Davenport Archive
Interviewees
Davenport, Bob (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Tchalenko, John (speaker, male)
Recordist
Tchalenko, John
Abstract
Bob Davenport talks about how he first became involved in folk music in London the 1950s; Irish music in Camden Town; fighting gangs in the Bedford Arms (Billy Hill and Jack "Spot" Comer); singing at the Skiffle Cellar in Greek Street in Soho with Margaret Barry & Michael Gorman; singing at a benefit concert for Pete Seeger who was in jail in the US; singing at a competition at EFDSS where many people objected to his style
Description
Item notes: Interview arranged by John Tchalenko in preparation for the making of his film "The Bolden Lad: aspects of traditional music in working class Britain" (Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980) . Interviewee notes: Traditional singer. Recording notes: Recorded with 50Hz crystal neopilot track (not audible on playback copy).
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