Bob Davenport English Folk Music Collection
Bob Davenport interview, part 02
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Type
sound
Duration
00:05:12
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
How he always saw the pub sessions in Camden as being completely separate from what was happening in the folk club scene; describes sessions in the Bedford Arms which were nothing to do with folk music; the musicians, who were Irish exiles, singing in the corner of the pub while people talked, ie. not a performance but more a social activity; learning songs from Margaret Barry and from the radio; the fact that he didn’t have any problem singing Irish songs in an Irish pub although not Irish himself; his musical background; listening to ceilidh music on the radio as a child at home in Gateshead
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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