| Title |
Urban Pioneers interview with Tanyu Howard, July 20, 2009 (Part 1) |
| Alternative Title |
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Tanyu Howard |
| Links to Media |
https://stream.lib.utah.edu/index.php?c=portable_details&id=9698 |
| Creator |
Howard, Tanyu, 1943- ; Stewart, Polly, 1943-2013 |
| Contributor |
Bateman, Jennifer; Green, Laura Marcus |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2009-07-20 |
| Date Digital |
2013-06-21 |
| Temporal Coverage |
July 20, 2009 |
| Description |
Recording of an interview (part 1) by Polly Stewart with Tanyu Howard, a participant in the Utah folk music scene of the 1960s. Jennifer Bott [now Bateman] served as sound engineer. Transcript by Laura R. Marcus [now Green]. One of the interview recordings that Polly Stewart and Jennifer Bott conducted for the Utah Folk Music Revival Oral History Project, 2004-2011 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Subject |
Howard, Tanyu, 1943- --Interviews; Folk singers--Utah--Interviews; Musicians--Utah--Interviews; Folk music--Utah |
| Keywords |
Tanyu Howard; Folk revival; Urban Pioneers; Oral history; Interviews |
| Table of Contents |
1. Growing up in Woodington Township in rural coastal North Carolina/family life; 2. Bluegrass gospel music in the family and community in North Carolina; 3. Growing tobacco and corn during his youth/raising livestock; 4. Hog-killing and tobacco tying as times of cooperative work with neighbors and gatherings; 5. Importance of gospel and bluegrass music/family joining LDS Church; 6. Vestiges of Old English language, pronunciation, and culture in North Carolina/impact of paved roads on rural culture and lifestyle; 7. Bringing traditional bluegrass music to Utah; 8. Importance of bluegrass music in early family life (even though it was not known to them as "bluegrass" then)/Mother's unique guitar picking and strumming style; 9. Remembering early musical influences and experiences from childhood/learning to play autoharp during a mission on the Navajo Reservation; 10. Going to College at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina/remembering the LDS Church in Wilson, North Carolina |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
Sound recordings |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
43 minutes, 49 seconds |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
The 30 interview recordings that Polly Stewart and Jennifer Bott conducted for the Utah Folk Music Revival Oral History Project |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6bk1x8m |
| Setname |
uu_utfolklore |
| ID |
716442 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bk1x8m |
