| Title |
Urban Pioneers interview with Brent Bradford, March 15, 2007 |
| Alternative Title |
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Brent Bradford |
| Links to Media |
https://stream.lib.utah.edu/index.php?c=portable_details&id=9661 |
| Creator |
Bradford, Brent; Stewart, Polly, 1943-2013 |
| Contributor |
Bateman, Jennifer; Green, Laura Marcus |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2007-03-15 |
| Date Digital |
2013-06-21 |
| Temporal Coverage |
March 15, 2007 |
| Description |
Recording of an interview by Polly Stewart with Brent Bradford, 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 |
Bradford, Brent--Interviews; Folk singers--Utah--Interviews; Musicians--Utah--Interviews; Folk music--Utah |
| Keywords |
Brent Bradford; Folk revival; Urban Pioneers; Oral history; Interviews |
| Table of Contents |
1. Talking about early interest in and playing folk music in early 1960s/friendship with Hal Cannon/taking guitar lessons from Jim Sorrels/spending time in the Sorrels household; 2. Music as focus during youth/support and encouragement from music teacher Lorraine Bowman; 3. Learning to play bluegrass music, early influences/Stormy Mountain Boys band; 4. Story of buying first mandolin/learning to play/lesson from Mike Seeger; 5. Band history: Stormy Mountain Boys, Utah Valley Boys, Salt City Bluegrass Boys; 6. Military stint/career in environmental work; 7. Talking about Art Hansen and Cary Howard; 8. Talking about the instruments he plays and vocal parts he sings; 9. The importance of the history and heritage of the music/impact of hearing Doc Watson; 10. Stormy Mountain Boys' focus on bluegrass gospel music; 11. Talking about national musical influences/listening to the Country Gentlemen in Washington DC; 12. Importance of music in life/music in the family; 13. Talking about changes in the music world over time-remembering less competitive, more nurturing times; 14. Talking about the Utah Urban Pioneers Concert |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
Sound recordings |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
45 minutes, 36 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/s65m6qnr |
| Setname |
uu_utfolklore |
| ID |
716482 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65m6qnr |
