| Title |
Urban Pioneers interview with Hal Cannon, March 18, 2007 |
| Alternative Title |
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Hal Cannon |
| Links to Media |
https://stream.lib.utah.edu/index.php?c=portable_details&id=9669 |
| Creator |
Cannon, Hal, 1948- ; Bateman, Jennifer; Stewart, Polly, 1943-2013 |
| Contributor |
Green, Laura Marcus |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2007-03-18 |
| Date Digital |
2013-06-21 |
| Temporal Coverage |
March 18, 2007 |
| Description |
Recording of an interview by Jennifer Bott and Polly Stewart with Hal Cannon, 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 |
Cannon, Hal, 1948- --Interviews; Folk singers--Utah--Interviews; Musicians--Utah--Interviews; Folk music--Utah |
| Keywords |
Hal Cannon; Folk revival; Urban Pioneers; Oral history; Interviews |
| Table of Contents |
1. Hal Cannon background-education and early interest in folk music; 2. Learning to play music/playing in Stormy Mountain Boys, playing out; 3. Talking about repertoire in the Stormy Mountain Boys; 4. Passion for music; 5. Talking about studies at the University of Utah and Rhode Island School of Design/continuing to play music, Uncle Lumpy; 6. Talking about influence of national performers/reflecting on regional scenes; 7. Talking about newgrass; 8. Talking about the folk music social set in Utah in the 1960s/tappig into the national bluegrass scene; Talking about the band, Uncle Lumpy (and the Friends of Calvin Coolidge); 9. Talking about the folk music zeitgeist in the 1960s; 10. Talking about Tut Taylor as instrument dealer and Mormon Bishop, his dealings in the area/story of Hal Cannon's Martin D-45 guitar; 11. Talking about the Deseret String Band/Bertram Levy connection/national old-time music scene in the 1970s; 12. Talking about the revivalist conundrum; 13. Deseret String band history/talking about being a folklorist; 14. Keeping up with music/current musical projects |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
Sound recordings |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
33 minutes, 20 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/s6gq7gn2 |
| Setname |
uu_utfolklore |
| ID |
716348 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gq7gn2 |
