| Title |
Urban Pioneers interview with Jim Sorrels, July 31, 2007 (Cassette Recording Side B) |
| Alternative Title |
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Jim Sorrels |
| Links to Media |
https://stream.lib.utah.edu/index.php?c=portable_details&id=9673 |
| Creator |
Sorrels, Jim; Stewart, Polly, 1943-2013 |
| Contributor |
Bateman, Jennifer; Green, Laura Marcus |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2007-07-31 |
| Date Digital |
2013-06-21 |
| Temporal Coverage |
July 31, 2007 |
| Description |
Recording of an interview by Polly Stewart with Jim Sorrels, 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 |
Sorrels, Jim--Interviews; Folk singers--Utah--Interviews; Musicians--Utah--Interviews; Folk music--Utah |
| Keywords |
Jim Sorrels; Folk revival; Urban Pioneers; Oral history; Interviews |
| Table of Contents |
1. Talking about work in photography; 2. Jim Sorrels talking about the guitars he has owned; 3. Talking about musical repertoire and performing activities during the folk era; 4. Writing protest songs about current events during the folk era; 5. Remembering the Intermountain Folk Music Council-activities and a booklet of songs published by the IFMC which included some of Jim Sorrels's songs; 6. Remembering Dean Bentley as a supporter of the Intermountain Folk Music Council; 7. Talking about Rosalie Sorrels/talking about the Utah Urban Pioneers Concert and documentation of it; 8. Talking about continued interest in folk music after split with Rosalie Sorrels; 9. Talking about current health, bout with cancer; 10. Talking about studio and photography projects; 11. Reflecting on the Salt Lake City folk music revival/talking about the impact and experience of teaching guitar at the University for fifteen years; 12. Keeping up with the current music scene in Salt Lake City; 13. Talking about inspiration for protest songs that he has written/reflecting on former Salt Lake City Police Chief Cleon Skousen and his activities |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
Sound recordings |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
38 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/s6183rfn |
| Setname |
uu_utfolklore |
| ID |
716429 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6183rfn |
