| Title |
Urban Pioneers interview with Ryan Orr, July 18, 2007 |
| Alternative Title |
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Ryan Orr |
| Links to Media |
https://stream.lib.utah.edu/index.php?c=portable_details&id=9697 |
| Creator |
Orr, Ryan David; Stewart, Polly, 1943-2013 |
| Contributor |
Bateman, Jennifer; Green, Laura Marcus |
| Publisher |
University of Utah |
| Date |
2007-07-18 |
| Date Digital |
2013-06-21 |
| Temporal Coverage |
July 18, 2007 |
| Description |
Recording of an interview by Polly Stewart with Ryan Orr, 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 |
Orr, Ryan David--Interviews; Folk singers--Utah--Interviews; Musicians--Utah--Interviews; Folk music--Utah |
| Keywords |
Ryan Orr; Folk revival; Urban Pioneers; Oral history; Interviews |
| Table of Contents |
1. Early background/childhood/growing up in Salt Lake City area Talking about relationship with mother, who was a big bluegrass fan; 2. Getting into bluegrass music/learning to play dobro/becoming part of the larger dobro & bluegrass music community; 3. Talking about musical talent as gift from God; 4. Honing skills on the dobro; 5. Camaraderie among dobro players; 6. Appreciation for and encounter with John Prine; 7. Becoming a member of the Stormy Mountain Boys bluegrass band; 8. Talking about his wife, Lorraine Orr, her support of his music, her own musical talents, music in the family; 9. Talking about Allied Development, war surplus store; 10. Talking about Lorraine Orr's musical activities; 11. Talking about his children who play music; 12. Talking about professional life as machinist; 13. Talking appreciation for music in his life, as a connection to others; 14. Playing the twelve-bar, country blues, Texas blues, guitar and harmonica//tinkering with the uilleann pipes; 15. Talking about love for music/dedication to developing musical technique/spiritual aspect of music; 16. Story about miraculous story recovery during Urban Pioneers concert; 17. Carryover of "let go" attitude towards music in other areas of life/grappling with depression and staying busy/work in visual arts-painting and sculpture, taxidermy; 18 Talking about performing as an obligation to share your god-given talents with others; 19. Talking about continued relationship with the Stormy Mountain Boys, deep and abiding friendship among band members/talking about the spirituality |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
Sound recordings |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
65 minutes, 21 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/s6jh451p |
| Setname |
uu_utfolklore |
| ID |
716363 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jh451p |
