| Title |
Urban Pioneers interview with Tim Morrison, July 18, 2007 |
| Alternative Title |
Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Tim Morrison |
| Links to Media |
https://stream.lib.utah.edu/index.php?c=portable_details&id=9700 |
| Creator |
Morrison, Tim, 1955- ; 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 Tim Morrison, 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 |
Morrison, Tim, 1955- --Interviews; Folk singers--Utah--Interviews; Musicians--Utah--Interviews; Folk music--Utah |
| Keywords |
Tim Morrison; Folk revival; Urban Pioneers; Oral history; Interviews |
| Table of Contents |
1. Basic and musical background; 2. Finding the conduit to bluegrass music and the banjo/friendship with Ron Spears/becoming a member of the Stormy Mountain Boys/involvement with the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association; 3. Forming the Utah Friends of Bluegrass; 4. Teaching guitar and banjo/being a conduit for the next generation; 5. Talking about early musical background/music in the family; 6. Learning to play bluegrass music on guitar, banjo, and bass; 7. Becoming a member of the Stormy Mountain Boys; 8. Talking about current musical activities/participation in several groups; 9. Involvement in national bluegrass community; 10. Talking about his Maisel bass/bass technique; 11. Talking about bluegrass music as livelihood/stereotypes about bluegrass music; 12. Talking about preference for traditional bluegrass music/general appeal of bluegrass; 13. Talking about the Stormy Mountain Boys at the Utah Urban Pioneers Concert; 14. Talking about his own family/on making the choice whether to go on the road as professional musician; 15. On putting together a set list for the Utah Urban Pioneers Concert; 16. On having a respectful and gentlemanly attitude towards the audience- heritage of this attitude in bluegrass performing; 17. Talking about the Stormy Mountain Boys-longevity, orchestration/maintaining high standards; 18. Talking about band, Lonesome Ridge; 19. Talking about Morrison's bluegrass resume; 20. Appreciation for involvement with music community/mentioning cowboy music with which he had been involved, including the Wasatch Mountain Wild West Show; 21. Talking about family and personal connection to the music/grandfather who was Spanish American War Veteran/work as EMT; 22. Talking about playing on soundtrack for KUED documentary The Spirit of Ft. Douglas; 23. Talking about his own work documenting the bluegrass music tradition in the Salt Lake Valley area/talking about the history of bluegrass music; 24. |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
Sound recordings |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
70 minutes, 1 second |
| 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/s67s86p3 |
| Setname |
uu_utfolklore |
| ID |
716435 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67s86p3 |
