| Title |
Urban Pioneers interview with Jim Sorrels, July 31, 2007 (Cassette Recording Side A) |
| 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=9672 |
| Creator |
Sorrels, Jim; Bateman, Jennifer |
| Contributor |
Stewart, Polly, 1943-2013 |
| Publisher |
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. Early interest in jazz music/getting into theater; 2. Meeting and marrying Rosalie Sorrels/getting into playing and collecting folk music/starting to teach guitar; 3. Working with folklorist Wayland Hand/beginning of Rosalie Sorrels's recording and performing career/studying folk songs; 4. Basic background information about Jim Sorrels/working for the Western Electric Company; 5. Musical background-instruments and influences; 6. Mastering and teaching the guitar/Salt Lake City-Kingston Trio connection; 7. Friendship with Bruce Phillips/developing performance style; 8. Talking about experiences in acting |
| Type |
Sound |
| Genre |
Sound recordings |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
47 minutes, 52 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/s6qr5g1r |
| Setname |
uu_utfolklore |
| ID |
716439 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr5g1r |
