Urban Pioneers interview with McRay Magleby, July 20, 2007

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Title Urban Pioneers interview with McRay Magleby, July 20, 2007
Alternative Title Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with McRay Magleby
Links to Media https://stream.lib.utah.edu/index.php?c=portable_details&id=9679
Creator Magleby, McRay; Stewart, Polly, 1943-2013
Contributor Bateman, Jennifer; Green, Laura Marcus
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2007-07-20
Date Digital 2013-06-21
Temporal Coverage April 7, 2007
Description Recording of an interview by Polly Stewart with McRay Magleby, 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 Magleby, McRay--Interviews; Folk singers--Utah--Interviews; Musicians--Utah--Interviews; Folk music--Utah
Keywords McRay Magleby; Mac Magleby; Folk revival; Urban Pioneers; Oral history; Interviews
Table of Contents 1. Polly Stewart explains Utah Urban Pioneers Oral History Project/McRay Magleby gives basic background information; 2. Music in the family/mother was a music teacher and saxophone player; 3. Getting interested in music/friendship with Dave Guard, Kingston Trio banjo player; 4. Talking about musical history/evolution of the Salt City Bluegrass Boys/band members doing graphics for logo and artwork; 5. Talking about repertoire and musical technique in the Salt City Bluegrass Boys/friendship and mentorship with Allen Shelton, banjo player with Jim and Jesse/developing instructional materials (tablature) for students; 6. Looking through Magleby's archive of Salt City Bluegrass Boys photos and printed materials; 7. Salt City Bluegrass Boys history/ending of group/Magleby's musical activities as one man band after move to BYU; 8. Teaching music at Daynes and Southeast Music; 9. Remembering banjo workshop with Fred Rinehart and Dave Roylance in Liberty Park, spring 1966; 10. Talking about road trip to L.A. with Pete Netka in around 1963; 11. Talking about graphic arts career/growth of BYU graphic design to nationally known program; 12. Keeping the music going while building graphic arts career/teaching music; 13. Talking about new Swing Banjo publication; 14. Talking about parents/mother's help with developing tablature; 15. Talking about friendship with Byron (By) Davis and his death; 16. Remembering Rich McClure; 17. Talking about Fred Rinehart, his seven-string banjo and his place in the Utah Urban Folk Revival Scene; 18. Talking about the Rosewood Trio forming for the Utah Urban Pioneers Concert/playing with Gloria Rowland; 19. Talking about Bruce Cummings; 20. Talking about current musical activities, teaching and playing out with Gloria Rowland; 21. Talking about personal archive of Utah Urban Pioneers photographs and memorabilia
Type Sound
Genre Sound recordings
Format application/pdf
Extent 70 minutes, 24 seconds
Language eng
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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/s6jw8zsc
Setname uu_utfolklore
ID 716479
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jw8zsc
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