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Remembering ‘Bud’ Garrett By Tom Rankin and Elizabeth Peterson Vol. 10, No. 1, 1988, pp. 12, 14-15 Robert “Bud” Garrett died on November 24,1987. Perhaps appropriately, he suffered a heart attack during his third game of the folk marble game
A Southerner in Nicaragua By David E. Whisnant Vol. 10, No. 5, 1988, pp. 1-5 David E. Whisnant, longtime commentator on Southern Appalachian culture who is perhaps best known as the author of All That Is Native and Fine (The
Radio Series Showcases Mississippi Blues By Adam Nossiter Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, p. 20 This is how Lee Andrew “Cotton” Howell, 72-year-old ex-sharecropper and small-time bluesman from Holly Springs, Miss., describes the birth of a blues song, in a
Southern Documentary to Air Nationally By Staff Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 21-22 “A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle”–the first film to trace twentieth century African-American history through the musical traditions of one family–will be shown nationally on
Life As We Knew It By Allen Tullos Vol. 11, No. 3, 1989, pp. 1, 3-6 LIKE OTHER NOSTALGIAS, the notion of Southern folk cultures in transition used to seem simpler, easier to track, cut and dried. If you ever
He Is The Blues By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 22 Erstwhile blues guitarist Lee Atwater, a former member of the Howard University board of trustees, is the subject of a new song, “The Man Who Would B.B.
Letting Loose of Liberalism: Some Thoughts on Cultural Work and the Limits of Polite Discourse By David E. Whisnant Vol. 12, No. 3, 1990, pp. 1-11 IN Walker Percy’s story “The Last Donahue Show,” the topic of the day is
South of Art By Henry Willett Vol. 12, No. 4, 1990, pp. 14-15 In 1974, Walker Percy, with a bit of subtle equivocation, wrote, “Well, the so-called Southern thing is over and done with, I think.” Of course he was
Feud Reviewed by Suzanne M. Hall Vol. 12, No. 4, 1990, pp. 18-19 A local, essentially family-based dispute arose after Ranel McCoy accused Floyd Hatfield, who was “Devil” Anse Hatfield’s cousin, of stealing a hog. The two families, however, did
Un-American Censorship. Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 12, No. 5, 1990, pp. 11, 13 Advancing American Art by Taylor D. Littleton and Maltby Sykes. Introduction by Leon Litwack. (University of Alabama Press, 1989. 159 pages.). A Romare Bearden for $6.25