Ullrich, Tony 2010-02-10
Ullrich discusses his university years and the beginning of his interest in the banjo. He also goes into great detail about his time in Nashville working and attempting to make it in the music industry. Following he discusses his return to Houston, Texas and further attempts at music. In part two, Ullrich goes into detail about his banjo designs. In part three, Ullrich talks about his Bluegrass promotion with the Kerrville Folk Festival and on the radio. Following he goes into depth about his ten week trip with John Avery Lomax.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Tony Ullrich
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Date: February 10, 2010
Location: Houston, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 02:45:03
Abstract
Texas Tech University & Lubbock; Parents success; Pi Beta Phi & Phi Delta Theta; Bill Dean; Sandstorms; Pete West, men’s retail shop; Track; California record store; Odetta’s visit to Tech; After Dow Patterson’s wedding car crash; Moving to Nashville; Texas National Bank of Commerce; Teaching Banjo; Going to Nashville; Jeff Love; Minnie Pearl Fried Chicken; Noble-Dury Associate; Advertising; Mickey Newbury; Compton Brothers; Johnny and June Carter Cash Show; Tom T. Hall; Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton; Nashville Banjo learning; Dusty Rhodes Tavern; Vick Jordan; Jeff Stelling; Alan Munde; Returning to Houston December 1970; Job seeking; Houston Folklore Society; The Jester nightclub; Dale Soffar; KPFT radio show; Bluegrass records; Banjo demonstration & teaching; John Avery Lomax; Stroke; Memory loss; Wife, Mimi Lomax; Caretaker; John M. Lomax IIII; Joe Lomax; Banjo designing; Greg Dearing; Designing & sketches; Texas designs & heroes; Kerrville Folk Festival; Radio show; President Houston Folklore Society; Rod Kennedy; Teaching banjo; John A. Lomax, Willie Nelson performances; Performing with Michael Murphey; Record collection & artists; Hank Snow; Working for John Avery Lomax; Visit John Henry Faulk; Trip to Lubbock; Las Vegas, the Trig Ranch; National parks & monuments; Zion National Park; Preacher the walker hound; Playing music in Lubbock; Lomax riches, Mimi’s financial discovery; Radio work after Lomax caretaking; Radio show; Teaching; Return to radio; Promoting Bluegrass; Ray Hill’s radio show; Board of Directors placement; ‘Wanderings’ folk radio program; ‘Blues Prelude’ radio program.
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