Riley, Bartow 2010-06-21
This interview features fiddle player Bartow Riley. Riley discusses playing in fiddle contests, recording, and going to Nashville. Riley also talks extensively about his friends and acquaintances he has met in music.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Bartow Riley
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: June 21, 2010
Location: Childress, Texas
Interviewer: Curtis Peoples and Andy Wilkinson
Length: 01:35:11
Abstract
Father’s background; Beginning fiddle; Recording and Nashville; Fiddle contests; Acquaintances and friends; Hale Center contest; Style of fiddling in the Panhandle; Distinction between breakdown and western swing; Long bow versus short bow; Johnny Gimble; Preserving tapes; Music stores in Lubbock; Bowing; Billy Grammer; Preserving stories and tapes
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital audio
Recording Format Notes: access copy available in reading room
Transcript: Transcript available https://hdl.handle.net/10605/376432
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