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Musicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

D.C. Art Spaces Oral History Project

 Unprocessed Material — External hard drive DIG_00030
Identifier: 2022.092

Ellis, Thomas Sayers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022.058

Friday Morning Music Club Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 216
Scope and Contents

The collection contains administrative records, music scores, performance history, and general memorabilia of the Composers’ Group of the Friday Morning Music Club.

Dates: 1953 - 2006

Friday Morning Music Club recordings

 Digital Collection
Identifier: FMMC_DCPL

Go-Go Museum and Café Collection

 Collection — External hard drive DIG_00030
Identifier: 225
Content Description

The Go-Go Museum & Café and partners collected 11 oral histories, produced two go-go concerts, and organized a major conference on go-go: “Go-Go Preservation Week 2021” in collaboration with the Traditional Arts DC project at Howard University. The Go-Go-Preservation Week panel discussions, concerts, and oral history collections.

Dates: 2021

Go-Go Music Artificial Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 101
Scope and Contents

This is an artificially created collection of materials related to Go-Go music and the Go-Go music community. Materials include live and studio recordings of Go-Go performances; periodicals and article clippings about Go-Go performers, music, and culture; academic works regarding Go-Go; and ephemera related to Go-Go music and performances.

Dates: 1975 - 2022
Go-Go Museum and Café Collection
Go-Go Museum and Café Collection

Go-Go Preservation Week 2021 Oral Histories

 Digital Collection
Identifier: 225_01_GoGoMusicCafe

Jude Hobdy interview, 2021-06-20

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_02.wav
Abstract Jude tells the story of being born in San Diego, California to a very musical family, where they spent most of their time outdoors, playing sports, exploring. They moved to Seattle, Washington in early 2000s, where a new and different journey starts, including composing music and taking piano and vocal lessons. Jude then goes to Oakwood College in Alabama, where they deepen their musical practices, composing own songs, while facing the realities of overt racism in the South. Jude spends time...
Dates: 2021-06-20

Layne Garrett interview, 2021-06-05

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_05.wav
Abstract Layne Garrett discusses growing up in a typical household in Tennessee and spending his childhood, visiting family on long road trips to Texas. While interest in music was always present in Layne’s life, it was in high school that exposure to outsider literature and open tuning in guitar brought him to be a part of music projects and pursue creative expression. He reflects on four years of living in a new city in Phoenix after college, where lack of social engagements got him to experiment...
Dates: 2021-06-05

Kip Lornell and Charles Stephenson, Jr. Go-Go Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 230
Content Description

This collection contains transcripts of interviews conducted by Kip Lornell and Charles Stephenson as part of the research for their book "The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop." The materials document the evolution of Go-Go performers and sound; as well as the cultural and political role the music plays in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1988 - 1998