A.M. Symposium:

00:00:00 - Lomax’s authenticity and motives behind his work. {cont.}
00:01:36 - Audio clip of the song 'Mr. McKinley' and Ralph Rinzler
00:03:30 - Dewey Balfa' going to the Newport Festival, how it affected Lomax's work, and American Music
00:05:30 - Audio clip of Dewey Balfa on Cajun Music
00:07:22 - Spitzer exits; Dr. DeWitt announces a short break

00:09:18 - Dr. DeWitt introduces the next speaker, Dr. Josh Caffrey
00:10:07 - Dr. Caffrey begins with Alan Lomax's impact on the festival and him personally
00:11:08 - Caffrey family origins, early life, and path into traditional music

00:13:30 - Caffery recollects the work of Marc Savoy, Mitch Reed, and others, when he was in college
-also the moment he became "hooked" into traditional, as well as Cajun music

00:16:34 - Interpretation of Lomax's intentions; stories pertaining to Lomax's work
00:24:35 - Dr. Josh Caffery concludes

00:26:21 - Dr. DeWitt introduces Nathan Salsburg
00:26:54 - Salsburg furthers his introduction, including his work as curator, and historian, of the Alan Lomax Archive
00:28:21 - Lomax’s journey with technology and his start with storing recordings
00:30:58 - Lomax's work inspiring "Folk Revivals" across the U.S. and Europe
00:32:19 - The passionate folk music views of Lomax
00:35:10 - 1959: the variety of styles recorded by Lomax in the rural U.S.

00:38:19 - Nathan Salsburg closes with, “If the industrial monoculture isn’t checked someday our descendants will despise us for throwing away the best of our culture when they’re lulled by mass produced video music.” - Alan Lomax, 1961

00:39:08 - Dr. DeWitt calls on the last guest speaker, Ben Sandmel
00:39:40 - Sandmel introduces himself and his perspective on Lomax as an outsider & journalist
00:40:28 - Personal background, and becoming interested in traditional music
00:43:10 - Sandmel's connection with Cajun music, and other styles (Blues and Motown); experiences in England
00:46:07 - Figuring out what Cajun music "really is"
00:49:25 - First playing with various Cajun bands
00:50:04 - Thoughts on the Lomax recordings, festival, and overall impact of the two
00:52:54 - Plays the first known recording that includes the phrase 'Zydeco Sont Pas Sale'

00:54:35 - Dr. Mark DeWitt takes the podium as the final speaker
-beginning with his festival experience, and the non-residential impact of the festival

00:56:40 - Dr. DeWitt explains the Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair
-explains the incoherence with the Traditional Music program, and their mission

{end - Part 2/Video}