MUS 360 featuring Dr. Nick Spitzer (pt. 1)

Accession No.: 
CO6-15-012

Dr. Nick Spitzer:

00:01:59 - Dr. DeWitt introduces Dr. Nick Spitzer
00:04:50 - Dr. Spitzer talks about getting into Traditional Music, his first time attending the Newport Folk Festival
00:08:05 - Being an Anthropology major and working at a radio station in Philadelphia during college
00:11:08 - Vacationing to a French Folk Festival in Canada, then befriending Bois Sec Ardoin and Dewey Balfa

00:14:53 - Black Cyprien's Cove, LA
00:16:57 - The late Alphonse Ardoin Jr.
00:19:28 - State of the Creole and French speaking culture at the time
00:22:01 - Creole music in between the 1930's-1950's and The Carriere Brothers
00:26:01 - The Carriere Brothers' song 'Granny's Two Step' and one of their favorite TV shows, "The Beverly Hillbillies"

00:32:46 - Dewey Balfa going to the Newport Folk Festival and resurgence of cultural pride across America during the 1960's
00:36:16 - Progression of Cajun and Creole culture in Louisiana
00:39:20 - Working as the State Folklorist and establishing the Louisiana Folklife Program
{end - Part 1}

Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
Comeaux Chair
Subject: 
Louisiana, French, Cajun, Creole, Zydeco, Music, Lomax
Creator: 
Dr. Mark DeWitt
Informants: 
Dr. Mark DeWitt, Dr. Nick Spitzer
Recording date: 
Friday, October 23, 2015
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:41:43
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Original Format: 
MPEG-2
Digital Format: 
MOV
Storage Location: 
Born Digital