VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER

Elders, Mentors, and Legacies

Episode Summary

EP 30 is out and our hosts have a conversation about Elders, Mentors, and Legacies, elaborating on what those titles mean, what tradition bearers mean, and their experiences with music, culture, and traditions. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review!

Episode Notes

Intro - 0:00

• Tune called Planxty Sir Festus Burke | Randal Bays/fiddle, Chris Smith/tenor banjo, Roger Landes/bouzouki | composition by Turlough O’Carolan, from the album “Coyote Banjo” by Chris Smith

Part I, What does Elders, Mentors, and Legacies mean? - 01:13

Part II, Defining Tradition Bearers - 17:59

Part III, Adapted Vernacular Pedagogies in the VMC Ensembles - 30:51

Part IV, What is the Next Step? - 43:42

Part V, Dedication to our Mentors - 50:50

• Paddy Moloney
• Tony MacMahon
• Lee Scratch Perry
• Pat Martino
• Nanci Griffith
• Dusty Hill
• Rusty Young
• Charlie Watts
• Bunny Wailer
• Tony Rice
• Robin Morton
• Don Everly
• Tom T. Hall
• Robby Steinhardt
• B.J. Thomas

Outro - 52:22

• Planxty Sir Festus Burke

Full Playlist for EP 30
VVMC: Friends & Voices, a Collaborative Playlist 
VVMC Book Club
Voices from the Vernacular Music Center