MF F.O.L.K. (Focus On Local Knowledge) Collection

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History: MF 017 F.O.L.K. (Focus on Local Knowledge) Collection

Number of accessions: 1
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1994-1996
Time period covered: 1994-1996
Principal interviewers: Don DePoy
Finding aides: none
Access restrictions: For commercial purposes contact DePoy
Description: NA2605 Evergreen, the Stevens Family, Sassygrass, Bluegrass Supply Company, the Gibson Brothers, the Sandy River Ramblers, Smokey Greene, Eddie Poirier and the Bluegrass Four, Simon St. Pierre, Kenny Baker & Josh Graves, the Lewis Family, Shady Creek, Yodelin’ Slim Clark, Psaltery, Jete Le Po, Souterie, and others, produced by Don DePoy, 1994-1996, Sydney and Crawford, Maine, gifted by Depoy July 28, 1998. Accession consists of 116 video tapes (150 hours approx.) produced by Depoy, founder of F. O. L. K., Inc. (Focus On Local Knowledge) “a nonprofit Maine based corporation dedicated to the performance and preservation of traditional music.” Tapes contain raw footage and edited masters for a series of TV programs titled “Mainely Bluegrass” broadcast on Maine Public Television in 1996. Footage features music groups taped at the Breakneck Mountain Bluegrass Festival in Crawford, Maine (1994) and the Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival in Sydney, Maine (1995). Artists include Evergreen, the Stevens Family, Sassygrass, Bluegrass Supply Company, the Gibson Brothers, the Sandy River Ramblers, Smokey Greene, Eddie Poirier and the Bluegrass Four, Simon St. Pierre, Kenny Baker & Josh Graves, the Lewis Family, Shady Creek, Yodelin’ Slim Clark and others. Also, a series of tapes for a program called “Women and the Franco-American Experience” featuring a concert of Franco-American music presented at the University of Maine with groups Psaltery, Jete Le Po, and Souterie. Recordings: V 0187 – V 0303 (0187-0297 are 3/4”, 0298-0303 are VHS) 150 hours approx. / C 1814 – C 1817.