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Introduction:
Complementing the 1971 Festival's three thematic programs, a Main Stage featured performances introducing the diversity of American musical traditions and drawing together participants from each of the other programs. Highlights of the Main Stage programming included a Roots of Rock concert exploring the tributaries that shaped contemporary rock music; a New Music in the New World concert tracing the diversity of music for the five-string banjo and diverse ensemble traditions of African, French and Spanish origin; and a Hootenany that included a labor songfest and a blues and soul dance. Throughout the day, similar presentations offered the chance to experience diverse forms of contemporary traditional music and to compare related traditions from two or more of the Festival's programs.
In addition to the participants who performed primarily on the Main Stage and are listed below, others are listed in the specific program with which each was primarily associated. Audio recordings of concerts that took place on the Main Stage are shown below.
Participants:
Ardoin Family, Cajun musicians, Louisiana
Areyto Folklife Company of Puerto Rico -- Areyto Folklife Company of Puerto RicoIrene Jimenez de McLean, artistic directorBlanca Rosa Cordova, dancerEmilio Agait, dancerEster Ayala, dancerTito Ayala, dancerElba Cantellops, dancerPetra Cepeda, dancerRoberto Cepeda, dancerMarcos Garcia, dancerJose S. Hernandez, dancerLuis E. Jimenez, dancerJose Morales, dancerRafael Morales, dancerRosario Pacheco, dancerEdna Pesquera, dancerLeslie Margarita Rivera, dancerEduardo Sloan, dancerRafael Cepeda, singerMarta Cuadrado, singerCarlos Cepeda, musicianJesus Cepeda, musicianJaime Pena, musicianPilar Quiles, musicianJuan Santana, musicianHerminio Serrano, musicianAntonio Frontera, technical directorVance H. McLean, coordinatorDr. Francisco Lopez Cruz, musical director
Balfa Family, Cajun musicians, Louisiana
Nathan Abshire, 1913-1981, Cajun musician, Louisiana
Norman Blake, 1938-, country musician, Tennessee
Roy Buchanan, 1939-1988, rock & roll guitarist, Arkansas/Maryland
Vassar Clements, 1928-2005, fiddler, Tennessee
Elizabeth (Libba) Cotten, 1895-1987, old time banjo and guitar, Washington, D.C.
Hazel Dickens, 1935-2011, country singer and composer, Washington, D.C.
Jesse Fuller, 1896-1976, ragtime, San Francisco
John Hartford, 1937-2001, contemporary country composer, California
Ernest Hodges, 1907-1984, Old Time Banjo & fiddle, Georgia
Bessie Jones (1902-1984) and the Georgia Sea Islanders, shouts, jubilees, ring games & work songs, Georgia
Bill Keith, 1939-2015, country musician, New York
Limbo dancer, Caribbean dancer, Virgin Islands
Professor Longhair, 1918-1980, rhythm & blues, New Orleans, Louisiana
Moco Jumbe Dancers, stilt dancers, Virgin Islands
Lily Mae Ledford Pennington, 1917-1985, old time banjo, Kentucky
Utah Phillips, 1935-2008, song writer & raconteur, Utah
Earl Scruggs, 1924-2012, bluegrass musician, Tennessee
Gary Scruggs, bluegrass musician, Tennessee
Randy Scruggs, 1953-, bluegrass musician, Tennessee
Johnny Shines, 1915-1992, blues band, Alabama
Bob Siggins, bluegrass musician, Massachusetts
Houston Stackhouse, 1910-1980, blues, Tennessee
Steel Band, Caribbean musicians, Virgin Islands
Floyd Red Crow Westerman, 1936-2007, Sioux country singer, South Dakota
Bill Williams, 1897-1973, country blues, Kentucky
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Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1971 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
