A C407
Speakers: Phyllis Marks, Crystal Law, Ben Hawker, and Ginny Hough (aka Ginny Hawker – married name was Hough in 1986)
Album/Event: Two separate interviews with 1986 Vocal Week artists.
Contents:
Phillis Marks Interview: Phyllis moving out to the country with Jesse Marks, Crystal learning music from Phyllis (Crystal La is Phyllis’s granddaughter), singing a bit of Wayfaring Stranger, how tunes spread to communities.
Ben Hawker and Ginny Hawker Interview: How Ben learned to sing, forming a band when he was younger, growing up in Virginia, listening to the black people around him when he was younger to learn how to sing, listening to BB King, Ray Charles, and other artists, practicing alone, singing in the car, how he got his feeling for harmony singing without training, singing with different groups in the church and with his son, how Ginny learned how to sing, inspiration to play music and being taught the chord structures, Ginny playing by ear, singing and learning with her sister Carolyn, and Ginny moving to West Virginia.
Collected/Recorded by: Unknown
Date: August 14th, 1986
Location: Elkins, WV
Notes: NR On; Beeping in the background of Ben Hawker interview.
The Augusta Programming Collection contains recordings of events produced by the Augusta Heritage Center, beginning in the early 1970s. A number of people contributed to this collection, including Flawn Williams, Gerry Milnes, and Bob Smakula. The collection features recordings of Augusta concerts, cultural sessions, Master Artist visits, and more, which showcase a variety of musical and cultural traditions.