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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- Undated
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Labeled as a testimonial concert for Lena, founder of Caf? Lena in Saratoga. This is a copy of Reel 005. It features Janet Boyer, Evelyne Beers [probably] and Michael Cooney; Tony Saletan, Barry O?Neill, Guy Carawan, Michael Cooney (solo), John Hartford, John Roberts, and Robin and Ellen Christenson. There are 12 different songs/ pieces on this recording. Banjo, guitar, hammered dulcimer and fiddle are used; other instruments may include bowed or plucked psalters. There is no MC.
- Subject:
- Carawan, Guy, Saletan, Irene, Killen, Louis, Christenson, Robin, Roberts, John, 1944 May 5-, Cooney, Michael B., 1943-, Barrand, Anthony G., and Saletan, Tony [from old catalog]
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1971 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Labeled as a recording from the 1971 Fox Hollow Folk Festival. This recording belongs in Box 135. There is no MC and sounds like it was edited together. The first musicians are listed as Lucas and Schwartz. Bill Vanaver features second and is followed by Michael Cooney. The final musicians are Pat and Victoria Garvey. The box label lists the songs played by Cooney, the Garveys, and Vanaver.
- Subject:
- Garvey, Pat, Garvey, Victoria, Cooney, Michael B., 1943-, and Vanaver, Bill
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1970 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Labeled as an edited recording from Fox Hollow 1970, but the reel does not match. Probably belongs in Box 133. The First performers are unnamed, the label says Young Uns. Michael Cooney performs second, announced by an unnamed MC. Jean Ritchie is the fourth musician to perform. Bill Schwartz performs on a lute. Bonnie Dobson features towards the end and Michael Cooney features again on the 12-string guitar.
- Subject:
- Ritchie, Jean, Dobson, Bonnie, and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1971 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Labeled as a recording from the 1971 Fox Hollow Folk Festival. The first performance is by Michael Cooney. The second musician performs singing in a foreign language and performs a Kinky Friedman song. Golden Ring, an informal group of folk musicians, may be on this recording. There is no MC. Steve Gillette performs last singing ?2:10 train?.
- Subject:
- Gillette, Steve and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- Undated
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Labeled as a Spring Folk Sampler featuring the Putnam String County Band and Margaret MacArthur. There is no MC to introduce the musicians. This is a copy of Reel 013. It features Allan Stowell, Jack Hume, John Roberts, Larry Hanks, George and Gerry Armstrong, Michael Cooney, and Sweet Corn (a bluegrass band). Other musicians may appear.
- Subject:
- Armstrong, Gerry, Hanks, Larry, and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1971 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- This is a recording from Fox Hollow 1971, although the reel does not match the box. This belongs in box 093. The first musician is unnamed, she sings a variety of songs. The MC is unnamed and hard to hear. The second musician is joined by Tom Ludlow and may be Rob Constantine. The MC does not announce the next musicians however, they are the Boyers family, Beers family, and Michael Cooney. Tony and Irene Saletan and the next performers, probably on the next day. The Saletans play with Robin and Ellen Christenson. Ellen and Irene are the former Kossoy Sisters. Bob Beers is the MC at the end.
- Subject:
- Saletan, Tony. [from old catalog], Kossoy Sisters, Beers, Evelyne, Saletan, Irene. [from old catalog], Christenson, Robin, Beers, Bob, 1920-1972 , and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- Undated
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- A recording from Fox Hollow, the year is unclear. Michael Cooney features first, performing a song about Winnie the Pooh on banjo. Guy Carawan features and Bob Denton, Hardy Rhodes, Will Tressor [unsure of spelling], Hal Wylie, Mike Miller, Bob Cayman, and Orson/ Austin Gelder play various folk and bluegrass songs together. The Armstrong and/or MacArthur families may also be on the recording.
- Subject:
- Carawan, Guy and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1967 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Recorded at Fox Hollow 1967 possibly 1968, the box labels the recording as excerpts. There is no MC. Michael Cooney leads off this recording playing Irish and other folk songs playing the banjo, fiddle, and guitar. A large part of the crowd sounds like kids. He is followed by a duo; their names are illegible on the label. According to the label Guy Carawan features third, but it is unclear. The last performer plays the bagpipes.
- Subject:
- Carawan, Guy and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1968 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- A recording from the Fox Hollow festival, the data on the box is 1968 but the recording does not match the label. There is no MC, and the musicians are unnamed. Sounds like and edited compilation rather than a whole concert. Michael Cooney features towards the end singing with Jenny Haley [spelling unknown].
- Subject:
- Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1969 February
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- This recording sounds like a copy of reel 027; an edited collection from the 1969 festival. There is no MC. Featuring musicians include Michael Cooney, John Jackson, Sweetcorn, and Jean Ritchie. Howie Mitchell on hammered dulcimer, Jean Redpath, and Larry Hanks on Jews harp may also feature.
- Subject:
- Ritchie, Jean, , Hanks, Larry, Jackson, John, 1924-2002, Cooney, Michael B., 1943-, and Redpath, Jean
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1969 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Recorded at Fox Hollow festival 1969. It is an edited collection from ?69 featuring four musicians. They are Michael Cooney, John Jackson, Sweetcorn and Jean Ritchie and son. Sweetcorn was a string band based out of Michigan and made up of Bill Halsey, Dick Atwell, Mark Sahlgren, and Pat Mertaugh. Howie Mitchell on hammered dulcimer, Jean Redpath, and Larry Hanks on Jews harp may also feature.
- Subject:
- Ritchie, Jean, , Mitchell, Howie, 1932-, Cooney, Michael B., 1943-, Redpath, Jean, and Jackson, John, 1924-2002
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1972 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- The box labels this as a recording from 1970, however it sounds like a copy of reel 020 from 1972. Margaret MacArthur features first accompanied by her husband and possibly kids. Michael Cooney is the other artist to feature joined by a group of friends. It sounds like Cooney and his friends lead a sing-along. There is no MC.
- Subject:
- MacArthur, Margaret, 1928-2006 and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1972 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Recorded at Fox Hollow 1972. The recordings feature Margaret MacArthur and family and Michael Cooney with friends. The MacArthur?s play a historically inspired song about Napoleon in a minor key in addition to other folk songs. They use an assortment of instruments including the hammered dulcimer, guitar, and fiddle. There is no MC introducing Michael Cooney and friends, the recording transitions directly into a song already in progress. Cooney leads both his friends and the crowd in a sing-a-long accompanying the vocals with a guitar.
- Subject:
- MacArthur, Margaret, 1928-2006 and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1971 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Sounds like a copy of reel 005, the box label states the recording is from 1971. This recording features Janet Boyer, [Evelyne?] Beers, and Michael Cooney; Tony Saletan; Barry O?Neill; Guy Carawan; Michael Cooney (solo); John Hartford; John Roberts; and Robin and Ellen Christenson. There are 12 different songs/ pieces on this recording. Banjo, guitar, hammered dulcimer and fiddle are used; other instruments may include bowed or plucked psalters. There is no MC.
- Subject:
- Carawan, Guy, Saletan, Tony. [from old catalog], Saletan, Irene, Killen, Louis, Christenson, Robin, Barrand, Anthony G., Cooney, Michael B., 1943-, and Roberts, John, 1944 May 5-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1971 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- Recorded at the 1971 Fox Hollow festival there are four artists. The first artist to feature is Diane Parker singing ?Pidgeons? [as spelled on the box label] and ?Simply Beautiful?. The second artist is Guy Carawan singing ?We Will Be Alright Some Day? and ?Baby Songs?. Third is Michael Cooney playing a medley and ?Bear Chase? a musical story. The fourth and last artist on the recording is Andy Wallace playing ?Brother Jimmy?s Dead?, and the beginning of ?Ballad of Davy Crockett?. There is no MC.
- Subject:
- Carawan, Guy, Wallace, Andy, and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1971 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- A recording from the 1971 Fox Hollow folk music festival held yearly in August. The recording features Allan Stowell, Jack Hume, John Roberts, Larry Hanks, George and Gerry Armstrong, Michael Cooney, and Sweet Corn (a bluegrass band) as listed on the reel box label. There is no MC announcing the musicians, there may be more or less musicians on the recording. They play a variety of traditional folk, cowboy, and bluegrass music.
- Subject:
- Armstrong, Gerry, Hanks, Larry, and Cooney, Michael B., 1943-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1972 August
- Collection:
- Bill and Andy Spence Papers
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap400
- Parent Record(s):
- 992c7fc14c145cca4df35bc005f96969
- Description:
- The box label says this is from 1972 but it in all likelihood is from 1971. Reel 019 is a copy. Janet Boyer, [Evelyne?] Beers, and Michael Cooney feature on this recording along with Guy Carawan, John Roberts, Lou Killen, and Robin and Ellen Christianson. They play a variety of folk music from America and England using various instruments for accompaniment. The box label and recording do not match.
- Subject:
- Carawan, Guy, Saletan, Irene, Killen, Louis, Christenson, Robin, Barrand, Anthony G., Cooney, Michael B., 1943-, Roberts, John, 1944 May 5-, and Saletan, Tony [from old catalog]