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Interview with Maynard Jalbert

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Identifier
NA 2072 (local)
Date
1988 (Date created)
Summary

 

Maynard Jalbert, interviewed by Joseph Ogando, April 14, 1988, in Caribou, Maine. Jalbert discusses country and traditional Maine music in the early-to-mid twentieth century; bilingual nature of woods songs; plays recordings with songs; instruments and musical learning in northern Maine during the 1920s and 30s; winter work in lumber camps during the Great Depression; lumber camps food; role of music at home and as a social pastime; story tellers in the lumber camps; fighting lice; differences between music in lumber camps and at dances; introduction of the radio circa 1938; French-Canadian heritage; wedding and Fourth of July celebrations; common French-Canadian names and how men with identical names were distinguished; why country music became popular in northern Maine; and recites and sings in French parts of folk songs made by a friend. Transcript: 26 pp

Recording: 2 hours C595 – C596

Creator and/or Contributor
Joseph Ogando (contributor), Maynard Jalbert (creator)
Language
Dialects)
Other Subject Headings
Country and traditional Maine music in the early-to-mid twentieth century (Local)
Materials Designation
sound cassettes (analog)
Related Entities:
Maynard Jalbert (creator)