ITEM
NA 3373
Identifier
NA 3373 (local)
Alternate Title
Denny Breau Interview (Alternative Title)
Date
June 2 2005 (Recording date)
Summary
Denny Breau, interviewed by Clifford R. Murphy, June 2, 2005. Breau was born May 26, 1952. He talks about his music and about his family who were all musicians; father Harold “Hal Lone Pine” Breau and mother Betty Cody; parents divorced; mother left music and worked in a shoe shop in the Lewiston-Auburn area; three brothers: Lenny, Richard, and Bob; more on Lenny: what he was like as a person, his musical style, movie “The Genius of Lenny Breau”; Denny in the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame; how music scene in Maine has changed; race relations; lifestyle of musicians; influences (Beatles and folk music); writing music; being on the road; musical training; family; Rusty Rogers/The Pemaquid Cowboy; drinking. Color photo (P 9901) of Denny Breau at Cathay Hut in Lewiston, Maine.
Copyright Notice
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Extent
88 (minutes)
61 (pages)
1 (image)
Language
English | anglais [info:lc/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng] (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
country music (Local)
Temporal Coverage
after 1952 (Breau's birthdate)
Geographic Coverage
New England (Local)
Preferred Citation
Breau, Denny interviewed by Clifford R. Murphy. June 2, 2005. NA 3373. Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine.
