FIELD RECORDINGS IN THE FOLK TRADITION
One songwriter · One song · One roll of Super 8
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SESSION · No. 13
Kacy & Clayton
OVER THE RIVER CHARLIE
Inside the song
BEHIND EVERY SONG LIVES A DEEPER STORY. THE LATE NIGHT, THE HEARTBREAK, THE TRADITION HANDED DOWN.
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26 Songs in 30 Days
In May of 1941, Woody Guthrie was hired to write folk songs for a government film about the Columbia River. He wrote 26 in 30 days.
Until the Film Runs Out
One 50 foot cartridge of Super 8 film holds about three minutes, the same window that set the length of a song back in the days of 78 rpm records. That roll is the whole session: one take, nothing produced or polished, only witnessed.
