Interview with Vincent "V" Griño, January 18, 2021
Project: Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project
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Singer, drummer, and long-time manager of the Drum Center of Lexington, Vincent "V" Griño talks at length about the severe impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on his life and livelihood. He details the financial hit both he and the business suffered, unemployment, and how the drumming community rallied to help the shop - and his job - stay afloat during the pandemic. He discusses drum tuning, teaching, and the growing delay throughout America's supply chain for instruments and parts. He also talks about the unusual car accident that destroyed the entire storefront just days before Christmas 2020.Interview Accession
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National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) University of Kentucky acoUstiKats (Artist) Chorale music Drums Drumming Lexington Lab Band (Artist) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemics Wedding gigs Weekend Warrior musicians Supply chains Drum tuning Drum Center of Lexington Drum teachers Teaching Car accidents Storefronts Paintsville (Ky.) Morehead State University Music lessons Eastern Kentucky Don Wilson Music Managers Private lessonsInterview LC Subject
Pandemics and COVID-19 Epidemics COVID-19 (Disease) Gig economy Concerts Communicable diseases Communicable diseases--Transmission Percussion Musicians Music teachers Musical performance Music--Performance Drum Tuning Singers Drum--Performance Drummers (Musicians) Teaching COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023Interview Rights
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Griño, Vincent Interview by Kopana Terry. 18 Jan. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Griño, V. (2021, January 18). Interview by K. Terry. Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Griño, Vincent, interview by Kopana Terry. January 18, 2021, Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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