Interview with Gloria Belle, May 25, 2006
Project: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Gloria Belle talks about her childhood and early musical influences. She talks about learning various instruments and how she came into her first job on the Cas Walker Show. She talks about recording albums, playing with Betty Amos' All-Girl Band, and her experience playing with Jimmy Martin, Charlie Monroe, and forming her own band with her husband Mike Long, Gloria Belle and Tennessee Sunshine. She talks about women in the music industry.Interview Accession
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The Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour (Radio program) The Cas Walker Show (Radio program) Danny Bailey (Artist) Mike Long (Artist) Ghost Town Betty Amos’s All-Girl Band (Artist) Green Mountain Travelers (Artist) Jimmy Martin (Artist) Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys (Artist) Charlie Monroe (Artist) Female artists Female musicians Women artists Nashville Kitty Cats (Artist) Gloria Belle and Tennessee Sunshine (Artist)Interview LC Subject
Bluegrass music. Bluegrass musicians Music--Performance. Musical ability. Musical families Musical performance Families. Childhood Churches Musical ability in children. Music--Instruction and study. Musical instruments. Women bluegrass musicians. Music--Social aspects. Records. Sound recordings. Sound studios Sound--Recording and reproducingInterview Rights
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Belle, Gloria Interview by Murphy Henry. 25 May. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Belle, G. (2006, May 25). Interview by M. Henry. Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Belle, Gloria, interview by Murphy Henry. May 25, 2006, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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