Southwest Folklore Center cassette recordings collection, 1975-[ongoing].

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Southwest Folklore Center cassette recordings collection, 1975-[ongoing].

Cassette recordings of gospel music, country and western music, Mexican American and Native American music, and cowboy songs and poetry.

403 sound cassettes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7400946

University of Arizona Libraries

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University of Arizona. Southwest Folklore Center

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The Southwest Folklore Center was founded in 1979 upon the dissolution of the University of Arizona Folklore Committee. Since then it has served as an archive for folklore material. Its activities include actively researching and collecting information about Arizona's folk communities, generating outreach programs, and coordinating folk activities throughout the state. From the guide to the University of Arizona Southwest Folklore Center records, 1979-[ongoing], (University of Arizon...

Guerrero, Lalo

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Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero, known as the "Father of Chicano Music", has entertained lovers of Chicano music for six decades. Composer, musician, singer and recipient of many awards, including the prestigious "National Medal of the Arts" awarded to him at a White House ceremony in 1996. Guerrero has played guitar and has sung in films alongside Jane Russell, Robert Mitchum, George Raft and Gilbert Roland. He has serenaded the public alongside Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Red Skelton, Mil...