Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Mrs. Ollie Gilbert.



Here she is! Playing at the first Arkansas Folk Festival (ca. 1963) at the Stone County Courthouse in Mountain View, Arkansas. She's just wonderful...

5 comments:

Anthony Dubovsky said...

Good work, Birta! I'd read just this week that Ollie Gilbert was perhaps better known than we thought--and part of the "folk revival" phenomenon, playing festivals and such. Still, to see her in the photo, gives me the sense that her singing and her presence are all of one piece...

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Vogelhuettae said...

extra credit for Birta! Yay!

Indira said...

She looks so sad and taken away by the sound that she is making. Beautiful black and white photograph!

Anthony B said...

Brava, Birta, brava!