Polly Stewart Oral History Project: Interview with Tom Carter

Recording of Part 2 of an interview by Polly Stewart with Tom Carter, a participant in the Utah folk music scene of the 1960s. Jennifer Bott [now Bateman] was the sound engineer; transcript by Laura R. Marcus [now Green]. One of the interview recordings that Polly Stewart and Jennifer Bott Bateman conducted for the Utah Folk Music Revival Oral History Project, 2004-20111. Getting started on banjo; 2. Taking guitar lessons with Bruce Phillips and then Dave Roylance; 3. Gravitating towards old-time music-as opposed to bluegrass/learning the fiddle/playing in various bands/meeting Hal Cannon; 4. Talking about different bands and players in the 1960s; 5. Connecting with the counter culture aspect of folk music/"politics of the dispossessed"; 6. Talking about musical technique; 7. Talking about the sensibility of the folk music lifestyle; 8. Talking about the group photograph patterned after one of the New Lost City Ramblers; 9. Comparing old-time and bluegrass music and their related sensibilities; 10. Talking about Rhode Island days/playing in bands there/friendships with Hal Cannon, Leonard Coulson, and Skip Gorman; 11. Comparing old-time with bluegrass music; 12. Talking about a band with Chris Montague and Dick (Byron) Bron