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Title: [Grey Ghost Studio Tape, 2 Songs] labled 'C' [Side A], [Grey Ghost Studio Tape, 2 Songs] labled 'C' [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0040
Creator: Owens, Tary, (producer)
Contributor: Williams, Roosevelt T., (performer)
Topic: Blues (Music), Piano music (Blues), Music--Performance
Dates: circa 1992
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Two songs performed by Grey Ghost, ""Been Crying Over You"" and ""My Baby Gone To Stay"". Inferred to be Grey Ghost Studio Tapes for Catfish Records release CTF 1001 but the tape is unlabeled except for masking tape label with ""C"" on what is considered side A.

Title: [Grey Ghost Studio Tape, 3 Songs] labled 'A' [Side A], [Grey Ghost Studio Tape, 3 Songs] labled 'A' [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0039
Creator: Owens, Tary, (producer)
Contributor: Williams, Roosevelt T., (performer)
Topic: Blues (Music), Piano music (Blues), Music--Performance
Dates: circa 1992
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Contains three songs, one unidentified, ""Way Out On The Desert"" and ""Blues About My Black Gal."" Inferred to be Grey Ghost Studio Tapes for Catfish Records release CTF 1001 but the tape is unlabeled except for masking tape label with ""A"" on what was considered side A.

Title: [Grey Ghost Studio Tape, 5 Songs] labled 'D' [Side A], [Grey Ghost Studio Tape, 5 Songs] labled 'D' [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0041
Creator: Owens, Tary, (producer)
Contributor: Williams, Roosevelt T., (performer)
Topic: Blues (Music), Piano music (Blues), Music--Performance
Dates: circa 1992
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: There are five unidentified songs performed by Grey Ghost on this tape. Inferred to be Grey Ghost Studio Tape for Catfish Records release CTF 1001 but the tape is unlabeled except for masking tape label with ""D"" on what was considered side A.

Title: [Grey Ghost Studio Work Tape, 3 Songs] Unlabeled [Side A], [Grey Ghost Studio Work Tape, 3 Songs] Unlabeled [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0042
Creator: Owens, Tary, (producer)
Contributor: Williams, Roosevelt T., (performer)
Topic: Blues (Music), Piano music (Blues), Music--Performance
Dates: circa 1992
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: One song with Grey Ghost playing piano and a full band ""It's the Talk Of The Town"" followed by a second song with a female vocalist ""You Think You're Never Gonna Worry No More"", and a vocals only ""Yippee IO Ki-Yay"". Inferred to be Grey Ghost Studio Tapes for Catfish Records release CTF 1001 but the tape is unlabeled and solid black.

Title: Guitar Curtis Colter, Crockett Tx 10/09/93, Guitar Curtis Colter, Crockett Tx 10/09/93
Identifier: e_top_0058
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Colter, Curtis
Topic: Blues (Music), Blues musicians, Guitar music (Blues)
Dates: 1993-10-09
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Guitar Curtis Colter speaks with Tary Owens on October 10th, 1993 in Crockett, Texas. The two men discuss Colter's early experiences learning the guitar and his early influences. Colter strums and plays songs throughout the recording. Colter tells several stories about meeting and playing with the likes of T.D. Bell, Long John Hunter, Little Joe Washington, and Sunny Guitar Charles.

Title: Hosea Hargrove Interview [Side A], Hosea Hargrove Interview [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0018
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Hargrow, Lee Henry (interviewee)
Topic: Methods (Blues), Blues (Music), Blues musicians
Dates: 1987-03-23
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: An interview conducted by Tary Owens with blues guitarist Hosea Hargrove carried out on 03/23/1987. They talk about Hosea's start playing music, old blues songs he heard growing up, various players from that time. The two men talk about Hosea's particular style and how it compares to Jimmy Reed, as well as his current gigs around town.

Title: Hosea Hargrove Interview [Side B], Hosea Hargrove Interview [Side B]
Identifier: e_top_0019
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Hargrow, Lee Henry (interviewee)
Topic: Blues musicians, Music-halls, Blues (Music)
Dates: 1987-03-24
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: An interview conducted by Tary Owens with Blues Guitarist Hosea Hargrove carried out on 03/23/1987. Hosea plays ""Mojo Workin,"" talks about his style of playing, and how he taught himself from books but lacks formal training. They discuss many different players he knows from around different towns and people he has played with over the years. Hosea talks about recording with Stevie Ray Vaughan, his first real studio recording, and he also speaks briefly about shooting a video with Vaughan.

Title: Interview Billbo Barnes [Side B], Interview Billbo Barnes [Side B]
Identifier: e_top_0009
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Barnes, Nathaniel (interviewee)
Topic: Methods (Blues), Blues musicians, Guitar music (Blues)
Dates: 1988-07-03
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Nathaniel ""Billbo"" Barnes, aka Guitar Papa, talks about recording and playing on the radio back in 1945. Barnes discusses current gigs around town and closes out by playing ""Mean Old Frisco."" The recording is mono, everything is audible but the volume is low, and the questions are harder to hear than the interviewee's answers.

Title: Interview Nathaniel "Bibb" Barnes of Houston Tx [Side A], Interview Nathaniel ""Bibb"" Barnes of Houston Tx [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0008
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Barnes, Nathaniel (interviewee)
Topic: Methods (Blues), Blues musicians, Guitar music (Blues)
Dates: 1988-07-03
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Nathaniel ""Bibb,"" ""Billbo"" Barnes, aka Guitar Papa, discusses much of his music related life and personal history in this interview. Where he was born and where he lived over the years as well as various individuals he played with along the way are just a few of the topics discussed. At 40:32 there is a loud burst of music that lasts three seconds, its origin is unknown. The recording is mono, everything is audible but the volume is low, and the questions are harder to hear than the interviewee's answers.

Title: James Polk Interview [Side A], James Polk Interview [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0010
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Polk, James, (Interviewee)
Topic: Concert tours, Jazz, Music-halls
Dates: 1987-10-06
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: James Polk provides a quick history of his life as a musician, starting with his first musical experience and moving through all of the different instruments he played through school. He talks about being introduced to Jazz, his first band and going on tour with Lionel Hampton in 1969 after filling in for his missing bass player at Hemisphere in San Antonio. Polk also talks about a long hiatus playing music and his eventual. He talks about filling in as the piano player for Ray Charles at the Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas and how that opportunity leads him to go on tour with Charles. Polk discusses writing arrangements for Ray Charles, and the Grammy Nominations achieved for this work. He closes by talking about his time playing at the Victory Grill the players he worked with there, integration and forming his band ""James Polk and Company."" Most of the recording resides on one channel; the second channel signal is weak.

Title: James Polk, [two unreadable words] Midtown Live [Side B], James Polk, [two unreadable words] Midtown Live [Side B]
Identifier: e_top_0011
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Polk, James, (Interviewee)
Topic: Blues (Music), Jazz, Piano music (Blues)
Dates: 1987-10-06
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Live recording from Midtown Live, recorded 10/7/1987. There are six songs on the recording. Song 5 is ""My Funny Valentine.""

Title: John Holly Kelly experiences as a drummer on showboats on Mississippi River 1914. Recorded By Tary Owens, John Holly Kelly [Side A], John Holly Kelly experiences as a drummer on showboats on Mississippi River 1914. Recorded By Tary Owens, John Holly Kelly [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0001
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Kelly, John Holly, (interviewee)
Topic: Showboats, Drums--1910-1920, Music--1910-1920
Dates: 1965-08-10
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: John Holly Kelly, Tary Owens' grandfather, recounts his experiences as a boy hired as a drummer to play showboats that traveled on Mississippi River in 1914. Recorded in Houston Tx, Aug 10, 1965, By Tary Owens, John Holly Kelly. Side B is completely blank and was entirely verified by the digitization technician.

Title: [John Wheat on KUT's Forum] Unlabeled [Side A], [John Wheat on KUT's Forum] Unlabeled [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0066
Contributor: Graham, Olive , Wheat, John
Topic: Blues (Music), Blues musicians, Sound archives
Dates: unknown
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Two commercial songs appear at the beginning of this recording one is unidentified the other is Secret Lovers by Atlantic Starr. At 5 minutes Into the recording, the KUT radio show Forum with Olive Graham begins featuring Sound Archive Coordinator John Wheat, discussing early Texas music history and collections located at the Barker Texas History Center. Portions of sound recordings from the archive are interspersed as John Wheat discusses Mance Lipscomb, Lomax field recordings, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Leadbelly, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, T Bone Walker, Grey Ghost and Lightning Hopkins. At 36 minutes and 12 seconds, the recording cuts Into a Spanish class that is already in progress for the remainder of the tape.

Title: Johnny Holmes 9/86, Johnny Holmes 9/86
Identifier: e_top_0065
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Holmes, Johnny
Topic: Blues (Music), Blues musicians, Cooking
Dates: 1986-09-01
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Johnny Holmes speaks with Tary Owens owner of the Victory Grill, in Austin Tx. Mr. Holmes discusses the early beginnings of the Victory Grill and how he got started booking dances and bands back in 1933. Johnny talks about the time he spent away from Austin and the Victory as well as what brought him back. Holmes discusses some of the artists he worked with over the years and the good old days when the Victory would stay open all night as an after hours hangout. He also talks about his extensive skills as a line cook.

Title: [Long John Hunter, Border Town Legend, Studio Tape] Unlabeled [Side A], [Long John Hunter, Border Town Legend, Studio Tape] Unlabeled [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0047
Creator: Owens, Tary, (producer), Owens, Tary, (producer)
Contributor: Hunter, John Thurman Jr., (performer)
Topic: Blues (Music), Music--Performance, Test pressings (Sound recordings)
Dates: circa 1996
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Five songs from Long John Hunter ""Border Town Legend"" released on Alligator Records [ALCD 4839]. Songs on the recording include ""Nasty Ways"", ""Marfa Lights"", ""Lone Star Shootout"", ""Ice Cold"", and ""Everybody Knows"".

Title: Louis Owens I, Houston Tx: Family, Early Days [Side B], Louis Owens I, Houston Tx: Family, Early Days [Side B]
Identifier: e_top_0013
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Owens, Louis (interviewee)
Topic: Family, Soldiers, Railroad construction workers
Dates: 1993-05-03
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Detailed family oral history of the Owens family, conducted by Tary Owens with his father, Louis Owens. Topics range from military service, oil business, the prison system, malaria, and the price of land in 1932. Family members that played music, the Missouri Pacific Rail Line and typical meals also make it Into the conversation. The interview occurred on May 3rd, 1993 at their home.

Title: Louis Owens I, Houston Tx: Family [Side A], Louis Owens I, Houston Tx: Family [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0012
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Owens, Louis (interviewee)
Topic: Family, Family-owned business enterprises, Country life
Dates: 1993-05-03
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Detailed family oral history of the Owens family, conducted by Tary Owens with his father, Louis Owens. They discuss both of his grandparent's families, their heritage, lineage, locations where members of the family settled as well as businesses they owned. The interview carried out on May 3rd, 1993 at their home.

Title: Mance Lipscomb Jr., Navasota, Texas [Side A], Mance Lipscomb Jr., Navasota, Texas [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0030
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Lipscomb, Mance Jr. (interviewee)
Topic: Family, Country life, Blues musicians
Dates: 1987-07-01
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Interview with Mance Lipscomb Jr. on his porch in Navasota, Texas on July 1, 1987. Mance Jr. talks about a wide range of topics such as growing up with his father (Mance Lipscomb), his playing style, his uncle Ralph (Mance Lipscomb Sr.'s Brother). He tells a story about his father showing up unannounced at a country dance and the hired musician was asked to leave so that Mance Lipscomb Sr. would play. Mance Jr. also discusses the similarities between his son Frank's style of playing and his father, Mance Lipscomb Sr.

Title: Mance Lipscomb Jr., Navasota, Texas [Side B], Mance Lipscomb Jr., Navasota, Texas [Side B]
Identifier: e_top_0031
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Lipscomb, Mance Jr. (interviewee)
Topic: Guitar music (Blues), Blues musicians, Blues (Music)
Dates: 1987-07-02
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Continued oral history interview with Mance Lipscomb Jr. by Tary Owens. Mance Jr. strums on the guitar and tries to play several songs while the two men speak about his father Mance Sr. and his son Frank and their careers. Mance Jr. tells the story of his father playing a few songs for Frank Sinatra and getting paid so much he bought a brand new car, but he remarks on the toll that travels, and increased notoriety took on him in his later years.

Title: Mary Charlotte Kelly Owens I, Houston Tx - Born March 20 1916 [Side A], Mary Charlotte Kelly Owens I, Houston Tx - Born March 20 1916 [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0014
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Owens, Mary Charlotte Kelly (interviewee)
Topic: Family, Women--Education, Tornado damage
Dates: 1993-05-03
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Detailed family oral history of the Kelly family, conducted by Tary Owens with his mother, Mary Charlotte Kelly Owens. Mrs. Owens lists the names and lineage of her relatives on both the maternal and paternal side. She talks about attending school in the early 1920's and various places the family moved. Mary survived the largest on record tornado which occurred on March 8th, 1925. She also discusses the town of Grand Tower, Il. The interview occurred on May 3rd, 1993 at their home.

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