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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.