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Title: Grey Ghost Interview Tape 5 [Side B], Grey Ghost Interview Tape 5 [Side B]
Identifier: e_top_0023
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Williams, Roosevelt T., (interviewee)
Topic: Blues musicians, Piano music (Blues), Concert tours
Dates: 1990-07-25
Box: 2007/247-30
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Roosevelt T. Williams discusses various aspect of traveling with a medicine man / tonic salesman and also with carnivals. Ghost discusses his songwriting process and his song ""Hitler Blues."" Owens inquires about William Owens the first man to record Grey Ghost and the types of songs that Roosevelt enjoys the most.

Title: Grey Ghost Oral History Tape 3 [Side B], Grey Ghost Oral History Tape 3 [Side B]
Identifier: e_top_0021
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Williams, Roosevelt T., (interviewee)
Topic: Concert tours, Family, Bus driving
Dates: 1990-07-29
Box: 2007/247-28
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: This section of Roosevelt Williams' oral history consists largely of discussions about the long drive they have been on driving from Georgia to Texas and the sights they see along the way. Williams talks about his health on several occasions, his faith, human nature and his relationships with friends and family.

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
Box: 2007/247-17
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.