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Interview with blues musician Jesse Fuller

African American Museum and Library at Oakland
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Title

Interview with blues musician Jesse Fuller

Finding Aid Title

Fuller (Jesse) Collection

Date Created

1971-05

Description

Interview with blues musician Jesse Fuller at his home in Oakland, California. Silence [00:00]; Inaudible [00:13]; Meeting fan in Piccadilly Circus [01:35]; Working with Douglas Fairbanks [02:55]; Girlfriend [04:10]; Copies of his photographs for museum, Hank movie dog [07:30]; Hank the movie dog [09:30]; Jack and Mary Pickford [10:05]; Movie set concession stand and shoeshining [10:35]; Buck Jones [10:55]; William Farnum and Dustin Farnum [11:07]; Working with Douglas Fairbanks [12:32]; William Farnum, trainhopping to California [13:00]; Fodella and his basement workshop [15:10]; William Farnum [16:09]; William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds (1925) [18:02]; Performing for Douglas Fairbanks [20:40]; Living in Los Angeles [22:08]; Cleaning restaurant in exchange for room and board [23:03]; Selling whittled wooden snakes for money [23:26]; Fight with roomer from Nova Scotia calling him "nigger"[25:26]; Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey [27:04]; Dancing the chicken wheel dance for Douglas Fairbanks [27:36]; Mental abilities since his stroke [31:02]; William Farnum and Dustin Farnum [32:23]; Poster for Jesse Fuller event at the Oakland Museum [34:26]; Charlie Chaplin [36:07]; Mary Wilma [?] photograph [37:30]; Copyright to song [38:33]; Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry [40:02];Leadbelly and Billie Holiday [40:47]; Reverend Gary Davis and Merle Travis [42:02]; Health issues and stroke [44:00]; Railroad watch [45:05]; Magazine articles about Jesse [48:02]; Playing vinyl record, "Drop out song," musicians Jesse likes and dislikes [50:36]; Paid $50 to go to jail for another man [59:38]

Creator

Fuller, Jesse

Interviewee

Fuller, Jesse

Genre

Oral histories

Language

eng

Media Type

Sound

Format

1/4 inch audio tape

Number of Parts

1 Tape of 1

Generation

Original

Track Standard

NTSC

Copyright Statement

Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Country of Creation

US

Source Institution

African American Museum and Library at Oakland

Source Institution Contact Information

African American Museum and Library at Oakland, 659 14th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612, US, Telephone: (510) 637-0198, email: aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org, http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/locations/african-american-museum-library-...

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