Houston Folk Music Archive oral histories
The Houston Folk Music Archive oral histories include video and audio interviews with musicians and others who participated in the Houston folk music scene from the 1960s to the 1980s. The oral histories come from a variety of archival collections.
To learn more about the Houston Folk Music Archive, please visit our research guide.
Recent Submissions
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Eric Taylor oral history and transcript
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Lucille Borella oral history and transcript
(2020-10-23)Lucille Borella played in the Houston folk scene from the 1960s-1970s. -
John Carrick oral history and transcript
(2020-04-28)John Carrick began playing folk music in Houston in the early 1960s. In 1965, he opened Sand Mountain Coffee House along with his friend Steve Gladson. -
Linda Lowe oral history and transcript
(2018-12-07)Linda Lowe moved to Houston in the 1970s and began playing folk music at local clubs. -
Judy Weiser oral history and transcript
(2018-11-07)Judy Weiser attended folk concerts in the 1960s and later took photographs of performers in the 1970s. -
Lee Jolly oral history and transcript
(2019-03-13)Lee Jolly was a radio personality on radio stations in Houston throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He went on to working with Tim Leatherwood and was a supporter of Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant. -
Kathy Rote oral history and transcript
(2019-01-16)Kathy Rote played folk music in Houston in the mid 1960s. -
Sharon Mathews oral history and transcript
(2018-06-28)Sharon Mathews moved to Houston in the 1970s and worked in music venues around the Montrose area, as well as had connections to musicians in the scene. -
Lew Andre Mathews oral history and transcript
(2018-06-28)Lew Andre Mathews moved to Houston in the early 1970s. He played in a variety of bands including the Hemmer Ridge Mountain Boys and The Louvres. -
Mickey White oral history and transcript
(2018-06-19)Mickey White moved to Houston in the early 1970s and in a few years became Townes Van Zandt's guitarist for over a decade. He was also a founding member of the Hemmer Ridge Mountain Boys. -
Danny Everitt oral history and transcript
(2017-10-09)Danny Everitt arrived in Houston in the mid-1970s and became a part of the music scene as a singer-songwriter and as a front man for bands. -
John Lomax III oral history and transcript
(2017-11)John Lomax III has carried on his family legacy of promoting and saving music, through writing about it and managing a variety of acts. -
Rich Layton oral history and transcript
(2017-12-11)Rich Layton is a harmonica player who played for a variety of folk/rock singer-songwriters, bands, and is an original member of Dr. Rockit. -
Bruce Bryant oral history and transcript
(2018-01-31)Bruce Bryant directed "The Little Ol' Show That Comes on After Monty Python" on KPRC and "For the Sake of the Song: The Story of Anderson Fair, as well as was co-owner of The Sweetheart of Texas Concert Hall and Saloon. -
Bianca DeLeon oral history and transcript
(2017-12-01)Bianca DeLeon got her start playing folk music in the late 1960s. -
Rock Romano oral history and transcript
(2017-10-25)Rock Romano is a local musician, sound engineer, and former member of The Fun and Games and Dr. Rockit and the Sisters of Mercy. -
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Walter Spinks oral history and transcript
(2017-10-26)Walter Spinks is a former co-owner of Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant. -
Sara Hickman oral history and transcript
(2017-07-31)Sara Hickman is a Houston-native who gained fame in the folk-pop world in the 1990s. -
Franci Jarrard and Lyse Moore oral history and transcript
(2017-09-08)Franci Jarrard and Lyse Moore have been best friends for many decades. They both worked at, and Jarrard co-owned, Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant in the 1970s.
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