Pee Wee Maddux; John Wiley; and Corrine Forsyth Harter, Jose Morante, and Leo Raley

Side A: Pee Wee Maddux interview, July 9, 1977; John Wiley interview, July 9, 1977; and Corrine Forsyth Harter interview, undated. Side B: Jose Morante interview, July 10, 1977; and Leo Raley interview, August 15, 1977. Side A: Pee Wee Maddux interview, July 9, 1977. McCormick conducts telephone interview with Pee Wee Maddux (Murphy Monroe Maddux Jr.) songwriter, steel guitarist, fiddler, and guitarist for his research with the Library of Congress. Born October 1923, Maddux sings songs that he learned from his mother as a child, discusses the lyrics of the songs and their significance, and expresses the desire to do research on Cajun music in Lafayette and Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Maddux states he believes the ideas, melodies, and lyrics of American songs originated in Ireland, England, and France. John Wiley interview, July 9, 1977. McCormick conducts telephone interview with Wiley in reference to his work with the Library of Congress (LC) and the recording of a song relating to the Wreck of 97. The Library of Congress (LC) was releasing a recording of the song about the event which had never been heard. Wiley, born November 1886 near Chatham, recounts the events as he saw it. He states that himself and Ethel Foust are the only eyewitnesses to the event. McCormick is fact checking a story that came out about him. Corrine Forsyth Harter interview, undated. McCormick conducts telephone interview with Forsyth Harter in reference to his work with the Library of Congress (LC) which is including the song Mountain Meadow Massacre sang by George Harder in an anthology. McCormick is writing the notes for the song and gathering information relating to George Harder. Forsyth Harter is the daughter-in-law of Harder and she informs McCormick that Harder never joined the Mormon church and that he learned the song in Utah. It is a song, according to Forsyth Harter, about Native Americans attacking and killing people living on a ranch owned by her uncle Thomas Forsyth. Side B: Jose Morante, interview July 10, 1977. McCormick conducts telephone interview with Morante as part of his work for the Library of Congress (LC). He is writing the liner notes for an album about death and tragedy. Morante's song about the death of Kennedy, which is sang in Spanish, is included in the anthology. Morante is one of the singers and gives McCormick the names of the other singers and musicians. According to Morante the song was recorded in San Antonio, Texas about two weeks after JKF was assassinated. Leo Raley, interview, August 15, 1977. McCormick conducts telephone interview with Raley in reference to the recording Graveyard Blues. The song is sang by Raley and recorded by Bob Dunn for Decca Records. Raley, born in Hubbard, Texas on April 1, 1913, discusses his work with Bob Dunn. He also converses about his performances with the Alabama Boys and the Floyd Tillman band. Early in his musical career the guitar was the first instrument he played; he performed in black face; and travelled, played, and peddled medicine with the Dr. Scott medicine show. In addition, he discusses other Texas musicians, playing on KXYZ radio, and managing the Plantation Club and Palatium Club.