Interviewee	Hollingsworth, Ray ‘Curle’
Interviewer	Boyd, Jean Ann
Title	Oral Memoirs of Ray 'Curle' Hollingsworth
Interview details	Interviewed by Jean A. Boyd on two occassions on August 9, 1992 and July 7, 2003 in Waco, Texas.
Number of interviews	2
Interview Date(s)	1992; 2003
Item type	Transcript
Genre	Oral histories
Description, transcript	in process
Description, sound recordings	analog audio tape
Project	Arts and Culture Project
Subproject	Western swing
Summary	Ray “Curle” Hollingsworth was a western swing piano player who played with several popular western bands including Bob Wills, Red Foley, and the Miller brothers.
Subject--Library of Congress	Western swing (Music) Wills, Bob, 1905-1975 Music--Texas--History
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Deposit Date	2001
Genre source	local
Resource Type	Interview
Format	Text
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

Interviewee	Hollingsworth, Ray ‘Curle’
Interviewer	Boyd, Jean Ann
Title	Oral Memoirs of Ray 'Curle' Hollingsworth - Transcript
Interview details	Interviewed by Jean A. Boyd on 9 August 1992 in Waco, Texas.
Number of interviews	1
Interview Date(s)	1992
Item type	Transcript
Genre	Oral histories
Description, transcript	54 pages
Description, sound recordings	analog audio tape; 1.83 hrs.
Project	Arts and Culture Project
Subproject	Western swing
Summary	Ray “Curle” Hollingsworth was a western swing piano player who played with several popular western bands including Bob Wills, Red Foley, and the Miller brothers; family background; musical background; pianists that influenced his playing style; first band jobs; working on various western swing bands; working for the Miller brothers; working for Red Foley; working for Hank Thompson; playing and touring with Bob Wills; performing in movies; working for F. M. Young Contractors, Marlin, Texas; difficulties of touring; change in music styles over the years; blues-style piano; methods of improvisation; influence of Eldon Shamblin on playing; the piano as a rhythm instrument; learning from fellow musicians; recording square dances; recording with Johnny Gimble; definition of jazz; improvisation on the Bob Wills band; members of the Miller band; playing with the Original Texas Playboys; definition of western swing; Dixieland music; influences on western swing; differences between Texas swing a
Subject--Library of Congress	Western swing (Music) Wills, Bob, 1905-1975 Music--Texas--History
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Deposit Date	2001
Genre source	local
Resource Type	Interview
Format	Text
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

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