Sue Jones, Gin Laughery, and Nancy Anderson
Recorded
July 29, 2022
Archived
July 29, 2022
40:06 minutes
0:00 / 0:00
Id:
mby021936
Description
Sisters Sue Jones (68), Gin Laughery (77), and Nancy Anderson (72) remember their father and the legacy of his musical career.Subject Log / Time Code
G talks about the role of music in their parents' lives and explains how their parents met during World War II.
G, N, and S share memories of their father's musical career and his various bands.
G, N, and S reflect on growing up with music in their home, and the Big Band music that defined their childhood.
G, N, and S recall their father's band members as teachers, family friends, and as a kind of extended family.
G, N and S remember their father's band's big break, and the impact it had on the band and community.
G, N, and S discus the role music plays in their children's lives, and recall their childhood memories of holidays sharing music.
G, N, and S share about the albums the band recorded and the different press photos they did.
G, N, and S discuss recognition the band and their wives got from the local column "Uncle Moses," and reflect on the immense work the wives did to keep the families going and support each other.
G, N, and S reflect on how the way they experience music was shaped by their father. They discuss ways their family continues to preserve their father's work, and all the ways music lives on in the family.
Participants
- Sue Jones
- Gin Laughery
- Nancy Anderson