Flip Breskin oral history (1 of 2)
First of two separate interviews. Ms. Breskin briefly describes her experiences as the first Jewish family on Mercer Island, and how this isolation as a child led her to music. She moved to Bellingham in 1970 at the height of the counter-culture movement and recollects her connections with the South Fork Bluegrass Band. She relates her experiences as one of the founding members of the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, and the various camps and workshops that sprang forth from that, the Sound Acoustic Music Workshop and the California Coast Music Camp for example. Ms. Breskin also discusses the influences she had on the WCHMS, and her thoughts and experiences in the Bellingham folk music scene in general. She explores the impact that musicians like Elizabeth Cotten had on her own folk music experience and her personal connections to other folk artists like Janis Ian, Larry Hanks, Mike Marker, Eric Schoenberg, and Richard Ruskin. She explains her connection to Mama Sundays, now the Underground Coffee House on Western's campus, its history, and its connection to the music scene in Bellingham.
Object Details
Creators/Contributors
- Breskin, Flip - Interviewee open_in_new Breskin, Flip's website (opens in new tab)
- Hogue, Coty - Interviewer open_in_new Hogue, Coty's website (opens in new tab)
- Brion, Laurel - Transcriber
Collection
collections Whatcom County Homemade Music Society Oral Histories
Identifier
Breskin20051024
Date Created
October 24th, 2005
Publisher
Digital object made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University.
Physical location
- WaBeCP
- Western Washington University
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Whatcom County Homemade Music Society Oral Histories
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Subject Topics
Subject Topics (machine generated)
- Folk music--United States--History--Sources
- Folk music--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources
- Folk music--Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Music--Societies--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources
- Musicians--Northwest, Pacific--History--Sources
- Musicians--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources
- Musicians--Washington (State)--Bellingham--ington (State)--Bellingham--Interviews