Laurel Bliss oral history
Ms. Bliss briefly outlines her early experiences with playing music and some of her early artistic influences, including Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles. She spent the majority of her college career at University of Washington. Ms. Bliss recalls how she was exposed to bluegrass style music, and how she was first introduced to playing the dobro, a lap-played guitar often featured in country and bluegrass music. She relates her experiences playing with the South Fork Bluegrass Band of Bellingham, including playing at the Darrington Bluegrass Festival and the Grass Valley Festival. Ms. Bliss has taught classes at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop since 1984, and attended Whatcom County Homemade Music Society (WCHMS) music circles at the Roeder house when she was first learning to play folk music. She also describes the recording of a record, Old Pal, in 1994 with long time friend, Cliff Perry, and discusses her experiences playing Cajun music, specifically with the Bellingham-based band the Happy Valley Sluggers.
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Creators/Contributors
- Bliss, Laurel - Interviewee open_in_new Bliss, Laurel'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
Date Created
February 16th, 2006
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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Identifier
Bliss20060216
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