Interview with Gloria Belle, May 25, 2006

Project: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Gloria Belle talks about her childhood and early musical influences. She talks about learning various instruments and how she came into her first job on the Cas Walker Show. She talks about recording albums, playing with Betty Amos' All-Girl Band, and her experience playing with Jimmy Martin, Charlie Monroe, and forming her own band with her husband Mike Long, Gloria Belle and Tennessee Sunshine. She talks about women in the music industry.

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2018oh245_ibmm039

Interviewee Name

Gloria Belle

Interviewer Name

Murphy Henry

Interview Date

2006-05-25

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Belle, Gloria Interview by Murphy Henry. 25 May. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Belle, G. (2006, May 25). Interview by M. Henry. Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Belle, Gloria, interview by Murphy Henry. May 25, 2006, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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