- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 7 min., 15 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Howard "Louis Bluie" Armstrong was born on March 4, 1909, in Dayton, Tennessee. As a child, Armstrong was an avid learner. He played the mandolin, fiddle and guitar, among other instruments; learned to speak Italian, German, Polish, and Spanish; and began drawing and painting. Armstrong started playing in local bands as a teenager and recorded as part of the successful Martin, Bogan & Armstrong Trio before moving to Chicago in 1933. After serving in World War II, Armstrong supported his family as an assembly line worker in Detroit, but the Martin, Bogan & Armstrong Trio reunited in 1971 to perform and record several albums. Armstrong was fluent in seven languages and played twenty-two instruments. He was the subject of two documentary films, Louie Bluie (1985) and Sweet Old Song (2002), and the recipient of a National Heritage Award. Armstrong passed away on July 30, 2003 at the age of ninety-four.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Howard Armstrong
- Howard Armstrong
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 994208843
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Howard Armstrong.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
030715
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Boston, Massachusetts 2003 April 12.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Painter Country and Blues Musician.
- Added Author
Armstrong, Howard, 1909-2003, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.