Hey, SRCB, how are you?

Okay....I am writing an ethnography of Ida Goodson. Ida was born near Marianna Florida and grew up in Pensacola. She lived in a neighborhood called "Hawkshaw( I think they called it that) which was nine or ten blocks north of the L&N depot in Pensacola which was on the bay. She had six sisters, all of whom played piano. Her sister Wilhelmina was married to DeDe Pierce and was known as Billie Pierce. They lived in New Orleans and toured and are well known in jazz circles. Ida played mostly in north Florida. Ida played at the many jazz clubs in Pensacola and was well respected as a musician. She once played for Bessie Smith. The Goodson's were extraordinarily talented musicians. Ida won a Folk Heritage Award in Florida in 1987.   

I am trying to find out more about her family. I am doing my research in the Florida State Museum Archives and Library and I am also hoping to travel to Pensacola to interview some folks who played with her.

I am learning to do ethnography and have written one on Veronika Jackson and one on Elizabeth Cotten. Is that enough?

gargoyle would like her piano playing. But I can't send him anything because he's so damn mysterious and all....but his Seboomook picture is cute!