Glenn Ohrlin

b. 26 Oct 1926, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Ohrlin’s dad was a Swedish immigrant, and his mom’s parents had been from Norway. Aside from learning fundamental tunes and tunes, and acoustic guitar technique, Ohrlin wished to be a equine rider. At age 14, his family members relocated to California, and 2 yrs later he remaining home to visit Nevada to operate in rodeo. He also done ranches through the entire West, and offered in america Military from 1945-46. After Globe Battle II, Ohrlin continuing to soak up musical affects, including Flamenco acoustic guitar design, and traditional tunes, discovered from Mexican cowboys. He continuing driving, both bareback and saddle, and, in Sept 1954, he and his wife relocated to Hill View, Arkansas to improve cattle. Later on still, in 1960, having recognized that a number of the tunes he was performing were essential from a historic perspective, he started to gather tunes from his close friends and relations. Several were documented in the field through the middle-60s. In Apr 1963, Ohrlin performed in a Hill View Festival, structured from the Rackensack Folklore Culture. In Sept of the same 12 months, Ohrlin travelled to Memphis, Tennessee, to try out on the espresso home circuit. This, nevertheless, didn’t inspire any great response for the music hearing public at that time. He produced his last rodeo trip in Oct 1963, at Andalusia, Alabama, and in under three months produced his debut documenting, Glenn Ohrlin, in Illinois, in Dec 1963. It made an appearance on the College or university of Illinois Campus Folk Tune Club Information label. The documenting featured a number of the tracks performed on the College or university Folk Song Membership on 14 Dec 1963, with various other tracks extracted from recordings produced between 13 Dec and 16 March 1964. Ohrlin got already been documented by Bruce Jackson through the summertime of 1964. Between 1965-66, Ohrlin gathered and documented several performers through the entire expresses of Arkansas, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The materials ranged from unaccompanied functions (some with electric guitar and fiddle), to materials sung in Swedish and Norwegian. The Hell-Bound Teach contained tracks through the concert documented in 1963-64, on the Campus Folksong Membership.