Reflections on Perry "Tiger" Thompson from his daughter, Lydia Thompson (part 02)
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Title
Reflections on Perry "Tiger" Thompson from his daughter, Lydia Thompson (part 02)
Description
Lydia Thompson (b. Feb 3, 1940, d. Sep 20, 1996), Perry “Tiger” Thompson’s (b. 1908, d. Apr 26, 1973) daughter, part three of three interviews. Bob Friedman visited Ms. Thompson at her home in Bessemer. Lydia continues to reflect on her family and her dad’s career in radio. Bob was given a picture of Tiger at a WJLD microphone for duplication purposes
Creator
Lydia Thompson
Bob Friedman
Publisher
Birmingham Black Radio Museum
Date
November 07, 1993
Contributor
Mark Usry
Emily Bibb
Format
JPG
MP3
PDF
Language
English
Identifier
TigerThompsonOH-03
Interviewer
Bob Friedman
Interviewee
Lydia Thompson
Location
Bessemer, Alabama
Transcription
Transcript of audio snippet:
Lydia Thompson: Cuz I think everybody in our family got a chance to be on the radio.
Bob Friedman: Is that right?
LT: Uh huh. At that time.
BF: Did you get a chance to be on the radio?
LT: Yes I....
BF: How did that happen?
LT: Well sometimes they would have a meetin'.
BF: Mhm
LT: And I’d play those long, uh, LPs and...
BF: He'd just tell ya to...
LT: Uh huh
BF: Go with it.
LT: Yeah just play it. Uh huh.
BF: Uh huh
LT: And sometimes I did get a chance to read a commercial too.
BF: Uh huh
LT: But that would be it you know. I wasn’t very...
BF: So how old were you? when you...
LT: Oh I was a teenager then.
BF: You were a teenager. Reading a commercial on WJLD.
LT: Mhm
BF: (laughs)
LT: And my brother. When he was 4, he had a show of his own.
BF: When he was 4 years old?
LT: Yeah
BF: Four years old?
LT: Four years old. It’s in the Ebony Magazine. They did a write up on him and had him in Ebony magazine.
BF: Really? On what and what, where did he broadcast it?
Lydia Thompson: Cuz I think everybody in our family got a chance to be on the radio.
Bob Friedman: Is that right?
LT: Uh huh. At that time.
BF: Did you get a chance to be on the radio?
LT: Yes I....
BF: How did that happen?
LT: Well sometimes they would have a meetin'.
BF: Mhm
LT: And I’d play those long, uh, LPs and...
BF: He'd just tell ya to...
LT: Uh huh
BF: Go with it.
LT: Yeah just play it. Uh huh.
BF: Uh huh
LT: And sometimes I did get a chance to read a commercial too.
BF: Uh huh
LT: But that would be it you know. I wasn’t very...
BF: So how old were you? when you...
LT: Oh I was a teenager then.
BF: You were a teenager. Reading a commercial on WJLD.
LT: Mhm
BF: (laughs)
LT: And my brother. When he was 4, he had a show of his own.
BF: When he was 4 years old?
LT: Yeah
BF: Four years old?
LT: Four years old. It’s in the Ebony Magazine. They did a write up on him and had him in Ebony magazine.
BF: Really? On what and what, where did he broadcast it?
Duration
Full interview: 18 minutes
Audio snippet: 2 minutes
Audio snippet: 2 minutes
Collection
Citation
Lydia Thompson and Bob Friedman, “Reflections on Perry "Tiger" Thompson from his daughter, Lydia Thompson (part 02),” The Birmingham Black Radio Museum, accessed July 3, 2022, https://thebbrm.org/item/89.
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