Unidentified dulcimer tune

Title

Unidentified dulcimer tune

Digital Object

Performer

Deaton, Ambrose

Date Recorded

1937-10-21

AFS Number

1551B1

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

Editor Note

Recorded at George Gibson's grocery store. This performance is mis-identified on the AFS card as being "The Girl I Left Behind" as sung by McKinley Craft. Deaton was identified as "Ambers" (the local pronunciation of his name). Exact date is not known but likely in the range of October 21-23.

Genre

instrumental

Instrumentation

dulcimer

State

Kentucky

County

Knott

Town

Cody

Citation

“Unidentified dulcimer tune,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 25, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1056.