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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1534A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1534A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-17
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
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Title
A name given to the resource
Adeline
fiddle
fiddle tune
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1505B
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1505B" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-12
Genre
fiddle tune
comic song
Performer
Garrison, Lucy Nicholson
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Providence
County
Laurel
Editor Note
Ms. Garrison recites the dialogue and diddles the tune. The AFS card gives the location as Laurel County, but Lomax announces on 1503B1 that Nicholson's home in Providence is in Clay Co. on the edge of Laurel.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Arkansas Traveler
comic song
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1534A3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1534A3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-17
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
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Title
A name given to the resource
Arkansas Traveler
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1464A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1464A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Editor Note
Levels inconsistent
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Title
A name given to the resource
Arkansas Traveler (Part 1)
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1464B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1464B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Editor Note
Learned from one-armed violinist Charles Edward Pace.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Arkansas Traveler (Part 2)
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Title
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John A. Lomax Southern States collection, 1937
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/007
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Collection of field recordings of African American and Anglo-American religious songs, hymns, spirituals, play-party songs, ballads, folk songs, children's songs, fiddle tunes, work songs, field hollers, blues, and stories, from Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas, recorded by John A. Lomax and Ruby T. Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song in June and July, 1937. Instrumentation includes fiddle, guitar, washboard, French harp, and accordion; solo and group singing, and storytelling. Includes recordings of "Plantation echoes, a folk play in three acts," written and directed by Rosa Warren Wilson, and sung and spoken by a group of Negroes from Wadmalaw Island, performed in Hibernian Hall, Charleston, S.C., July 16, 1937
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">AFC 1937/007 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/007
AFS Number
1010A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937007_1010A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-06-28
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day)
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At the home of Jean Thomas
State
Kentucky
Town
Ashland
County
Boyd
Editor Note
With spoken introduction by Jean Thomas.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Billy In the Lowground
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1527A3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1527A3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hammock, Jimmie
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Editor Note
Hammock's name is spelled "Hammick" on AFS card.
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Billy In the Lowground
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1528A3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1528A3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Asher, Boyd
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Billy In the Lowground
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1537A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1537A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-18
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
Dublin Core
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A name given to the resource
Billy In the Lowground
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1535A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1535A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-17
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
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Title
A name given to the resource
Black-Eyed Susie
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1502B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1502B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-12
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Nicholson, George C.
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Providence
County
Laurel
Editor Note
The AFS card gives the location as Laurel County, but Lomax announces on 1503B1 that Nicholson's home in Providence is in Clay Co. on the edge of Laurel.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Blue Bonnet
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1502A
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1502A" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-12
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Nicholson, George N.
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Providence
County
Laurel
Editor Note
Lomax gives Nicholson's age as 84. The AFS card gives the location as Laurel County, but Lomax announces on 1503B1 that Nicholson's home in Providence is in Clay Co. on the edge of Laurel.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Bonaparte's Retreat
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1528B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1528B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Asher, Boyd
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Dublin Core
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A name given to the resource
Bonaparte's Retreat
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1538B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1538B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-19
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
Editor Note
AFS card places this on side A.
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A name given to the resource
Bonaparte's Retreat
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
AFC 1937/001
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1568A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1568A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-26
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Stepp, William Hamilton (W.H.)
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
Editor Note
Stepp, who Lomax misidentified in announcements and notes as "W.M. Stepp," was known locally as "Fiddler Bill." He lived in nearby Lakeville.
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">Music of Kentucky: <span class="font10">Early American Rural Classics 1927-37</span></a><span class="font9"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">. Edited by Guthrie Meade and Richard Nevins. Yazoo 2013 and 2014, 1995. Set of 2 CD's. </a> <br /></span>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books7">Titon, Jeff Todd. <span class="font17">Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tune</span><span class="font16">s. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Book and CD. (Includes general history of fiddling in Kentucky as well as biographies and tune transcriptions of several fiddlers in this collection.)</span></a>
<p><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books8">Wade, Stephen. The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience<span class="font10">. University of Illinois Press, 2012. (Includes extensive and in-depth chapters on three Kentucky musicians and one of their performances recorded by Alan Lomax: Pete Steele, William Hamilton (W.H.) Stepp, and Luther Strong.)<br /><br /></span></a></p>
<p><span class="font10">Review: Olson, Ted. The Old-Time Herald. Vol. 13, No. 11, 2014. p. 40.</span></p>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/articles10">Wade, Stephen. "The Route of 'Bonaparte's Retreat': From 'Fiddler Bill' Stepp to Aaron Copland." <span class="font15">American Music</span><span class="font14"> 18.4 (2000): 343. (A discussion of “Bonaparte's Retreat" as played on fiddle by </span><span class="font12">William Hamilton (W.H.) Stepp.)</span></a>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/articles14">Winick, Stephen. “Beef, Belles, Babies and Blues: Musical Arrangements Inspired by AFC Archival Materials.” <span class="font15">Folklife Center News</span><span class="font14">. Vol. 33, Nos. 1-2, Winter / Spring 2011. pp. 3-14. (Includes discussion of two pieces of music from this collection.)</span></a>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings10">American Fiddle Tunes<span class="font7">. by Alan Jabbour. L62, 1972. LP. <br /></span><span class="font8">American Fiddle Tunes</span></a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings10">. Edited by Alan Jabbour. Rounder CD 18964-1518-2, 2000. CD. </a> <br /></span>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings11">A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings. </a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings11">Edited by Stephen Wade. Rounder Records, CD 1500, 1997. </a> <br /></span>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books5">Originally:</a><br /><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books5"> Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. <span class="font17">Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads</span><span class="font16">. The Macmillan Company, 1941. <br /> (Includes transcriptions.) <br /><br /></span></a>
<p>Currently as:<br />Lomax, John A., Alan Lomax, and Ruth Crawford Seeger. Our Singing Country: A Second Volume of American Folk Songs and Ballads. Dover, 2000.</p>
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Bonaparte's Retreat
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1527B2
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Asher, Boyd
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Cacklin' Hen
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1535B3
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Date Recorded
1937-10-17
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
unidentified
Instrumentation
fiddle
guitar
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
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Cacklin' Hen
fiddle
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guitar
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
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AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1572B3
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Date Recorded
1937-10-26
Genre
dance tune
fiddle tune
Performer
Stepp, William Hamilton (W.H.)
Puckett, Mae Porter
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">Music of Kentucky: <span class="font10">Early American Rural Classics 1927-37</span></a><span class="font9"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">. Edited by Guthrie Meade and Richard Nevins. Yazoo 2013 and 2014, 1995. Set of 2 CD's. </a> <br /></span>
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Cacklin' Hen
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fiddle
fiddle tune
guitar
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1503B2
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-12
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Nicholson, George C.
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Providence
County
Laurel
Editor Note
The AFS card gives the location as Laurel County, but Lomax announces on 1503B1 that Nicholson's home in Providence is in Clay Co. on the edge of Laurel.
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/articles11">Wilgus, D.K. “The Hanged Fiddler Legend in Anglo-American Tradition.” <span class="font15">Folklore on Two Continents: Essays in honor of Linda Degh</span><span class="font14">. Edited by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindhal. Trickster Press, 1980. pp. 120-138.(Collection includes several versions of one of this story / tune motif.)</span></a>
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Callahan
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1527A1
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Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Asher, Boyd
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/articles11">Wilgus, D.K. “The Hanged Fiddler Legend in Anglo-American Tradition.” <span class="font15">Folklore on Two Continents: Essays in honor of Linda Degh</span><span class="font14">. Edited by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindhal. Trickster Press, 1980. pp. 120-138.(Collection includes several versions of one of this story / tune motif.)</span></a>
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Callahan
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1568B2
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-26
Alternate Titles
Last of Callahan
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Stepp, William Hamilton (W.H.)
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
Editor Note
Stepp, who Lomax misidentified in announcements and notes as "W.M. Stepp," was known locally as "Fiddler Bill." He lived in nearby Lakeville.
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/articles11">Wilgus, D.K. “The Hanged Fiddler Legend in Anglo-American Tradition.” <span class="font15">Folklore on Two Continents: Essays in honor of Linda Degh</span><span class="font14">. Edited by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindhal. Trickster Press, 1980. pp. 120-138.(Collection includes several versions of one of this story / tune motif.)</span></a>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">Music of Kentucky: <span class="font10">Early American Rural Classics 1927-37</span></a><span class="font9"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">. Edited by Guthrie Meade and Richard Nevins. Yazoo 2013 and 2014, 1995. Set of 2 CD's. </a> <br /></span>
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Callahan
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1463B1
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Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
lyric song
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Charming Betsy
fiddle
fiddle tune
lyric song
vocal
-
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John A. Lomax Southern States Collection, 1933-1937
Identifier
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AFC 1935/002
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700300">AFC 1935/002 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700300">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700300</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1935/002
AFS Number
0076A3
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1933-08
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Howard, James (Blind Jim Howard)
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Harlan
County
Harlan
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Cindy
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1467B2
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Date Recorded
1937-10-04
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Skeens, Lee
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Wooton
County
Leslie
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Cluck Old Hen
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1520B3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1520B3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-14
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Asher, McKinley
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Cripple Creek
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1539A4
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-19
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
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Cripple Creek
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1463A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1463A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Cumberland Gap
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1539A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1539A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-19
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
Is Referenced by
A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings10">American Fiddle Tunes<span class="font7">. by Alan Jabbour. L62, 1972. LP. <br /></span><span class="font8">American Fiddle Tunes</span></a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings10">. Edited by Alan Jabbour. Rounder CD 18964-1518-2, 2000. CD. </a> <br /></span>
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Title
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Cumberland Gap
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1464A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1464A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Editor Note
These two tunes, recorded in a single band, were given the AFS #s of 1464A1 and A2, respectively, but are combined here.
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Cumberland Gap / Buck Creek Girls
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1467B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1467B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-04
Alternate Titles
Give the Fiddler A Dram
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Skeens, Lee
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Wooton
County
Leslie
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Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1568B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1568B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-26
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Stepp, William Hamilton (W.H.)
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
Editor Note
Stepp, who Lomax misidentified in announcements and notes as "W.M. Stepp," was known locally as "Fiddler Bill." He lived in nearby Lakeville.
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books7">Titon, Jeff Todd. <span class="font17">Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tune</span><span class="font16">s. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Book and CD. (Includes general history of fiddling in Kentucky as well as biographies and tune transcriptions of several fiddlers in this collection.)</span></a>
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Title
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Dolly
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
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John A. Lomax Southern States collection, 1937
Identifier
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AFC 1937/007
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of African American and Anglo-American religious songs, hymns, spirituals, play-party songs, ballads, folk songs, children's songs, fiddle tunes, work songs, field hollers, blues, and stories, from Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas, recorded by John A. Lomax and Ruby T. Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song in June and July, 1937. Instrumentation includes fiddle, guitar, washboard, French harp, and accordion; solo and group singing, and storytelling. Includes recordings of "Plantation echoes, a folk play in three acts," written and directed by Rosa Warren Wilson, and sung and spoken by a group of Negroes from Wadmalaw Island, performed in Hibernian Hall, Charleston, S.C., July 16, 1937
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">AFC 1937/007 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/007
AFS Number
1019A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937007_1019A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-06-28
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day)
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At the home of Jean Thomas
State
Kentucky
Town
Ashland
County
Boyd
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Dr. Humphrey's Jig
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1573A3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1573A3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-26
Alternate Titles
Drunken Hiccoughs
Rye Whiskey
Jack of Diamonds
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Stepp, William Hamilton (W.H.)
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
Is Referenced by
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings10">American Fiddle Tunes<span class="font7">. by Alan Jabbour. L62, 1972. LP. <br /></span><span class="font8">American Fiddle Tunes</span></a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings10">. Edited by Alan Jabbour. Rounder CD 18964-1518-2, 2000. CD. </a> <br /></span>
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Drunken Hiccups
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1538A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1538A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-19
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Baker, Bev
Combs, Norman
Instrumentation
fiddle
guitar
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
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Flop-Eared Mule (#1)
fiddle
fiddle tune
guitar
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1538A3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1538A3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-19
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Baker, Bev
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
Dublin Core
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Flop-Eared Mule (#2)
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1516A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1516A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-14
Alternate Titles
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1573B3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1573B3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-26
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Stepp, William Hamilton (W.H.)
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Salyersville
County
Magoffin
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Gilder Boy
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1525A3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1525A3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Asher, Boyd
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Dublin Core
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A name given to the resource
Give the Fiddler A Dram
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1534B3
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1534B3" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-17
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
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Give the Fiddler A Dram
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1464B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1464B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Glory In the Meeting House
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1528A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1528A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Alternate Titles
Glory In the Meetinghouse
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Asher, Boyd
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Glory In the Meeting House
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1536A2
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-18
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
Is Referenced by
A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books7">Titon, Jeff Todd. <span class="font17">Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tune</span><span class="font16">s. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Book and CD. (Includes general history of fiddling in Kentucky as well as biographies and tune transcriptions of several fiddlers in this collection.)</span></a>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books8">Wade, Stephen. The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience<span class="font10">. University of Illinois Press, 2012. (Includes extensive and in-depth chapters on three Kentucky musicians and one of their performances recorded by Alan Lomax: Pete Steele, William Hamilton (W.H.) Stepp, and Luther Strong.)</span></a>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings11">A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings. </a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings11">Edited by Stephen Wade. Rounder Records, CD 1500, 1997. </a> </span>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">Music of Kentucky: <span class="font10">Early American Rural Classics 1927-37</span></a><span class="font9"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">. Edited by Guthrie Meade and Richard Nevins. Yazoo 2013 and 2014, 1995. Set of 2 CD's. </a> </span>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings2">Anglo-American Shanties, Lyric Songs, Dance Tunes and Spirituals. </a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings2">Edited by Alan Lomax. AFS L2, 1942. LP.</a> <br /></span>
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Title
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Glory In the Meeting House
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Title
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1536B1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1536B1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-18
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Baker, Bev
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
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Glory In the Meeting House
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1519A3
Digital Object
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Date Recorded
1937-10-14
Genre
lyric song
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
fiddle
fiddle tune
lyric song
vocal
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1463A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1463A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-03
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hoskins, Theophilus G.
Instrumentation
vocal
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Groundhog
fiddle
fiddle tune
vocal
-
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John A. Lomax Southern States collection, 1937
Identifier
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AFC 1937/007
Abstract
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Collection of field recordings of African American and Anglo-American religious songs, hymns, spirituals, play-party songs, ballads, folk songs, children's songs, fiddle tunes, work songs, field hollers, blues, and stories, from Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas, recorded by John A. Lomax and Ruby T. Lomax for the Archive of American Folk Song in June and July, 1937. Instrumentation includes fiddle, guitar, washboard, French harp, and accordion; solo and group singing, and storytelling. Includes recordings of "Plantation echoes, a folk play in three acts," written and directed by Rosa Warren Wilson, and sung and spoken by a group of Negroes from Wadmalaw Island, performed in Hibernian Hall, Charleston, S.C., July 16, 1937
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">AFC 1937/007 </a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426">http://lccn.loc.gov/2009655426</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/007
AFS Number
1010B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937007_1010B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-06-28
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day)
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At the home of Jean Thomas
State
Kentucky
Town
Ashland
County
Boyd
Editor Note
With spoken introduction by Jean Thomas.
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Hell and Scissors
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1528A1
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1528A1" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Asher, Boyd
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Hickory Jack
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1534B2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1534B2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-17
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Strong, Luther
Instrumentation
fiddle
State
Kentucky
Town
Hazard
County
Perry
Is Referenced by
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<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/books7">Titon, Jeff Todd. <span class="font17">Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tune</span><span class="font16">s. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Book and CD. (Includes general history of fiddling in Kentucky as well as biographies and tune transcriptions of several fiddlers in this collection.)</span></a>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">Music of Kentucky: <span class="font10">Early American Rural Classics 1927-37</span></a><span class="font9"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings16">. Edited by Guthrie Meade and Richard Nevins. Yazoo 2013 and 2014, 1995. Set of 2 CD's. </a> <br /></span>
<a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings14">Kentucky Mountain Music: Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 1930s. </a><span class="font7"><a href="http://lomaxky.omeka.net/recordings14">Edited by Richard Nevins and Charles Wolfe. [S.1.]: Yazoo, 2200, 2003. Set of 7 CD's. (Includes recordings from the collection.)</a> <br /><br /> Reviews:<br /><a href="http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-2/reviews.html">Blech, Kerry.</a></span><a href="http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-2/reviews.html"><span class="font8"> Old-Time Herald </span></a><span class="font7"><a href="http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-9/9-2/reviews.html">9, No. 2 (Winter 2003-2004). </a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/arts/playlist-boxed-sets-the-year-in-boxes-cd-s-and-dvd-s-learn-to-share-323543.html">Pareles, Jon. </a></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/arts/playlist-boxed-sets-the-year-in-boxes-cd-s-and-dvd-s-learn-to-share-323543.html"><span class="font8">New York Times. </span></a><span class="font7"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/30/arts/playlist-boxed-sets-the-year-in-boxes-cd-s-and-dvd-s-learn-to-share-323543.html">November 30, 2003. </a><br /><a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-04-04/153351/">Pekar, Harvey. </a></span><a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2003-04-04/153351/"><span class="font8">Austin Chronicle. </span><span class="font7">April 4, 2003.</span></a>
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Hickory Jack
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
Identifier
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1527A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1527A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-15
Genre
fiddle tune
Performer
Hammock, Jimmie
Instrumentation
fiddle
Setting
At McKinley Asher's store
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
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Title
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I Love Somebody
fiddle
fiddle tune
-
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Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection
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AFC 1937/001
Abstract
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A collection of field recordings made on Presto discs by Alan Lomax and his wife Elizabeth Lomax in eastern Kentucky in September and October 1937 for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress. The collection includes folk songs, ballads, hymns, camp meeting songs, union songs, coal miners' songs, blues, children's songs, stories; banjo, harmonica, guitar, and dulcimer music; and a large number of fiddle tunes.
References
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<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">AFC 1937/001</a>
Alan Lomax Recording
AFC Catalog Record
<a href="http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304">http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304</a>
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFS Number
1515A2
Digital Object
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/afc1937001_1515A2" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="500" height="40"></iframe>
Date Recorded
1937-10-14
Genre
fiddle tune
lyric song
comic song
Performer
Pace, Eliza
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
Town
Hyden
County
Leslie
Editor Note
Ms. Pace warns that the song, which has an AAAB structure, has "nigger language." Machine malfunctions two-thirds through the song, distorting and speeding up.
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I Wonder Where My True Love Is
comic song
fiddle tune
lyric song
vocal