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The Ways of the World

Title

The Ways of the World

Digital Object

Performer

Stepp, William Hamilton (W.H.)

Date Recorded

1937-10-26

AFS Number

1569A2

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304

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.

Genre

fiddle tune

Instrumentation

fiddle

State

Kentucky

County

Magoffin

Town

Salyersville

Is Referenced by

American Fiddle Tunes. by Alan Jabbour. L62, 1972. LP.
American Fiddle Tunes. Edited by Alan Jabbour. Rounder CD 18964-1518-2, 2000. CD.

Titon, Jeff Todd. Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes. 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.)

Music of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-37. Edited by Guthrie Meade and Richard Nevins. Yazoo 2013 and 2014, 1995. Set of 2 CD's.

Collection

Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection

Tags

fiddle, fiddle tune

Citation

“The Ways of the World,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 23, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1118.

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