Hoedown
Title
Hoedown
Digital Object
Performer
Steele, Pete
Date Recorded
1938-03-29
AFS Number
1703B
AFC Collection
AFC 1938/004
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Followed by discussion about provenance of the tune, which Steele learned from a Harlan Co. man en route to World War I. Identified as "Rambling Hobo" on AFS card, but Steele had no other name for it and just called it a hoedown.
Genre
banjo tune
Instrumentation
banjo
State
Ohio
County
Butler
Town
Hamilton
Is Referenced by
Kentucky Mountain Music: Classic Recordings of the 1920s and 1930s. Edited by Richard Nevins and Charles Wolfe. [S.1.]: Yazoo, 2200, 2003. Set of 7 CD's. (Includes recordings from the collection.)
Reviews:
Blech, Kerry. Old-Time Herald 9, No. 2 (Winter 2003-2004).
Pareles, Jon. New York Times. November 30, 2003.
Pekar, Harvey. Austin Chronicle. April 4, 2003.
Reviews:
Blech, Kerry. Old-Time Herald 9, No. 2 (Winter 2003-2004).
Pareles, Jon. New York Times. November 30, 2003.
Pekar, Harvey. Austin Chronicle. April 4, 2003.
Collection
Citation
“Hoedown,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 24, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/147.