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Callahan

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Title

Callahan

Alan Lomax Recording Item Type Metadata

Digital Object

Performer

Asher, Boyd

Date Recorded

1937-10-15

AFS Number

1527A1

AFC Collection

AFC 1937/001

AFC Catalog Record

http://lccn.loc.gov/2008700304

Genre

fiddle tune

Instrumentation

fiddle

Setting

At McKinley Asher's store

State

Kentucky

County

Leslie

Town

Hyden

Is Referenced by

Wilgus, D.K. “The Hanged Fiddler Legend in Anglo-American Tradition.” Folklore on Two Continents: Essays in honor of Linda Degh. Edited by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindhal. Trickster Press, 1980. pp. 120-138.(Collection includes several versions of one of this story / tune motif.)

Collection

Alan and Elizabeth Lomax Kentucky collection

Tags

fiddle, fiddle tune

Citation

“Callahan,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed July 13, 2026, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/947.

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