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Whiskey Flat – Jam Session 1965
We both agreed that Art Chambers, a two-finger stylist on the five string banjo was a special gem among the people there. Art had accompanied Fiddlin’ Van Cunningham in the contest, and he was rarin’ to go to demonstrate some of his banjo showpieces. Continue reading
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Tagged Bakersfield, banjo, California bluegrass, DK Wilgus, fiddle, fiddle contest, fiddling, field recordings, Folk Music, jam session, Kernville, Lake Isabella, old time music
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Musical Meetings: Rocky Adamson
Rocky Adamson, town constable of Dayton NV, recorded at Sutro Saloon in 1967. Continue reading
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Tagged cowboy songs, Folk Music, guitar, Nevada History, old time music, Sutro Saloon, Virginia City, western music
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Eck Robertson, Texas Fiddler, and “Sallie Gooden”
“He had a leather strap around his neck attached to the end pin of the instrument. He spoke of fiddling and occasionally, would raise the instrument to playing position and run his bow across the strings to make a point. His frailty vanished as soon as he laid that bow to the strings: there was the Eck I knew from his recordings! ” Continue reading
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Tagged bluegrass history, early recording, fiddle, fiddler, Folk Music, old time music, Peter Feldmann, Texas fiddling
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