Eastern Illinois University Fieldwork Project

July 16, 1983. Bill Rutherford (Decatur) - caller & Glenn Abbott (Mattoon) - fiddle. Square Dance at LaPlace village hall. The band also included an unnamed guitarist from Mattoon with an electric guitar & rhythm machine.

• Eighth of January/ Rush and the Pepper, dance figure: The Old Nine Pin
• Breakdown in A/ Devil's Dream/ Durham's Bull/ Boil Them Cabbage Down, dance figure: Cage the Bird
• Flop-Eared Mule, dance figure: Dip and Dive
• Under the Double Eagle/ Ragtime Annie, dance: The Grandpa Dance
• Tennessee Wagoner/ Under the Double Eagle, dance figure: Split the Ring

July 17, 1983. Rev. James Biggs (Decatur) leads worship at St. John's Missionary Baptist Church - worship service with choir, congrational singing and testimony.

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July 18, 1983. Arlin Dietz (Decatur) on fiddle, with Mervin "Skeet" Evans (Shelbyville) - guitar & vocal & Kenny Williams - guitar & vocal and - fiddle. Recorded at Arlin's home, the group performed country duets with a smattering of fiddle tunes.

• Sal Has a Wooden Leg (fiddle tune)
• That Was Before I Met You
• Waiting for the Federals (fiddle tune)
• In The Pines
• I Heard the Lonesome Whistle Blow
• The Lightning Express
• The Black Sheep
• If Brother Jack Were Here
• The Wabash Cannonball
• unnamed tune (fiddle tune)

July 1983. Mervin "Skeet" Evans (Shelbyville) - guitar & vocal. With Linda Dust - vocal.

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July 1983. Robert Valentine (Monticello) - fiddle & Jim Smith - fiddle. With Paul Tyler on guitar.

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July 1983. Cecil Polley (Witt) - fiddle. Recorded by John Holliday.

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July 1983. Archie Smothers (Pana) - fiddle. Recorded by John Holliday.

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August 1983. Charles Keele (Westville) - fiddle. With Paul Tyler on guitar.

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August 1983. Ray Fisher (??) - folksongs.

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September 10, 1983. Olivia __ (Decatur) - piano, & vocal, leads choir rehearsal at St. John's Missionary Bapti.st Church. Prayer led by Rev. James Biggs.

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