From Field, Event, & Home Recordings
Plus selected historic recordings from early 78rpm phonodiscs and published albums
ID# Project* Hometown or recording location - recording year.
Personnel & instrumentation. Contextual information.
Recorded selections
*hover for full project title
Glenn AbbottGL102 EIU Mattoon, Illinois - 1983. With Bill Rutherford (caller) and unidentified (guitar, vocal, & rhythm machine). Square dance in the community hall in LaPlace, Illinois. (Glenn is the son of Jesse James Abbott.) |
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GL114 EIU - 1991. With unknown accompanists at Illinois Fiddlers' Association meeting in Shelbyville, Illinois. |
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Jesse James AbbottGL203 IMH Toledo, Illinois - c1977. Recorded and shared by Garry Harrison. |
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Howard ArmstrongGL027 Tennessee to Detroit - 1982. With Ted Bogan (guitar & vocals). Lark Productions concert in Bear's Back Room in Bloomington, Indiana. |
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DD115 - 1930. 78s - Tennesse Chocolate Drops. With Roland (guitar) & Carl Martin (bass). 78s - Vocalion Records. (Search DD115 for others.)
- 1934. 78 Louie Bluie. With Ted Bogan (guitar). 78 - Bluebird Records.
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MP-008 - 1972. LP - Martin, Bogan & Armstong. Barnyard Dance.
MF099 - 1985. LP - Louie Bluie.
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John BaltzellDD101 & 103 Mt. Vernon, Ohio - 1923. With John F. Burckhardt on piano. 78s - Edison Records. From the collections of Joe Bussard and Paul Gifford. (See also Jasper Bisbee & William Houchens.) |
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Johnny BarnhartGL115 EIU Sorrento, Illinois - 1992. Acc. by Paul Tyler (guitar). |
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Noah BeaversGL203 IMH Elkhorn, Illinois - c1977. Recorded and shared by Garry Harrison. |
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GL206 IMH Charleston, Illinois - 1979. Performance at EIU Celebration of the Arts. Original recording in the Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University. |
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Ove Bergerson & the Bergerson FamilyEF018 Hixton, Wisconsin - 1982. Including Norma (wife) on piano Renee (banjo) & Russell (fiddle & bass) Bergerson. LP - Across the Fields: Traditional Norwegian-American Music from Wisconsin. (See also Blom Family & Leonard Finseth.) |
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Jasper "Jep" BisbeeDD101 Paris, Michigan - 1923. With Beulah Bisbee Schuler on piano. 78s - Edison Records. From the collections of Joe Bussard and Paul Gifford. (See also John Baltzell & William Houchens.) |
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LeRoy Blom & the Blom FamilyEF018 Blair, Wisconsin - 1982. Including Mark (fiddle), Lisa (piano) & Kevin (fiddle) Blair. LP - Across the Fields: Traditional Norwegian-American Music from Wisconsin. (See also Bergerson Family & Leonard Finseth.) |
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Patrick BonnerBeaver Island, Michigan - 1938-40. Selections published in Beaver Island House Party and American Fiddle Tunes: From the Archive of Folk Song. |
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AF439 - 1938. Recorded by Ivan Walton & Alan Lomax.
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AA015 - 1940. Recorded by Ivan Walton.
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Emil BoulangerAA288 Dycksville, Wisconsin - 1946. Recorded by Helen Stratman-Thomas. Selections from Mills Music Library Wisconsin Folksong Collection. (See also CD/book - Folksongs of Another America and cassette album Wisconsin Patchwork. |
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Leizime BrusoeRhinelander, Wisconsin - 1937-40. Selections from Mills Music Library Wisconsin Folksong Collection and American Fiddle Tunes: From the Archive of Folk Song. |
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AF527 - 1937. Recorded by Sidney Robertson.
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AA015 - 1940. Recorded by Helene Stratman.
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Ervie BurgeGL006 IFG Champaign, Illinois - 1980. Acc. (perhaps) by Jim Mikel (guitar) at Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial in Battle Ground, Indiana. |
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AA008 - 1975. LP - Ladies on the Flatboat: The Third Battle Ground Fiddlers Gathering
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AA009 - 1974. LP - Hollow Poplar: The Second Battle Ground Fiddlers' Gathering
AA020 - 1973. LP - Sop'n Up Gravy: The First Battle Ground Fiddlers' Gathering
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Bill CameronMF005 PGCo Brimley, Michigan - c1976. Acc. by Art LeBlanc on piano at the Bay Mills Community Center Recorded and shared by Paul Gifford. |
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Marion "Rusty" ChesnyGL216 Bay City, Michigan - 1977. Acc. by Tim Riggs on banjo & Jim Chesney (son) on guitar. Recorded and shared by Jim Chesney. |
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from a jam session at Adler House |
Joe CloudAA303 Odanah, Wisconsin - 1938. Recorded by Alan Lomax. CD/book - Folksongs of Another America. |
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John "Doc" CornAF528 Akin, Illinois - 1976. Unknown accompanists. Recorded by Larry Corn (son). Shared by Chirps Smith. |
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Junior DaughertyGL144 ITT New Mexico to Blackhawk, Illinois - 1994. Acc by Colin McCoy on guitar. Adler House World Music Festival in Libertyville, Illinois. |
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Henry DavisAF042 Hamilton, Ohio - 1938. Recorded by Alan Lomax. LP - Folk Music of Ohio, 1938 through 1940. |
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Arlin DietzGL101 EIU Decatur, Illinois - 1983. Acc. by Mervin "Skeet" Evans & Kenny Williams (guitars & vocals). |
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Mel DurhamWayne County to Pontiac, Illinois to Long Beach, California. Recorded at California Traditional Music Society's New Year's Camp in Malibu. |
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HT010 - 1994. With Tom Sauber on banjo. Workshop recording.
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HT014 - 1995. Acc. by Paul Tyler on guitar.
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AF472 Long Beach, California - 2000 to 2003. CD - Skillet Fork: The Southern Illinois Tunes of Mel Durham. |
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Stelle ElamBrownstown, Illinois - 1963 to c1970. Recorded and shared by Lyle Mayfield. |
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AF165 - 1963. LP - Green Fields of Illinois.
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AF448 - c1970. Cassette - Buddies: Old Time Fiddling As It Was.
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Varsel FalesAF467 Otsego, Michigan - c1985. With Les Raber (fiddle & piano). At the Raber farmhouse near Hastings, Michigan. Shared by Jim McKinney. |
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AF466 Otsego, Michigan - c1980. Unknown accompanists. Shared by Jim McKinney.
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Leonard FinsethEF024 Mondovi, Wisconsin - 1979. LP - the Hills of Old Wisconsin. |
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EF018 - 1982. LP - Across the Fields: Traditional Norwegian-American Music from Wisconsin.(See also Bergerson Family & Blom Family.)
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Bob FleckGL002 Detroit to California - 1977. With the New American Swinette Orchestra: Bill Webster (hammer dulcimer) & Jane ___ (guitar). Concert and square dance at Lizard in the Spring coffee house in Berkley, Michigan. Recorded and shared by Al Smitley. |
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Lynn FrederickGL260 FCW Brady Lakes, Ohio - 2011. With Fred Campeau (banjo) & Steve Rosen (guitar) at the Atlantic Bar & Grill. |
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Jesse GattonAF080 Danbury, Wisconsin - c1959. Unknown accompanists. Home recordings shared by a member of the family. |
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Paul GiffordGL004 Ferndale, Michigan - 1978. Recorded on a visit to DrDosido's home near Unionville, Indiana. |
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GL008 IFG - 1981. At Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial in Battle Ground, Indiana.
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GL160 Hillsdale, Michigan - 1997. Unknown accompanists at the North Central Regional Fiddlers Convention
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Odie GriffthGL203 IMH Greenup, Illinois - c1977. Recorded and shared by Garry Harrison. |
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Helen GrossAF064 Saline, Michigan - 1980. Acc. by Bob Hubbard or Paul Tyler on piano at the 3rd Tyler-Mahaffee Gathering in Saline. Recorded and shared by Al Smitley. (See also Ray Shepherd.) |
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Henry HallGL209 IMH Cave-in-Rock, Illinois - 1953. Recorded by Millie Angleton for the David S. McIntosh Collection of Illinois Folk Songs, held by The University Museum at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, and the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University in Bloomington. |
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John HannahAF096 Columbus, Ohio - 1984. Recorded by Jeff Goehring & Howard Sacks. LP - Seems Like Romance to Me: Traditional Fiddle Tunes from Ohio. |
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Cliff HardestyAF096 Coshocton County, Ohio - 1984. Recorded by Jeff Goehring & Howard Sacks. LP - Seems Like Romance to Me: Traditional Fiddle Tunes from Ohio. |
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Garry HarrisonGL152 ITT Charleston, Illinois (to Bloomington, Indiana) - 1996. Acc. by Chris German on guitar. Adler House Fiddlers' Reunion in Libertyville, Illinois. |
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AF438 ACC Libertyville, Illinois - 1984. Adler House Illinois Traditional Music Award honoring Harvey "Pappy" Taylor.
after concert dance and jam |
GL154 Bushton, Illinois - 1982. Recorded and shared by Joe Samojedny.
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Robert HilbertGL215 Eaton, Ohio - 2005. Interviewed by Paul
Tyler for Starr-Gennett Foundation oral history project. |
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Jim HoilesGL111 EIU Greenville, Illinois - 1991. Acc. by Bruce Weiss on guitar & fiddle. |
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With Bruce Weiss on fiddle & Paul Tyler on guitar
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AF027 - c1976. LP - Fiddlin' and Pickin' Just a Little Bit Different. Produced and shared by David Johnson.
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AF028 - c1977. LP - Mixin' It Up with Jim Hoiles. Produced and shared by David Johnson.
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Rollie HommonAF096 Newark, Ohio - 1984. Recorded by Jeff Goehring & Howard Sacks. LP - Seems Like Romance to Me: Traditional Fiddle Tunes from Ohio. |
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Wm. B. HouchensDD101 Dayton, Ohio - 1922. With unknown piano. 78s - Gennett Records. From the collection of Paul Wells. (See also John Baltzell & Jasper Bisbee.) |
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John HutchisonAF454 Barnesville, Ohio - 1977. Home recordings. Shared by Kerry Blech. |
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Ruby JohnGL233 Traverse City, Michigan - 2008. Acc. by Jim Chesney (guitar) & Lee Sloan (bass), teacher of the teenaged Ms. John. |
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Danny JohnstonGL156 Harbor Springs, Michigan - 1997. Unknown accompanists and caller at the Original Michigan Fiddlers Association Jamboree in Hastings. |
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Harry JonesGL204 IMH Funkhouser, Illinois - c1960. Acc. by Mike Wilson on guitar. Home recordings from the collection of Ron Brown. (See also Harvey "Pappy" Taylor.) |
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Charles KeeleGL108 EIU Westville, Illinois - 1983. Acc. by Paul Tyler (guitar). |
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Pete KellerAF078 PGCo Cross Village, Michigan - 1976. Acc. by Paul Gifford on piano. Recorded and shared by Paul Gifford. |
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Edward KingAA303 Baraga, Michigan - 1938. Recorded by Alan Lomax. CD/book - Folksongs of Another America. |
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Lloyd KiltsGL156 Grand Rapids, Michigan - 1997. Unknown accompanists at the Original Michigan Fiddlers Association Jamboree in Hastings. |
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Edward KranzAF680 Huron County, Michigan - 1972. Original tape from the collection of Delores DeRyke. Digital reissue by Missouri State Old-Time Fiddlers Association. See Tunes from the Thumb on Bandcamp. |
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Jim LepeakEF232 Auburn, Michigan - c2000. CD - Twenty Old Polish Tunes. Shared by Jim Chesney. |
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Tom McCaffreyGL292 Cleveland, Ohio - 1978. With Frank Barrett & Tom Scott (fiddles). LP - Irish Music from Cleveland, Vol. 2: The Community Tradition. |
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John A. MacDonaldEF009 Detroit - c1965. With Barbara Macdonald on piano. LP - Scottish Fiddling. |
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Buddy McDowellAF709 Van Wert, Ohio to California - c1970. Acc. by Sheila McDowell on guitar. Custom CD Dad & Me shared by Sheila McDowell. (See also Chicago Fiddlers.) |
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Tom McElroyGL116 EIU Tower Hill, Illinois - 1992. |
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Bill MisnerGL234 Traverse City, Michigan - c1950. With Gladys Misner (wife) on piano & unknown others. Digitized for Merle Misner (son). Found by Jim Chesney. |
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Konrad NyenEF021 Belvidere, Illinois - 1984. With Nyen Family: Alvin (mandolin), Ray (guitar), Kerry Nyen (guitar). LP - Tunes from the Amerika Trunk: Traditional Norwegian-American Music from Wisconsin. |
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EF211 - 1987. Cassette - Nyens Nordic Band . . . Plays Old-Time Music. With Mack Robertson (banjo & bass) & Bob Wernerehl (bass). |
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Merritt OlsenAF075 PGCo Birmingham, Michigan - 1976. Acc. by Paul Gifford on piano. Recorded and shared by Paul Gifford. |
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George PariseauDD115 PGCo Bad Axe, Michigan - 1929-30. Unknown personnel. 78s - Gennett Records. From the collection of Paul Gifford. (Search DD115 for others.) |
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Col. John PatteeDD102 New Boston, Michigan - 1924. 78s - Columbia Records. From the collections of Joe Bussard and Paul Gifford. (See also B.E. Scott & Indiana Fiddlers-Tom Owen's Barn Dance Trio.) |
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Don Peterson with the Nordic CowboysGL208 IMH
Chicago to Paxton, Illinois - 2005. With Joe Hafer
(five-string fiddle) & Paul Stewart (keyboard). Demo
recorded in Champaign, Illinois and submitted to Illinois
Humanities Council Folk Songs of Illinois project. |
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Cecil PlumAF096 Massillon, Ohio - 1984. Recorded by Jeff Goehring & Howard Sacks. LP - Seems Like Romance to Me: Traditional Fiddle Tunes from Ohio. |
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Cecil PolleyGL106 EIU Witt, Illinois - 1983. Recorded and accompanied by John Holliday on guitar. |
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Laurel Premo & Anna GustavsonGL303 FCW Michigan & Sweden - 2016. Laurel (fiddle & banjo), Anna (nyckelharpa). At Seman Violins. |
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Pete PriestGL203 IMH Mattoon, Illinois - c1977. Recorded and shared by Garry Harrison. |
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Cliff PulliamGL203 IMH Latona, Illinois - c1977. Recorded and shared by Garry Harrison. |
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Les RaberGL008 IFG Hastings, Michigan - 1981. With Bud Pierce (guitar), Paul Gifford (hammer dulcimer & cimbalom) & Wm. T. White (dulcimer & tuba) at Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial in Battle Ground, Indiana. |
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GL142 ITT - 1994. Acc. by Patt Plunkett (piano) Adler House Fiddlers' Reunion in Libertyville, Illinois. |
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GL143 ITT Next day Jamboree at the American Legion Hall with Paul Tyler (guitar) & Paul Goelz (cello).
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GL156 - 1997. Unknown accompanists and caller. Square dance at the Original Michigan Fiddlers Association Jamboree in Hastings.
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GL160 - 1997. With Merle Raber (brother) on tuba, Paul Gifford on dulcimer & unknown others. Square dance at a Fiddlers Jamboree in Hillsdale, Michigan.
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GL165 Hastings, Michigan - 1998. Acc. by Paul Gifford (hammer dulcimer & guitar) & Paul Tyler (guitar & fiddle). |
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GL168 - 1998. Acc. by Paul Gifford (hammer dulcimer & piano) & Bob Rowland (guitar) at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington |
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Wade RayAP077 IMH Evansville, Indiana to Sparta, Illinois - 1967. With Jethro Burns (mandolin) & others. Acc. LP - Down Yonder and Other Old-Time Favorites. |
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CO191 & 193 - c1950. 78s. From the collection of Jim Nelson.
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Otto RindlisbacherAA288 Rice Lake, Wisconsin - 1941. Recorded by Helen Stratman-Thomas. Selections from Mills Music Library Wisconsin Folksong Collection. (See also CD/book - Folksongs of Another America and cassette album Wisconsin Patchwork. |
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Ernest RingoGL117 EIU Shelbyville, Illinois - 1992. Acc. by Bea Ringo (wife) on piano. |
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B.E. ScottDD102 Mattoon, Illinois - 1924. 78s - Paramount Records. From the collection of Joe Bussard. (See also Col. John Pattee & Chicago Fiddlers-Tom Owen's Barn Dance Trio.) |
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Lonnie SeymourAF096 Chillicothe, Ohio - 1984. Recorded by Jeff Goehring & Howard Sacks. LP - Seems Like Romance to Me: Traditional Fiddle Tunes from Ohio. |
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Arnold SharpAF096 Oak Hill, Ohio - 1984. Recorded by Jeff Goehring & Howard Sacks. LP - Seems Like Romance to Me: Traditional Fiddle Tunes from Ohio. |
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Ray ShepherdAF064 Hardin County, Ohio to Saline, Michigan - 1980. Acc. by Bob Hubbach or Paul Tyler on piano at the 3rd Tyler-Mahaffee Gathering in Saline. Recorded and shared by Al Smitley. (See also Helen Gross.) |
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Lloyd "Boot" ShoeGL146 ACC Thompsonville, Illinois - c1995. Unknown accompanists: The Country Travelers. Home recording gifted to DrDosido on a field trip to southern Illinois. |
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Ed ShowalterDD115 Eaton, Ohio - 1930. With the Richmond Melody Makers (aka Texas Cowboy Trio). 78s - Gennett Records. (Search DD115 for others.) |
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Kenny SidleAF096 Hanover, Ohio - 1984. Recorded by Jeff Goehring & Howard Sacks. LP - Seems Like Romance to Me: Traditional Fiddle Tunes from Ohio. |
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Gunleik SmedalDD119 Lacrosse, Wisconsin - 1928. Hardanger fiddle. 78s - Victor Records. |
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Clay SmithAF418 Fairview Heights, Illinois - 1992. Acc. by Jim Nelson on guitar. Recorded and shared by Jim Nelson. |
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Lynn "Chirps" SmithCharleston to Grayslake, Illinois to Lagrange, Wisconsin. (See Chicago Fiddlers.) |
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Archie SmothersEIU Pana, Illinois. |
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GL107 - 1983. Recorded and accompanied by John Holliday on guitar.
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GL114 Shelbyville, Illinois - 1991. At a meeting of the Illinois Fiddlers Association.
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Ford SteinAF676 Huron County, Michigan - c1955. With Florence Stein on piano. Recorded by Karl Byarski and shared by Paul Gifford. Original tapes at Genesse Historical Collections Center in the library at University of Michigan-Flint. |
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Tim StokesGL147 ITT Buncombe, Illinois - 1995. With Ed Fravell (guitar) at an Adler House Fiddlers' Reunion in Libertyville, Illinois. |
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GL163 Buncombe, Illinois - 1995. With Ed Fravell (guitar). Recorded and shared by Jim Nelson. |
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Dennis StroughmattGL248 FCW Albion, Illinois - 2010. At the Leadway Bar & Grill. |
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Tony StrzeleckiAA303 Posen, Michigan - 1938. Recorded by Alan Lomax. CD/book - Folksongs of Another America. |
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Harvey "Pappy" TaylorAF438 DACC Effingham, Illinois - 1984. With Garry Harrison on guitar for an Adler House Illinois Traditional Music Award concert in Libertyville, Illinois. Recorded and shared by Joe Samojedny and Paul Goelz. |
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GL203 IMH - c1977. Recorded at EIU Celebration of the Arts and shared by Garry Harrison. Original recording in the Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University. |
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GL204 IMH - c1960. Acc. by Mike Wilson on guitar. Home recordings made by Mike Wilson. Shared by Ron Brown. (See also Harry Jones.) |
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GL205 IMH Effingham, Illinois - 1977. Recorded by Garry Harrison for Eastern Illinois University Folk Arts Survey. Original tape is in the Tarble Arts Center. |
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Helmer TöyrösEF038 ___, Michigan - 1981. Recorded by Jim Leary. LP - Accordions in the Cutover. |
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Tweedy BrothersDD125 Wheeling, West Virginia to Columbus, Ohio - 1924 & '28. 78s - Gennett Records. |
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Robert ValentineGL105 EIU Monticello, Illinois - 1983. Acc. by Paul Tyler (guitar). |
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GL114 Shelbyville, Illinois - 1991. At a meeting of the Illinois Fiddlers Association.
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Dan VerbleAF179 ITT
Anna, Illinois - 1992. With Marion Verble (guitar). |
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AF179 - c1990. Cassette - Verble Brothers on Stage at the Little Opry. |
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Bill WalkerAF076 PGCo Port Austin, Michigan - 1978. With Phil Miller on piano by Paul Gifford on dulcimer. Recorded and shared by Paul Gifford. |
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Jimmie WheelerAF096 Portsmouth, Ohio - 1984. Recorded by Jeff Goehring & Howard Sacks. LP - Seems Like Romance to Me: Traditional Fiddle Tunes from Ohio. |
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K. Wendell "Wendy" WhitfordGL130 ITT Albion, Wisconsin - 1989. Acc. by Robert & Becky Wernerahl at an Adler House concert at the high school in Libertyville, Illinois. |
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Frank "Dad" WilliamsDD115 __ - 1929. Solo and with H.M. Barnes Blue Ridge Ramblers. 78s - Brunswick Records. (Search DD115 for others.) |
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Dan WorkmanDD115 Ohio - 1928. With J.A. Ramsey & Lewis Wolf (banjo & guitar). 78s - Gennett Records. (Search DD115 for others.) |
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