Interview with Davie Stewart about his travels and his taste for Irish music

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Date recorded: December 1, 1957
Contributor(s): Performer: Stewart, Davie; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Lowland Scotland, Scottish
Instruments: voice
Setting: Alan Lomax's flat
Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T3460
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T3460R03
Note: Stewart tells Lomax about beginning travelling at 8 years old with his blind piper cousin, the range of his travels throughout Scotland and Ireland, tramping and hawking, and learning Irish songs, which he likes "very well," though he admits that learning them has made him forget his "Scotch music."
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Belongs to: Davie Stewart 1957
About the session: Interviews with and songs sung by "The Galoot," Davie Stewart, Traveller, accordion player, and singer.
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