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Date recorded: September 21, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Pratcher, Miles; Performer: Pratcher, Bob; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: dance tune, reel
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: fiddle, guitar (acoustic), voice
Setting: The home of Miles Pratcher
Location: Como, Panola County, Mississippi, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T894
Track Number: 6
Archive ID: T894R06
Note: Lomax identified this in his notes as a "good new song," although it was composed by the Black rag writer Shepard N. Edmonds in 1901, for whom it was a big hit.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Como II 9/59
About the session: The Pratcher brothers, Miles and Bob, perform old-time string band tunes, breakdowns, and reels on Miles Pratcher's porch. Includes play songs by Pratcher grandchildren and their friends, as well as the first recordings of Miles' neighbor, Fred McDowell.
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