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Date recorded: September 12, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Laminack, William (Uncle Will); Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: spoken
Culture: Anglo-American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: 56th Annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention, Corinth Baptist Church
Location: Fyffe, Dekalb County, Alabama, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T872
Track Number: 9
Archive ID: T872R09
Note: Uncle Will Laminack's announcement: "I'm mighty glad to be here. I've been a running after this convention ever since it was organized – ever since I was a boy. I can't get about too good – I'm a little older than I used to be… Can't help it – very proud to be here."
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Belongs to: Fyffe 9/59
About the session: Recordings from the 56th Annual Convention of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association, held at Corinth Baptist Church, in Fyffe, Alabama. Leman Brown, chairman. The numbers following the songs refer to their page numbers in the Sacred Harp. Often the name listed as "lead" is not the leader of the song, but the person who has picked the selection.
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