Date recorded: September 3, 1982
Contributor(s): Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Fairchild, Raymond; Performer: Wagner, J.C
Description: J.C. Wagner flat-foots to the music of the Crowe Brothers and Raymond Fairchild. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at the Stompin' Ground, Maggie Valley, North Carolina, September 3, 1982.
Subject(s):
Location: Maggie Valley, Haywood County, North Carolina, United States
Archive ID: dL1evMjVQnw
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Belongs to: Appalachia (1982–1983)
About the session: Cloggers and buck dancers; bluegrass and string bands; white gospel groups; stories, folktales, and ballads from coal miners, tobacco farmers, and former bootleggers, filmed in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Performers include Ray Hicks, Nimrod Workman, Tommy Jarrell, and Raymond Fairchild, the man reputed to be the fastest banjo player in the world.
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