Fiddle Seminar: Charlie Osborne with Tom Bledsoe; Interview with Fiddle Builder Dayton Howes; 08/11/1986

A C494

Artists/Speakers: Charlie Osborne, Tom Bledsoe, and Dayton Howes

Event: Side A of tape is a fiddle seminar held during the 1986 Augusta Summer Programming; Side B is an interview with Dayton Howes, a fiddle builder.

Tunes/Contents:

1. Rye Straw
2. Old Joe Clark
3. Nancy Anne
4. Sugar in the Gourd
5. Cluck Old Hen
6. John Brown’s Dream
7. Old Aunt Katie There’s a Bug On Me
8. ?
9. Cumberland Gap
10. No Place Like Home
11. The Cat Came Back
12. John Henry
13. Dayton Howes Interview

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Date: August 11th, 1986

Location: Elkins, WV

Notes: First half of tape, until Sugar in the Gourd, is identical to the last halves of A C495 and A C496. There seems to have been three separate cassettes recording the same event.

The Augusta Programming Collection contains recordings of events produced by the Augusta Heritage Center, beginning in the early 1970s. A number of people contributed to this collection, including Flawn Williams, Gerry Milnes, and Bob Smakula. The collection features recordings of Augusta concerts, cultural sessions, Master Artist visits, and more, which showcase a variety of musical and cultural traditions.