Sub-chapter 15 Uncle Dave Macon

Audio Examples

I've Got The Mourning Blues
Besides being one of America's greatest banjo players, rendering the heritage of old-time folk music in any appropriate style, Uncle Dave was also a great Showman and a trick banjo artist. Many have tried to imitate his style but none have succeeded.
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album F-RF51)

My Daughter Wished To Marry
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album F-RF51)

The audio excerpts heard here were re-recorded from original masters conceived by Pete Seeger, selected and edited by Norman Tinsley, Bob Hyland, and Joe Hickerson and released on a Smithsonian Folkways Recording titled Uncle Dave Macon.

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