Country music goes back much further than Hank Williams or Johnny Cash - all the way to the 19th century. It's an early history of colorful characters and surprising musical innovations. We'll talk to Tony Russell, a country music historian, and author of the new book, "Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost."
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If Tony doesn't know about it, Centrum, in Port Townsend WA has had a festival of American Fiddle Tunes since at least the 1970's. Each year they bring in old-time musicians who recorded in the '30s and usually went back to their work lives with no knowledge that they still had fans.
I had the pleasure of meeting and learning tunes from not only Patsy Montana and Texas Lil, but Matokie Slaughter, Wade and Julia Mainer, Bois-sec Ardoin, Joe Thompson and many others.
Centrum has an extensive archive of workshops and concerts put on by their visitors. They would be a valuable source of material if Tony hasn't already contacted them.
www.centrum.org
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