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Lowe Stokes

The recordings in this collection are used with permission from Missouri State University

These recordings were made between 1981 and 1983 by Michael Meyer of Springfield, Missouri at Lowe Stoke's home in Chouteau, Oklahoma. They are part of the Gordon McCann Ozarks Folk Music Collection at Missouri State University's Special Collections and Archives. An unedited track may be listened to at the Missouri State University Libraries You Tube channel. 

Bert Layne tells how Lowe Stokes lost his hand 

Tune View
Title Key Tuning Notes
Back Up And Push F GDAE
Bill Bailey G GDAE
Black Eyed Susie D GDAE
Boating Down The River G GDAE
Boil Them Cabbage Down A GDAE
Broken Down Gambler G GDAE
Buckin' Mule G GDAE
Buckthorn Schottische C GDAE
Cacklin' Hen G GDAE
Chickens Don't Roost Too High C GDAE
Chinese Breakdown C GDAE
Cripple Creek G GDAE
Dark Town Strutter's Ball C GDAE
Deep Elem Blues F GDAE
Don't Cry My Honey G GDAE
Done Gone C GDAE
Fatback C GDAE
Flop Eared Mule G & D GDAE
Georgia Wagoner C GDAE
Hell Broke Loose In Georgia C GDAE
Home Brew Rag F & Bb GDAE
Hop High Ladies G GDAE
House Of David Blues C GDAE
I Don't Love Nobody C GDAE
Katy Hill G GDAE
Lame Duck Blues D GDAE
Late Night Blues G GDAE
Lowe's Rag F GDAE
Lowe's Shuffle F GDAE
Milk Cow Blues G GDAE
Much Lower Blues G GDAE
Oklahoma Run C GDAE
Old Time Liberty G GDAE

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Piss Pot Blues G GDAE
Pop Goes The Weasel G GDAE
Questionable Blues C GDAE
Rochester Schottische D & A GDAE
Rye Straw A GDAE
Saint Louis Blues G GDAE
Sally Goodin G GDAE
Sandy River G GDAE
Sandy River Belle G GDAE
Shanghai Rooster A GDAE
Shortnin' Bread G GDAE
Stoney Point G GDAE
Sugar In The Gourd A GDAE
Take A Look At That Baby F GDAE
Turkey In The Straw G GDAE
Watermelon On The Vine G GDAE
Well Stoked Blues G GDAE
Whistling Rufus G GDAE

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