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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 

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