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Sourwood Mountain

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Tune Title
Sourwood Mountain
Artist
Taylor's Kentucky Boys
Year
1927
Media Source
From the Collection of John Coffey
Notes

Jim Booker, fiddle; Doc Roberts, fiddle; John Booker, guitar

Collections Reference
John Coffey Collection
Label
Supertone
Catalog Number
9165
Matrix Number
13046-A
Track Order
2008.23

  • Sourwood Mountain

    Doc Roberts (1897-1978) learned from black musicians all his life, but this time he recorded with two of the best — fellow Kentuckians Jim Booker and his nephew John. This performance was never €eleased on a Gennett label, but appeared only on a Sears Roebuck Jupertone under the bogus name "Hill's Virginia Mountaineers",

    Doc Phil Roberts, Jim Booker, fiddled;John Booker, guitar.

    Richmond IN 8/27/27 Supertone 9165

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