Minstrel of the Appalachians
Subtitle: the story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford
By: by Loyal Jones ; music transcribed by John M. Forbes.
Contributors: Forbes, John M.
Publisher: Appalachian Consortium Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Boone, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Lunsford, Bascom Lamar; Folk singers -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Biography; Folk music -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Folk songs, English -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Description: It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would cross hell on a rotten rail to get a folk song His Southern highlands folk-song compilations now constitute one of the largest collections of its kind in the Library of Congress; but he did much more than acquire songs. He preserved and promoted the Appalachian mountain tradition for generations of people, founding in 1928 the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, which still thrives.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 145-146.
"A compilation of Lunsford's music" (unacc. or melodies with chord symbols): p. [191]-249.