The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #96020   Message #1873887
Posted By: BanjoRay
01-Nov-06 - 11:41 AM
Thread Name: Maggie Hammons -Traditional Musician
Subject: RE: Maggie Hammons -Traditional Musician
DannyC - I don't think you'll find any musical Hammons' left alive in Pocahontas County, WV. I know Maggie, Burl, Sherman, Edden and Lee have all left us, which is a great pity - these people were the real thing and had a large repertoire of songs, fiddle tunes, banjo tunes and stories, many of which were collected and recorded by Dwight Diller. Dwight has just released a book of tabs, with the assistance of some of his banjo students, with a fine collection of his photographs of the Hammons'. It's available from
Elaine Diller's website
Ray (who was talking to Dwight last weekend at Gainsborough UK.)