The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50144   Message #760414
Posted By: open mike
05-Aug-02 - 10:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dry Bones (Bascom Lamar Lunsford)
Subject: RE: Req: Dry Bones by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
I always remember John McCutcheon's story about Bascom Lamar Lunsford. He heard many traditional songs from his albums he checked out of his school library. Much later, when he was invited to play at the Mountain Dance and Folk Song Festival in Asheville he introduced a tune "dedicated to the memory of the dear, departed Bascom...." only to find that he was the white haired gentle man sitting there on the stage....