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FreddyHeadey Origins: Who is this singer and what is the song? (12) RE: Origins: Who is this singer and what is the song? 22 Oct 18


Now identified on Banjo hangout by 5Stringtrout
as "California Blues" sung by Odus Maggard. 

https://youtu.be/R4NS5mWGzRI 

https://www.discogs.com/Odus-Maggard-Lois-Fuller-Southern-Melody/release/12312938 

CD : JA- 075 – Southern Melody
1995
"...Joseph Odus Maggard recorded for Decca and Victor in the late 1930's. Originally from Perry County, Kentucky, Odus started picking the banjo when he was a young child.  His is a progressive type of grassroots music that has contributed to the vitality and creativity of what most people today think of as bluegrass. ..."
https://www.juneappal.org/music/ja-075-southern-melody/ 

https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/347533/#4397104 

Joseph Odus Maggard
BIRTH 1915
Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH18 Feb 2005 (aged 89–90)


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