Gus and Noah had a giantic influence on American folk music. Gus most likely wrote Stealin' and certainly Walk Right In. Noah wrote Viola
Lee and Minglewood Blues. Gus lived long enough to know he was famous, Noah was gone by then. I was over in W. Tennessee Aug 9 looking for traces of Noah, relatives, acquaintences. Alex Haley's
boyhood home is in Henning, which is Noah's birthplace. About 6 mi
west of Dyersburg is (or was) Mengelwood. Nothing there now but a crossroads with four houses. Ashport is west of Ripley and has a store and some cotton related buildings. Need to find out whether Noah died in 1937 or 1961. I just wish they had a sign or something
there, that although Noah was poor all his life that his song about
that little place was recorded by Doc Watson, Bob Dylan, the Dead,
Jim Kweskin, and I'm sure there's a lot more. I'd appreciate any help
I can get. Fred