The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #18989   Message #191280
Posted By: Dale Rose
07-Mar-00 - 02:17 PM
Thread Name: Max Hunter~ Bittersweet~ and much more!
Subject: RE: Max Hunter~ Bittersweet~ and much more!
Yes, you did, Sandy, and other neat stories as well, which is one of the main reasons that I gave the link to the old thread in my first post. I am also taking the liberty of "borrowing" this from your Folk Legacy site.

MAX HUNTER OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI - C-11

Singer and collector of the traditional songs and ballads of his native Ozarks, Max was a good friend of the late Vance Randolph and his wife, Mary Celestia Parler, both of whom were important collectors of Ozark folklore and vigorously encouraged his field work. In their introduction to the notes that accompany this cassette they state, without equivocation, that they consider Max to be a significant traditional performer of Ozark material. He accompanies himself with guitar. Splendid songs here!

Didn't figure you'd mind! (side note ~~ a friend asked me the other day if the J. Golden Kimball stories were on CD ~~ any chance of that ever happening, perhaps with remastered sound? Or am I just hoping for too much there?)

Be sure to read the Vance Randolph story from Bittersweet written just after his death and linked above as well. I think you'll enjoy it.