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Thread #112688   Message #2392515
Posted By: Arkie
18-Jul-08 - 06:13 PM
Thread Name: over 250 new PLACES photos at Art'sPlace
Subject: RE: over 250 new PLACES photos at Art'sPlace
Had an email from Dale about this thread. Somehow I had missed it. What a great collection of photos and a wonderful thing to share them.

Debbie Batten was often on stage with her grandfather. She and her mother were also jig dancers. I do not know if Debbie is still in the are or if she has continued to play music, but Bookmiller's influence in Stone County, Arkansas is still strong through the playing of Judy Klinkhammer and others. One of the reasons Judy gives for teaching banjo is because Book taught her.

Azizi, thanks for posting the two links to articles on Bookmiller. I had not seen either. The Folklorist from Arkansas mentioned should be John Quincy Wolf. The recordings he made of Ozark singers and musicians are available on the internet and have been cited on Mudcat frequently.