I have not thought of this poem in several years and today it began to gnaw at me again. In 1971, '72, or '73 I was demonstrating dulcimer building at the Florida Folk Festival in White Springs. On one of the evening concerts one young fellow did a most mesmerizing performance of "The Mountain Whippoorwill". After all these years I still cannot get it out of my head. When Charlie Daniels did his Devil went down to Georgia this was the first thing to pop into my head. The purpose of reviving this thread is twofold. First to ask if anyone recalls the Florida Folk Festivals of that era and might remember the name of the performer and second to call attention to this youtube performance.

Mountain Whippoorwill