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gentrixuk - Posted - 10/23/2023: 10:29:16
Hi. I'm researching some tune history and the only clue as to where it came from originally is a note about a CD release by The Stuart Brothers:
"Pretty Little Widow" CD - source recording is the Smather's Family, Canton, NC - Smather's Family learned the tune from banjo picker Millard Stamey.”
I googled a census match for a man by that name living in Canton NC in the 1940s, when he was 32 years old, if its the same person. Does anyone know anything about Millard Stamey where he got his tunes from?
deestexas - Posted - 10/23/2023: 11:29:13
A tune by that name is pretty common in the Southeast US. Here's a version by the Skillet Lickers from 1928: youtube.com/watch?v=wrZ0iBV4LDA
gentrixuk - Posted - 10/23/2023: 12:03:13
Sorry, I didn't explain very well. The tune I'm researching is called "Sycamore Tea" - the album it appears on is called Pretty Little Widow.
luthier65 - Posted - 10/23/2023: 17:13:57
Travis Stuart is still with us and musically active. Why not just ask him?
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