Fiddle tunes performed by Hugh Allgood in Oneonta, Alabama.
E. H. (Hugh) Allgood was born in Rosa, Alabama, on July 23, 1919. His sister played organ, and their father, Sidney C. Allgood, played violin and accordion and sang and played Sacred Harp music. Allgood started fiddling when he was 7 or 8 years old, and he played for many dances in earlier days. He...
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Photographs and audio files Fiddle tunes performed by Hugh Allgood in Oneonta, Alabama. |
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Photographs and audio files Allgood, Ellie Hewlett, 1919-1996; Whited, Carter; Whited, J. D.; Whited, Ralph, 1919-1994; Instrumentalists; Musicians; Old-time music; Blount County (Ala.) |
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E. H. (Hugh) Allgood was born in Rosa, Alabama, on July 23, 1919. His sister played organ, and their father, Sidney C. Allgood, played violin and accordion and sang and played Sacred Harp music. Allgood started fiddling when he was 7 or 8 years old, and he played for many dances in earlier days. He and other fiddlers in the area were influenced by Desso Baker, who won many of the local contests.
The recordings included here were made by Joyce Cauthen as part of fieldwork for "Possum up a Gum Stump: Home, Field and Commercial Recordings of Alabama Fiddlers," an LP album produced by Brierfield Ironworks Park Foundation with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. |
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Fiddle tunes performed by Hugh Allgood in Oneonta, Alabama.E. H. (Hugh) Allgood was born in Rosa, Alabama, on July 23, 1919. His sister played organ, and their father, Sidney C. Allgood, played violin and accordion and sang and played Sacred Harp music. Allgood started fiddling when he was 7 or 8 years old, and he played for many dances in earlier days. He and other fiddlers in the area were influenced by Desso Baker, who won many of the local contests.
The recordings included here were made by Joyce Cauthen as part of fieldwork for "Possum up a Gum Stump: Home, Field and Commercial Recordings of Alabama Fiddlers," an LP album produced by Brierfield Ironworks Park Foundation with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.19861980-1989Allgood, Ellie Hewlett, 1919-1996; Whited, Carter; Whited, J. D.; Whited, Ralph, 1919-1994; Instrumentalists; Musicians; Old-time music; Blount County (Ala.)Sound; TextSound recordings; Open reel audiotapesCauthen, Joyce H., 1944-; Cauthen, JimPossum up a Gum Stump field recordingsLPR235Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folk/id/1990 |
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