Fiddle tunes performed by Russell Johnson in Vernon, Alabama.
Russell Johnson of Lamar County, Alabama, came from a musical family in which his brothers, father, grandfather, and great uncles were all fiddlers. He played with Charlie Stripling and also in a family band called the Silver Stars, which was popular all over the county. The recordings included her...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folk/id/2138 |
| Summary: | Russell Johnson of Lamar County, Alabama, came from a musical family in which his brothers, father, grandfather, and great uncles were all fiddlers. He played with Charlie Stripling and also in a family band called the Silver Stars, which was popular all over the county.
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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