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LastDemocratInSC

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3. My father worked with Mr Lunsford in the 1930s.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2024, 04:01 PM

Aug 2024

My father was an engineer at WWNC radio in Asheville at the time and made many of Lunsford's on-location audio recordings. They used film, as shown above, and wire recording which matured over time into tape recording technology. I have a wire recorder from that era. It's no longer usable, if course, but it's an interesting item nonetheless.

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The first ever film of Appalachian music (1928) "Doggett Gap" - Bascom Lamar Lunsford [RESTORED] [View all] Uncle Joe Aug 2024 OP

Must have been a wild Prohibition down there bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #1

Thanks for posting this. I had only seen pictures of him as an old, old man. patricia92243 Aug 2024 #2

My father worked with Mr Lunsford in the 1930s. LastDemocratInSC Aug 2024 #3

This is way cool. Love that kind of music. The only problem was I could not understand what they were saying mitch96 Aug 2024 #4