1964-1991COUNTRY MUSIC
BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD (MARCH 21, 1882 - SEPTEMBER 4, 1973) WAS A LAWYER, FOLKLORIST, AND PERFORMER OF TRADITIONAL (FOLK AND COUNTRY) MUSIC FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. HE WAS OFTEN KNOWN BY THE NICKNAME "MINSTREL OF THE APPALACHIANS".
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TITLE CARD: THE COMPLETE BASCOM LUMAR LUNDSFORD STORY
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MAN SITS ON STOOP OF HOUSE WITH WOMAN, PLAYS BANJO AND SINGS
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CAMERA FOLLOWS MAN ON WALK THROUGH FIELDS, CARRYING SHOTGUN, HUNTING ?
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MEN LAY DOWN BLANKET, CUT TO CU
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OVERHEAD OF MAN LOADING SHOTGUN, TAKING A SHOT DOWN A HILL, ZOOM INTO ECU OF MAN LOOKING THROUGH SCOPE
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WS OF HILL, BIRD SHOT ?
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MAN AIMS SHOTGUN SHOOTS, CUT TO BIRD FLYING
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TITLE CARD: BALLAD OF A MOUNTAIN MAN
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TITLE CARD: THE STORY OF BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD, HUNTER LOOKING OVER SHOT BADGER ?
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CREDITS: DIRECTED BY DAVID HOFFMAN
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HUNTER SMILES AT CAMERA
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HUNTER SITS ON LARGE BOULDER AND PLAYS BANJO
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MS OF MAN TALKING ABOUT LUNSFORD BEING EVERYWHERE AND CHANGING EVERYTHING
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OLD WHITE MAN, BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD, DANCES ON PORCH OF STONE HOUSE, COUPLE PLAYS GUITAR AND BANGO, ZOOM INTO CU, SINGING AND DANCING, GETS WOMAN UP TO DANCE
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EARLY RURAL COUNTRY MUSIC MUISCAIN WHO RECORDED IN THE 1920'S BASCAM LAMAR LUNDSFORD DANCES WITH WOMAN ON STAGE WITH BAND , CUT TO MUSICIANS PRE-WAR COUNTRY MUSIC
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MS OF LUNSFORD AND WOMAN'S DANCING FEET
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ELDERLY WHITE WOMAN TALKS ABOUT LUNSFORD, DEEP SOUTH ACCENT
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ZOOM IN ON STILL OF LUNSFORD
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ELDERLY WHITE MAN, ARTUS MOSER FOLKLORIST, IN LIGHT BLUE SUIT, TALKS ABOUT HOW LUNSFORD DRESSING LIKE A DUDE
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ZOOM IN ON STILL OF LUNSFORD SITTING IN ROCKING CHAIR WITH BANJO
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MAN WITH WHITE BEARD, ALAN LOMAX FOLKLORIST, SINGS MOUNTAIN BALLAD
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BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD AND GROUP
I GOT A GIRL...??
(live)
HISTORIC FOOTAGE OF COUNTRY MUSICIANS, THREE MEN AND A WOMAN, BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD LEADS THE GROUP ON FIDDLE, 1927
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STILL OF LUNSFORD WITH BANJO
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CU OF MAN PLAYING BANJO, HAND ON NECK
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ZOOM IN ON STILL ON WHITE HOUSE IN SOUTH TURKEY CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA
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| 01:05:18 317.99 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF LUNSFORD AND HIS SECOND WIFE FRIEDA, GETTING THE BACK OF A 1960S STATION WAGON, CAR LEAVES ON COUNTRY ROAD WITH WIRE FENCE
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| 01:06:04 364.03 |
INT OF 1960S STATION WAGON, POV PASSENGER SEAT AND VIEW OF COUNTRY ROADS AND HOMES
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MS OF MAN TUNING FIDDLE, GROUP OF COUNTRY MUSICIANS INCLUDING LUNSFORD AND HIS WIFE PLAYING GUITAR, TOOTHLESS MAN GRINS AND PLAYS FIDDLE, SONG STOPS AND THEY TALK ABOUT HIS NICKNAME LOST JOHN, COUNTRY FOLK
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| 01:09:01 541.01 |
POV MOVING CAR OF RAMSHACKLED BUILDINGS, SHACK OF A STORE WITH COCA COLA SIGNS AND OLD WOMEN SITTING OUTSIDE
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VIEW THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF COW RUNNING DOWN COUNTRY DIRT ROAD AND OFF TO THE SIDE AS CAR PASSES
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BASCOM LUNSFORD MS, WALKING THROUGH FIELDS, ZOOM OUT TO FARM BUILDINGS ALONG CREEK
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OLD WHITE MAN MAKING ANIMAL CALLS OR YODELING, TURKEY CALLS, CUT TO CU OF LUNSFORD
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| 01:10:33 633.77 |
MIKE SEEGER, FOLKLORIST, TALKING ABOUT ANIMAL CALLS
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| 01:10:57 657.34 |
LUNSFORDS ASKS OLD MAN, SAM HONEYCUTT, TO SING WHEN I WAS A RAKE AND RAMBLING BOY, SINGS PART OF SONG
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ALAN LOMAX TALKS ABOUT YODELING THAT HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE SWISS VARIETY, ANCIENT FORM OF COMMUNICATION
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| 01:12:02 722.51 |
POV PASSENGER IN 1960S STATION WAGON, CUT TO VIEW FROM WINDOWS, PASSING RURAL COUNTRYSIDE, STOPS AT HOUSE
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YOUNG WOMAN, JEAN WINTERS, PLAYS HOMEMADE INSTRUMENT, LUNSFORD LOOKS ON
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GUITAR PLAYER OFFERS LUNSFORD A SEAT AND SINGS WITH PRETTY WOMAN, "BLACK JACK DAVEY", JEAN AND HAROLD WINTERS
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MS OF BASCOM LUNSFORD TALKS TO THE WINTERS ABOUT THE VERSION OF BLACK JACK DAVEY, SINGS A BIT
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| 01:14:02 842.64 |
ALAN LOMAX, MS, TALKS ABOUT HOW LUNSFORD BEFRIENDED THE COUNTRY MUSICIANS
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POV BACK OF CAR, LUNSFORD SPEAKING, VIEW OUT OF THE WINDOWS OF RURAL AREA, CHURCH, MEN ON BIKES AND WALKING, MAN STRIPPING A CRASHED CAR, AUDIO OF LUNSFORD SINGING HYMN
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STILLS OF COUNTRY LIFE IN APPALACHA C. 1900S
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STILLS OF A YOUNG LUNSFORD IN TUXEDO, ON A HORSE NEXT TO PALM TREES, WITH MUSICIANS
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1950S CAR PASSES ON COUNTRY ROAD, POV MOVING CAR OF COUNTRY ROAD, HILLY, SMALL BRIDGE WITH SIGN FOR MADISON COUNTY
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POV BACK SEAT OF CAR ON COUNTRY ROAD, BOY OFF CAMERA GIVES DIRECTIONS TO HOUSE OF SINGER
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WS OF APPALACHIA, CAR ON COUNTRY ROAD
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ROCK MARKED "BILL MC"
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LUNSFORD AND BILL MCELWEE ON PORCH OF STONE HOUSE, SITS DOWN WITH BANJO AND PLAYSWITH OLD TWO FINGERED STYLE, PAN OVER TO LUNSFORD'S WIFE FRIEDA, THEY GET UP AND DANCE
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FRIEDA LUNSFORD PLAYSGUITAR AND SINGS, DOG SNIFFS AROUND
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OLD FARMER IN OVERALLS AND HAT, WITH HORSES DRAGGING LOGS, BASCOM LUNSFORD TALKS TO HIM, RURAL POVERTY
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HARLEY JOLLEY, HISTORIAN, TALKS ABOUT HOW LUNSFORD WANTED TO AVOID STEREOTYPES OF APPALACHIA
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POV MOUNTAIN TOP
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POV MOVING CAR, VIEWS OF FARMER USES SCYTHE, WOMAN IN FIELDS, SIGN READS "REPENT", CHILDREN ON A PORCH
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| 01:21:20 1280.79 |
HOLLYWOOD STEREOTYPE OF OLD APPALACHIAN COUPLE, WITH SON, COMEDY CLIP
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FILM CLIP OF MAN SINGING WITH LONG FALSE BEARD RAISED SHOT GUN, CUT TO COUNTRY PORCH WITH FAMILY PLAYING MUSIC
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| 01:22:13 1333.05 |
FILM CLIP OF DRUNK COUNTRY WOMAN HICCUPING
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LOYAL JONES, OF THE APPLACHIAN CENTER AT BEREA COLLEGE KENTUCKY
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| 01:22:28 1348.79 |
MS OF MAN PLAYING BANJO AND SINGING, CUT TO MUSICIANS ON WOODEN PORCH, MAN DANCING
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OLD GRANNY AND BABY IN CARRIAGE CLAP TO THE MUSIC
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| 01:22:50 1370.12 |
OLD MAN DANCES ON BARN FLOOR
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HISTORIC CLIP OF SQUARE DANCE ON THE GRASS, LOOKS LIKE BARN RAISING CELEBRATION, COUNTRY FOLK
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| 01:23:13 1393.21 |
ARTUS MOSER TALKS ABOUT HIS MOTHER AND GRANDFATHER, SINGING IN THE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
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OLD WOMAN TALKS ABOUT CORN SHUCKING AND SQUARE DANCING
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HISTORIC CLIP OF COUNTRY DANCE ON WOODEN FLOOR, SQUARE DANCING AND FIDDLERS, CUT TO MAN CLOG DANCING
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| 01:24:07 1447.62 |
OLD WOMAN TALKS ABOUT DO-SE-DO, CUT TO COUPLE DANCING
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LUNSFORD PLAYS FIDDLE OUTSIDE SMALL STORE WITH DRINK A PEPSI SIGN ON SCREEN DOOR, MAN IN OVERALLS WATCHES AND LISTENS
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OLD MAN IN OVERALLS PLAYS THE FIDDLE, LOOKS SURPRISED AT HIMSELF
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CU OF MOUNTAINEER AND HIS WIFE
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OLD FIDDLE PLAYER ENDS SONG AND LUNSFORD STOPS DANCING
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LUNSFORD IN LIBRARY OR OFFICE ROOM WITH VERY LARGE FOLIO OR BOOK, SAYS ITS A MEMORIAL TO HIS PARENTS, OPEN LARGE WOODEN COVER AND TURNS PAGES, SHOWS ILLUSTRATION OF FIRST LUNSFORD IN AMERICA, HIS FATHER'S SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, AND PICTURE OF HIS MOTHER, SCRAPBOOK, HIS NAME IN NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, OLD PICTURE OF HIMSELF
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| 01:27:13 1633.02 |
MONTAGE OF STILLS OF LUNSFORD AS A YOUNG MAN, NARRRATOR TALKS ABOUT HIS VARIED OCCUPATIONS, SELLING TREES, LAWYER, FBI MAN
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DAUGHTER JO HERRON DESCRIBES LUNSFORD AS ABSENTMINDED BUT FUN
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| 01:28:01 1681.73 |
STILL OF HIS WIFE NELLIE TRIPLETT, FAMILY PICTURES, LUNSFORD WITH HORSE
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| 01:28:22 1702.67 |
DAUGHTER MERTON BROWN TALKS ABOUT HER FATHER AND LAUGHS
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| 01:28:36 1716.9 |
RICHARD DILLINGHAM, RURAL LIFE MUSEUM AT MARS HILL COLLEGE IN NORTH CAROLINA, DEFINES WEALTH BY MOUNTAIN TERMS
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| 01:29:00 1740.05 |
STILL OF LUNSFORD WITH BANJO, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT HIS SONG "MOUNTAIN DEW', AUDIO PLAYS SONG, CUT TO SHEET MUSIC
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ARTUS MOSER SINGS MOUNTAIN
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MUSICIAN SINGS MOUNTAIN DEW, CUT TO THE STORY OF SONGS ORIGINS
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STILLS OF LUNSFORD WITH FIDDLE AND PRETTY GIRLS WITH GUITARS
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| 01:30:54 1854.88 |
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS ABOUT HIS RECORDING FOLK AND TRADITIONAL SONGS FOR COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, LUNSFORD THE MOUNTAINEER
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| 01:31:27 1887.59 |
MONTAGE OF LUNSFORD AND OTHER APPLACHIAN FOLKS DANCING, CUT TO HIS TWO TONED SHOES
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| 01:31:55 1915.21 |
LUNSFORD ON SMALL BRIDGE OVER CREEK
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| 01:32:01 1921.19 |
BILL MCELWEE IN BUCKHAM COUNTY SMOKING A CIGARETTE, STARTS DANCING ON HIS STONE PORCH, BUCK DANCING, LUNSFORD AND WIFE PLAY AND SING, DANCER STOPS AND WIPES HIS BROW, LUNSFORD EXPLAINS THE DANCE
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ALAN LOMAX ON DANCE AND LUNSFORD
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FLIER FOR OLD HOME FIDDLER'S CONTEST, AT WALNUT HIGH SCHOOL, CUT TO CLIPS OF CONTEST, CROWDS ARRIVE IN WOODS WITH FIDDLES
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PAN OF LUNSFORD'S HOME
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JIM KETERSON TALKS ABOUT THE CONTESTS
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MEN BUCK DANCING ON LIVING ROOM FLOOR , MUSICIANS PLAY AND KIDS WATCH FROM THE COUCH, CUT TO MUSICIANS, LUNSFORD WATCHES DANCERS, CONTEST
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KIDS GIGGLE ON CHAIR
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MUSICIANS PLAY FOR CONTEST
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| 01:36:06 2166.17 |
MS OF DANCER'S LEGS, BUCK DANCING, CUT TO ANCESTOR PICTURE
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| 01:36:14 2174.42 |
JIM KETERSON TALKS ABOUT THE BUCK DANCING, DEMONSTRATES IN WHITE SHOES, TAP SHOES, OLD WOMAN WATCHES
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OLD WOMAN DANCES
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| 01:37:13 2233.3 |
TITLE CARD: FAMILIAR VIEWS THAT INTEREST OUR NEIGHBORS
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| 01:37:16 2236.8 |
MONTAGE OF HISTORIC FOOTAGE OF SMALL CITY, 1910S AUTOMOBILES, DOWNTOWN AREA, ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA, KEARSE MOVIE THEATER
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STILLS OF ASHEVILLE'S RESIDENTS, C. 1900, DANCING, OPERA CAST, RECREATION
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| 01:37:49 2269.25 |
HISTORIAN SPEAKS ABOUT THE ASPIRATIONS ON ASHEVILLE
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| 01:37:58 2278.82 |
PARADE ON STREETS OF ASHEVILLE, LARGE FLOATS AND PRETTY GIRLS, RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL
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| 01:38:22 2302.15 |
HISTORIAN TALKS ABOUT THE RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL, HE REFERS TO IT AS "A NEGRO BABY PARADE"
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| 01:38:59 2339.56 |
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING OF LUNSFORD PROMOTING FFESTIVAL
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| 01:39:07 2347.88 |
STILLS OF LOCAL MUSICIANS AND BASCOM LUNSFORD
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| 01:39:19 2359.36 |
OLD MOUNTAIN MUSICIAN, TOMMY HUNTER, WITH FIDDLE CALLED THE "GRAY EAGLE", PLAYED AT THE FIRST FESTIVAL, PLAYS IT
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| 01:39:44 2384.72 |
STILL OF MOUNTAIN DANCERS ON PLATFORM AT THE RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL
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| 01:39:54 2394.6 |
NEWPAPER CLIPPING, HEADLINE READS "MOUNTAIN DANCERS SHOW OLD-TIME STEPS TO 5,000"
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| 01:39:58 2398.01 |
STILLS OF DANCERS AND LUNSFORD
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OLD MAN REMEMBERS THE RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL
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OLD WOMAN SINGS AT FESTIVAL
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OLD WOMAN REMEMBERS THE FESTIVAL, PEOPLE APPLAUDED AND HOLLERED
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ENERGETIC OLD MAN DANCES ON STAGE WITH LUNSFORD AND OTHERS
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| 01:41:04 2464.47 |
WILLIAM "RED" RENER, MOUNTAIN MUSICIAN TALKS ABOUT THE ORGANIZED CONFUSION OF THE FESTIVAL
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| 01:41:22 2482.67 |
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, "7 STATE WILL BE REPRESENTED AT EVENT HERE, PHOTOS OF LUNSFORD
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| 01:41:47 2507.94 |
ROGER SPRUNG,BANJO PLAYER, REMEMBERS BEING LEAD OUT OF AUDITORIUM BY LUNSFORD BECASUE HE WAS WEARING JEANS AND PLAID SHIRT
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RED RENER REMEMBERS THAT LUNSFORD DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING BUT THE TRUE MOUNTAINEER MUSICIANS
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LUNSFORD ON STAGE WITH MOUNTAINEER YODELER
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LLUNSFORD WATCHES PERFORMANCE ON STAGE
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LINE OF DANCERS IN COSTUMES ON LARGE STAGE
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MOUNTAIN ACT ON STAGE, VARIOUS VIEWS
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| 01:43:02 2582.62 |
ARTUS MOSER TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH HE PAID THE MUSICAL ACTS
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HEADLINES, "MOUNTAIN FOLK DANCE CONTEST GREAT SUCCESS","FOLK FESTIFAL IS ATTRACTING WIDE ATTENTION"
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BASCOM LUNSFORD DANCING WITH GROUP, STILL PHOTO
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| 01:43:28 2608.94 |
TEENS PRACTICE PRECISION CLOGGING IN LIVING ROOM, 1965, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT PURIST WHO THOUGH IT WAS BASTARDIZATION OF THE ORIGINAL FORMS
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| 01:45:17 2717.55 |
BASCOM LUNSFORD AND HIS WIFE DANCING
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OLD MAN SLEEPS
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PRECISION CLOG DANCING CONTINUES, GROUP OF HAPPY YOUNG FACES, DANCERS AND MUSICIANS, CUT TO ANCESTOR WOMAN'S SERIOUS FACE ON WALL
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| 01:46:59 2819.91 |
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS-"FESTIVAL FEVER SPREADS OVER US", PHOTOS OF LUNSFORD
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| 01:47:27 2847.2 |
FIDDLE PLAYER ON STAGE, LUNSFORD JOINS HIM AND ASKS FOR ANOTHER SONG "THE GOLDEN WIFE"
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| 01:48:13 2893.73 |
MOUNTAIN MUSICIANS REMEMBER LUNSFORD LEADERSHIP AND THE MARK HE LEFT
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ZOOM INTO STILL OF LUNSFORD SMILING OR SINGING
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| 01:49:00 2940.38 |
CU OF HAND PLAYING BANJO
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| 01:49:24 2964.42 |
PAN OF MISTY APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
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| 01:49:40 2980.14 |
MAN TELLS THE STORY OF LUNSFORD'S STROKE
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| 01:50:23 3023.27 |
ZOOM INTO STILL OF LUNSFORD SMILING
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| 01:50:32 3032.71 |
POV MOVING CAR OF RURAL APPALACHIA, BARNS, FARM FIELDS,
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| 01:51:19 3079.06 |
OLD WOMAN REMEMBERS SEEING LUNSFORD AT THE END OF HIS LIFE "HE WAS ONE GOOD MAN"
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CU OF HAND PLAYING GUITAR, CUT TO LUNSFORD PLAYING BANJO, TALKS ABOUT WRITING SONG THE DAY CHURCHILL DIED, WITH WIFE FREDA, FADE TO BLACK AS CREDITS ROLL AND SONG CONTINUES
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