Alan Lomax Road Show Oral History

Running Time: 53 minutes

Tom Harvey discusses the music from the collections of Alan Lomax with The Down Hill Strugglers and John Cohen, who play traditional American music they have learned directly from the collections at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.


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The Down Hill Strugglers and John Cohen at AFC 2015

Treasures from the Archive Roadshow: Featuring the Down Hill Strugglers & John Cohen

John Cohen plays banjo

The Down Hill Strugglers and John Cohen played traditional American music they have learned directly from the amazing collections at the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress, on September 25, 2015 (63 minutes).

The Down Hill Strugglers:
Walker Shepard - fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica, voice
Jackson Lynch - fiddle, banjo, guitar, voice
Eli Smith - banjo, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, Jews harp, pump organ, voice
They are often joined by John Cohen - banjo, guitar, mandolin, voice, brain

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