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Arlie Watson (guitar) and Ora Payne (Watson) (fiddle) perform "Tom Dooley"; Arlie discusses the history of the events which inspired the song.

Jack Guy and Tab Ward perform "Tom Dula" / "Tom Dooley" at the Appalachian Folk Festival, Greensboro, North Carolina, circa 1960s. Introduction by "Daniel Boone" of Boone, North Carolina's outdoor drama,Horn of the West.

Lonnie and Russell Ward perform "Tom Dooley" at the Appalachian Folk Festival, Greensboro, North Carolina, circa 1960s. Introduction by Jack Guy.

Tab Ward of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, performs on a handmade banjo.

Tab Ward of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, performs on a handmade banjo.

Tab Ward of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, performs on a handmade banjo.

Tab Ward of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, performs on a handmade banjo.

Tab Ward of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, performs on a handmade banjo.

The Spring Valley Ramblers of Elk Creek, Virginia, from the collection of Jack Guy.

The Spring Valley Ramblers of Elk Creek, Virginia, from the collection of Jack Guy.

The Spring Valley Ramblers of Elk Creek, Virginia, from the collection of Jack Guy.

From a reel-to-reel recording labeled "Appalachian Folk and Country Music"; the collection features various artists recorded circa mid-1960s by Jack Guy, probably at Guy's Folk Toys, in Beech Creek, North Carolina.

Florida musician Barry Sims -- "on vacation doing some dulcimer hunting and also looking for a fretless banjo" -- performs at Jack Guy's store, circa 1960s. "I'd been hearing about Jack Guy's place for quite some time," he explains in his…
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