Stanley Hicks and Tedrey Harmon: Poor Ellen Smith

Stanley Hicks and Tedrey Harmon: Poor Ellen Smith

Stanley Hicks (banjo) and Tedrey Harmon (dulcimer) perform at Jack Guy's store. After losing part of a finger in a carpentry accident while building a dulcimer, Hicks adapted his banjo style to the absence of a digit, and continued to play; he discusses the accident after this performance. 

Notes on original reel box: “This recording special for: Jack Guy / Recorded at Guy's Folk Toys and Home Industries 7 August 1970 ... Recording by Robert T. McCay, New Canaan, CT.” 

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