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Remembering Betty Goins

Oct 13, 2020

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by

Wes Modes

in Dispatches, Oral History

Remembering Betty Goins who passed away yesterday. We had the immense pleasure to interview Betty in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2016.
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Shanty Boat Blues

Jan 18, 2016

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by

Wes Modes

in Audio, Field Reports

Jimmy Murphy recorded Shanty Boat Blues sometimes in the late 40s or early 50s.
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