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Listen Now	Title	File Number	Subjects	Recording Date	Alt Title	Genres	Instruments	Cities	Counties	State	Setting	Editor Note	Technical Note	Online Resources	subject_hfilter	genre_hfilter	city_hfilter	county_hfilter	state_hfilter	setting_hfilter
	Deary, Don't Be Angry	6109A1	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Nashville Washboard Band, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		lyric song, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, vocal, washboard, washtub bass	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III	Lomax identified Carroll’s bass as a “tin-can bull-fiddle.”			dalton kelly washboard stokes carroll uman	lyric-song skiffle	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Kokomo Blues	6109A2	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Nashville Washboard Band, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		blues, lyric song, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, washboard, washtub bass	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III	Lomax identified Carroll’s bass as a “tin-can bull-fiddle.” “Kokomo” was misheard/misidentified as “Kohoma” on AFS card.			dalton kelly washboard stokes carroll uman	blues lyric-song skiffle	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You	6109A3	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Nashville Washboard Band, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		lyric song, popular song, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, vocal, washboard, washtub bass	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III	Lomax identified Carroll’s bass as a “tin-can bull-fiddle.” Followed by discussion of song by Stokes and Dalton, who say they’ve been playing together for 8-10 years.			dalton kelly washboard stokes carroll uman	lyric-song popular-song skiffle	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Going Away to Make It Lonesome Here	6109B1	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Nashville Washboard Band, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		blues, lyric song, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, vocal, washboard, washtub bass	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III	Lomax identified Carroll’s bass as a “tin-can bull-fiddle.” Followed by demonstration of the band’s instruments.			dalton kelly washboard stokes carroll uman	blues lyric-song skiffle	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Arkansas Traveler	6109B3	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Nashville Washboard Band, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, washboard, washtub bass	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III	Lomax identified Carroll’s bass as a “tin-can bull-fiddle.” Followed by Lomax interview with mandolinist James Kelly, native of Pulaski, Tenn., about his repertoire and that of the black and white Pulaski communities.			dalton kelly washboard stokes carroll uman	breakdown dance-tune skiffle	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Washboard solo: breakdown tempo (I)	6604A1	Theophilus Stokes	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune	washboard	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III				stokes	breakdown dance-tune	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Washboard solo: blues tempo	6604A2	Theophilus Stokes	7-14-1942		dance tune	washboard	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III				stokes	dance-tune	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Washboard solo: swing tempo (I)	6604A3	Theophilus Stokes	7-14-1942		dance tune	washboard	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III				stokes	dance-tune	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Washboard solo: swing tempo (II)	6604A4	Theophilus Stokes	7-14-1942		dance tune	washboard	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III				stokes	dance-tune	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Washboard solo: breakdown tempo (II)	6604A5	Theophilus Stokes	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune	washboard	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III				stokes	breakdown dance-tune	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work
	Deary, Don't Be Angry (fragment)	6630B2	Frank Dalton, James Kelly, Theophilus Stokes, Thomas James Carroll, Unidentified man	7-14-1942		breakdown, dance tune, skiffle	guitar, mandolin, washboard, washtub bass	Nashville	Davidson	Tennessee	at the home of John W. Work III				dalton kelly stokes carroll uman	breakdown dance-tune skiffle	nashville	davidson	tennessee	work

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