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Asa Martin Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0115 SAA 115
Abstract
Asa Martin was born 1900 in Clark County, Kentucky where he grew up hearing music at home and at various traveling shows. He tried his hand as an entertainer, first singing on small vaudeville shows and eventually on commercial recordings and radio with Madison County, Kentucky fiddler, Doc Roberts.On their recordings for Gennett and other labels, he played guitar with Roberts and performed a varied repertoire of songs that included parodies, traditional ballads, and current...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1979
Cash Gospel Quartet Collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: BCA 0109 SAA 109
Abstract
This collection documents the radio performing career of the Cash Quartet from Rockcastle County, Kentucky during the 1950-1960s. The collection consists of radio program sound recordings, written program song lists, published song books, photographs, and printed personal appearance programs.
The Cash Quartet was formed by Walter Cash (1929- ) around 1956 in the Ottawa community of southern Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Other members were his wife Reba (1937- ); sister, Joanne (1936- ); and...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1961; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/2007