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    • SPRING FED ARTISTS
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      • Belen Escobedo
      • Bill Steber Archive
      • Billy Womack
      • Bruce Nemerov
      • Ed & Ella Haley
      • Eddie Jimenez and Ruben Jimenez
      • Fairfield Four
      • Felipe Pérez
      • Fiddling Tom Freeman
      • Gospel in Middle Tennessee - Various Artists
      • Hamper McBee
      • Howdy Forrester
      • Howdy Forrester & John Hartford
      • Jim Wood Rural Felicity: Fiddle Tunes from 18th and 19th Century North America
      • Joe Keene
      • John Work III
      • Lorenzo Martinez and Ramon “Rabbit” Sanchez
      • Mississippi John Hurt
      • Risey Scruggs
      • Roy Book Binder and Fats Kaplin
      • Roy Harper
      • Sam and Kirk McGee
      • Uncle Dave Macon
      • Uncle Shuffelo
      • Walter Greer
    • DAVIS UNLIMITED
      • Bill Lowery
      • England Brothers
      • Flattops and Fiddles
      • Frazier Moss
      • Gillian Brothers
      • Indian Creek Delta Boys
      • J.T. Perkins
      • Ken Smelser
      • The Morgans
      • North Folk Rounders
      • Omer Forster
      • Perry County Music Makers
      • Robert and Claudene Nobley
      • Sharon Winters-Bounds
      • Vernon Solomon
      • Wally Bryson
      • Wally Bryson & the Blaylock Brothers
      • W.L. Gregory & Clyde Davenport
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    Hamper McBee Cumberland Moonshiner 
    The Prestige Folklore Recordings SFR-107 BUY HERE
    “These recordings offer an intriguing window into Hamper McBee’s earlier life, before he had the mustache. Overall, they remind me that Hamper was a character first and a singer second. But he sure was a good singer, with a resonant, growling baritone and natural instincts.” - Robert Cogswell, Nashville 2010 (From the Liner Notes) Originally released as a Prestige Folklore LP in 1964, Cumberland Moonshiner features a great traditional ballad singer early in his career. From Altamont, Tennessee. Ably is accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Guy Carawan and offers traditional ballads, modern folk songs, and original tunes and memories of the moonshine trade. 

    Produced by Evan Hatch
    Mastering by Martin Fisher, Center for Popular Music
    Graphic Design, Sharisse Steber
    Originally release on Prestige Folklore Lp 14008 

    Hamper McBee, vocals
    Guy Carawan, banjo, 6 and 12-string guitar

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