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INFP47 - Posted - 03/02/2007: 12:44:00
Back in the early 70's I had the pleasure of sitting at the feet of OT banjo picker Obray Ramsay as he played with a group of others that included fiddler Tommy Hunter and traditional singer Betty Smith at the Bascomb Lamar Lunsford Festival in Mars Hill, NC.
I did record some of that on cassette but it was very poor quality. I have since not been able to find a recording of Ramsay. He recorded an album for Prestige Records in 1963 and that album was re-issued by Shanachie in 1995 but it seems to be out of print again.
Does anyone know where I might find a recording of Ramsay, on-line or otherwise? I've been searching with no luck yet.
His two-finger style was very fluid and mellow and it greatly