On Apr 23, 9:14 am, cassiero <cassie.robin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi List!
> I'm a lurker on the list and enjoy all of the interesting posts that
> come up on here! I know some of you from AFS, my stint at Mars Hill
> College and through Blue Ridge Old Time Music Week, or the Appalachian
> Studies Association. Howdy friends!
>
> I have been living in eastern KY for the last 5 months, in the Pine
> Mountain community of Harlan County. It's here that I have become well
> acquainted with the granddaughter of Bev Baker. I've agreed to sniff
> around and find some information out about him for her.
>
> She has an old fiddle of his, and I found 4 recordings of Baker on Bev
> Baker on Juneberry78s- Flop-Eared Mule, German Waltz, Glory In The
> Meetin' House, and Waynesburgh. I have downloaded these and given them
> to her, but am highly curious if there is anymore information about
> him out there.
>
> Kerry Blech (hi Kerry!) mentioned something about the men that Baker
> was known for killing on a post to this list several years ago. Is
> there any more information out there about that?
>
> So my questions are:
> 1) does anyone have any photographs of Bev Baker
> 2) does anyone have more information about his personal life
> 3) does anyone have any more recordings of Bev Baker than what I
> listed above
> 4) is there any good research out there about Baker? I've searched and
> found snippets, but nothing profiling him...
> 5) anything else that someone should know about him that i've
> forgotten to ask?
>
> Thank you so much for reading this and mulling it all over.
>
> Cassie Robinson
Hi Cassie,
I'd heard you'd moved, hope you like your new place. I know virtually
nothing about Mr. Baker, though might have noticed that Alan Lomax
announced his name incorrectly on one of the recordings. I think he
had some kin****p with Luther Strong, perhaps an in-law. One thought
was that he was Luther's father-in-law.
Here is the entirety of was Guthrie Meade had on him:
Beverley P. Baker
born about 1877 in Leslie Co., KY
October 1937, Alan Lomax recorded him him in Hazard, KY
AFS 1536 B1 Glory in the Meetin' House
1536 B2 Wagoner
1536 B3 Pretty Polly
1538 B1 Waynesburg
B2 Flop-Eared Mule
B3 German Waltz
that's all I know, except speculation.
John Harrod might be someone to ask about this. He'll be at the Cowan
Creek Music School in Whitesburg in June (so will I, for that matter,
but you now know all I know), or if you write me offlist (do you still
have my email address?) I can get you in touch with him.
kerry blech (one word, no spaces) at
juno
dot
com
take care,
Kerry
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