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'''LOST BOY.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). A tune from the repertoire of John M. Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.).
'''LOST BOY.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). A tune from the repertoire of John M. Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.). Salyer also played a reel by the name of "Lost Girl," a more common tune than his "Lost Boy." Fiddler Bruce Molsky, commenting in Fiddler Magazine [1997-09-01], says: ""Lost Boy" is pretty much "Lost Girl," but with the first part being in 9-time instead of 8."
[[File:Salyer.jpg|200px|thumb|left|John M. Salyer]]
[[File:Salyer.jpg|200px|thumb|left|John M. Salyer]]
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See also listing at:<br>
See also listing at:<br>
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/l12.htm#Losbo]<br>
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/l12.htm#Losbo]<br>
Hear John Salyer's 1941 recording at Berea Digital Archive [http://cdm272901.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15131coll4/id/1371/rec/1]<br>
Hear John Salyer's 1941 recording at Berea Digital Archive [http://cdm272901.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15131coll4/id/1371/rec/1] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/berea/id/1500/rec/33]<br>
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LOST BOY. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). A tune from the repertoire of John M. Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.). Salyer also played a reel by the name of "Lost Girl," a more common tune than his "Lost Boy." Fiddler Bruce Molsky, commenting in Fiddler Magazine [1997-09-01], says: ""Lost Boy" is pretty much "Lost Girl," but with the first part being in 9-time instead of 8."

John M. Salyer



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Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, “John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-42, vol. 1” (1993). Rounder 0361, Bruce Molsky - "Lost Boy" (1996).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear John Salyer's 1941 recording at Berea Digital Archive [2] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [3]




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