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Fiddler George C. Nicholson was recorded in 1937 for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax.  The recording session took place in Providence, Laurel County, Ky., but Nicholson lived in Portersburg, on Marydell Road (Ky. 1803) in Clay County, a few miles from the border with Laurel County. His son Delbert, who lived in Oregon was a fiddler, and another son, Lee, played the banjo. Lomax also recorded Nicholson's sister and neighbor, Sally Garrision, that day.  Nicholson recorded nine tunes for Lomax that day: "Blue Bonnet," "Bonyparte's Retreat," "Callahan," "Old Joe Clark," "Old Mister Moore," "Ole Christmas," "The Prettiest Girl in the County-o," "Sally Goodin," and "Sourwood Mountain."  
Fiddler George C. Nicholson was recorded in 1937 for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax.  The recording session took place in Providence, Laurel County, Ky., but Nicholson lived in Portersburg (now just a historical post office), on Marydell Road (Ky. 1803) in Clay County, a few miles from the border with Laurel County. His son Delbert, who lived in Oregon was a fiddler, and another son, Lee, played the banjo. Lomax also recorded Nicholson's sister and neighbor, Sally Garrision, that day.  Nicholson recorded nine tunes for Lomax that day: "Blue Bonnet," "Bonyparte's Retreat," "Callahan," "Old Joe Clark," "Old Mister Moore," "Ole Christmas," "The Prettiest Girl in the County-o," "Sally Goodin," and "Sourwood Mountain."  
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Revision as of 22:58, 25 April 2020


George C. Nicholson


     
 Given name:     George
 Middle name:     C.
 Family name:     Nicholson
 Place of birth:     
 Place of death:     Clay County, Kentucky
 Year of birth:     1854
 Year of death:     1941
 Profile:     Musician
 Source of information:     
     

Biographical notes


Fiddler George C. Nicholson was recorded in 1937 for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax. The recording session took place in Providence, Laurel County, Ky., but Nicholson lived in Portersburg (now just a historical post office), on Marydell Road (Ky. 1803) in Clay County, a few miles from the border with Laurel County. His son Delbert, who lived in Oregon was a fiddler, and another son, Lee, played the banjo. Lomax also recorded Nicholson's sister and neighbor, Sally Garrision, that day. Nicholson recorded nine tunes for Lomax that day: "Blue Bonnet," "Bonyparte's Retreat," "Callahan," "Old Joe Clark," "Old Mister Moore," "Ole Christmas," "The Prettiest Girl in the County-o," "Sally Goodin," and "Sourwood Mountain."