Annotation:Mandolin King Rag

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MANDOLIN KING RAG. Old-Time, Country Rag. Composer Larry Hensley (1912-1973) was the mandolin and guitar player for the group Walker's Corbin Rattlers, a group from Corbin, Kentucky, led by John V. Walker (1891-1980), an L&N Railroad fireman. Charles Wolfe (Kentucky Country, p. 40) calls Hensley "a skilled an innovative virtuoso who was among the first in a long line of Kentucky mandolin and guitar soloists." A more modern version of the rag was later recorded by the Even Dozen Jug Band, featuring David Grisman on mandolin.

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Recorded sources: Vocalion 02640 (78 RPM), Larry Hensley (1934. Recorded NYC).

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