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Marvin Gaster
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CAT # 11661-0382-2
1. Shoefly 2:19 2. They'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight 2:45 3. Shady Grove 3:30 4. The Longest Train I Ever Did See 1:32 5. Country Waltz 2:24 6. Goodbye Liza Jane 1:40 7. Mississippi Sawyer 1:50 8. Chicken Crowing At Midnight 3:32 9. It Ain't Gonna Rain No More 2:30 10. Dancing Ladies 2:30 11. Darling What More Can I Do 1:32 12. The Italian Waltz 2:28 13. Holler 1:31 14. Tippin' In The Parlor 2:27 15. Mr. Catfish 1:59 16. Sundown 1:27 17. Old Log Cabin For Sale 2:24 18. Goodbye Annie Belle 1:09 19. Whistle On Your Way 1:53 20. Piper's Hornpipe 2:30 21. Johnson Gal 2:29 22. Poor Little Nell 2:22 23. Georgia Buck 2:32 24. The Boatman Song 2:04
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Marvin Gaster is the last in a line of Lee County, North Carolina, two-finger banjo pickers. The Gaster family has a long history of involvement with music and dancing, dating back to at least Marvin's great-grandfather, 'Fiddlin' John' Morris Francis Gaster (1853-1942). Raised by his great-aunt and uncle in the farm culture of the early 1900s, as an adult Gaster has been active in preserving the music of that culture. Today, Marvin Gaster, with his banjo and fiddle in tow, is a familiar sight at southern fiddler's conventions. Marvin finished in the money at the prestigious Clifftop competition in the summer of 1995 and has also taken home awards from Fiddler's Grove.
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