Samantha Bumgarner

Samantha Bumgarner (October 31,1878 - December 24,1960) was an acclaimed early country and folk music performer. She won much praise for her work with the fiddle and banjo. In 1924, accompanied by Eva Davis, a guitarist she travelled to New York City and recorded about a dozen songs, making her one of the first female country music artists featured on record, the recordings are also notable for being the first use of a 5-string banjo on a recording. She was also a yearly staple at Bascom Lunsford's Mountain Dance and Folk Festival from 1928 til shortly before her death.

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