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John Baltzell (1860-1940)

JOHN BALTZELL'S REEL. American, Reel. USA, Ohio.



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Recorded sources: OKeh Records 40206 (78 RPM), 1924, John Baltzell {Baltzell was a native of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, as was minstrel Dan Emmett (the composer of "Dixie," who died in 1904). Emmett returned to the town in 1888, poor, and later taught Baltzell to play the fiddle}.




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