Interview with Herb Applin, October 13, 2007
Project: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Herb Applin played many instruments throughout his career in Bluegrass, including the fiddle, mandolin, and guitar. He also played and toured with many bands and musicians, including duets with Joe Val, The Old Time Bluegrass Singers, The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover, and the Berkshire Mountain Boys, among others. In this interview, he discusses the Bluegrass music scene in the New England area and his memories of his career in the Bluegrass industry.Interview Accession
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Bea Lilly (Artist) Berkshire Mountain Boys (Artist) Don Stover & the White Oak Mountain Boys (Artist) Everett Lilly (Artist) Fiddle players Fiddlers Fiddles Guitar players Guitars Joe Val (Artist) Lilly Brothers & Don Stover (Artist) Lilly Brothers (Artist) Lilly, Bea (Artist) Lilly, Everett (Artist) Mandolin players Mandolins The Old Time Bluegrass Singers (Artist) Val, Joe (Artist)Interview LC Subject
Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Childhood Musical instruments. Musical performance Music--Instruction and study. Music--Performance. Practicing (Music) Records. Sound recordings. Sound--Recording and reproducing Families Radio stations Radio programs Bluegrass music Country musicInterview Rights
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Applin, Herb Interview by Dick Bowden. 13 Oct. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Applin, H. (2007, October 13). Interview by D. Bowden. Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Applin, Herb, interview by Dick Bowden. October 13, 2007, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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