Oral history interview with Laverda Rager and Anita Rager; 1988 April 19; interview conducted by John W. Rumble and John Knowles. 1988 Apr. 19.

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Oral history interview with Laverda Rager and Anita Rager; 1988 April 19; interview conducted by John W. Rumble and John Knowles. 1988 Apr. 19.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232361981

Laverda Rager talks about her husband Mose and his musical career. Anita Rager, daughter of Mose and Laverda, also contributes comments. Topics discussed includes Mose's musical background and how he learned to play guitar with his fingers from his father; memories of fellow musicians Amos Johnson, Lester Plucker English and Ike Everly; Mose's admiration of Plucker English, Ike Everly, and Kennedy Jones as guitar players; Laverda's background and meeting Mose; Mose's work with Grandpa Jones and Curly Fox; Mose's barbershop and grocery store and various jobs Mose worked; Mose learning to play piano; Merle Travis's friendship with Mose; Mose's love of all kinds of music; and Mose's reluctance to leave his children to tour. Laverda also reminisces while reviewing photographs of Mose with other musicians.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 16 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7097817

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Rumble, John Woodruff

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Rager, Laverda;

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Wife of Kentucky fingerstyle guitarist, Mose Rager, who was born 1916 and died November 23, 2003. From the description of Oral history interview with Laverda Rager and Anita Rager; 1988 April 19; interview conducted by John W. Rumble and John Knowles. 1988 Apr. 19. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 232361981 ...

Rager, Anita;

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Rager, Mose

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Influential guitarist. Born April 2, 1911. Died May 14, 1986. Full name: Moses Rager. Fingerstyle guitarist who influenced the distinctive styles of Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. From the description of Oral history interview with Mose Rager; 1979 May 3; interview conducted by John Lomax III; 1979 May 3. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58841109 ...

Knowles, John Power, 1808-1887

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Providence (Rhode Island) printer, lawyer, and federal judge (U.S. district court, 1869-1881); graduated Brown University in 1836, Harvard University in 1838. From the description of Letter : Cambridge, Mass., to Stephen R. Weeden, 1857 June. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 50677322 ...