Oral history interview with Lavonne Smith Brown; 1987 May 15; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1987 May 15.

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Oral history interview with Lavonne Smith Brown; 1987 May 15; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1987 May 15.

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Lavonne Smith Brown, daughter of country music pioneer Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, recalls her father's career. Discussion includes her father's fiddling style; her father as a performer; the chronology of her father's career; her father as songwriter; legal disputes surrounding some of her father's songs, including "Beautiful Brown Eyes"; her father's last performances; and a discussion about several photographs of her father and several pieces of her father's correspondence.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 20 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772494

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Smith, Arthur, 1898-1971

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Rumble, John Woodruff

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Brown, Lavonne Smith;

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Daughter of country music pioneer, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith. Born February 20, 1916. Grand Ole Opry performer during the 1930s with her father's band, the Dixieliners. From the description of Oral history interview with Lavonne Smith Brown and Billy Smith; 1987 May 14; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1987 May 14. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58840829 Daughter of legendary country music pioneer, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith. Born Fe...