Bert Hare - I'm Dying, Mother
Art Of Field Recording; recorded 4/23/1962
"But there are some occasions when I've just been amazed to meet a total stranger, not through any contact, and they're willing to share their music. One time, I was in East Kentucky, in this little teeny town called Asher. I went to the general store and post office and asked the postmaster and storekeeper, a fellow named Bert Hare, 'Are there any fiddlers or banjo or guitar players around?' He said, 'Well, I play guitar a little bit.' He took his guitar out from under the counter, and he starts playing some religious ballads and started singing, just really well. I asked if I could get my tape recorder, and he said sure. A total stranger walks in the door, and he sits down for about an hour and records these wonderful songs, sharing them." - Art Rosenbaum
