Samantha Bumgarner

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"Aunt" Samantha Bumgarner (October 31, 1878 - December 24, 1960) was an American acclaimed early country and folk music performer and singer from Dillsboro, North Carolina. She won much praise for her work with the fiddle and banjo. In 1924, Bumgarner and her friend, Eva Davis, recorded the same year as another female country singer, Roba Stanley. Stanley, whose recordings were made in July, 1924, is believed by many to have been the first female to record country music, but Bumgarner and Davis' recordings were made three months earlier, in April. The pair recorded both in duet and as singer and accompanist and thus qualify for the distinction of having been the first female country solo recording artists. Bumgarner & Davis traveled to New York City and recorded about a dozen songs for Columbia Records. The recordings are also notable for being the first use of a 5-string banjo on a recording. She was a yearly staple at Bascom Lamar Lunsford's Mountain Dance and Folk Festival from 1928 until shortly before her death. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Hard Times Come Again No More: Early American Rural Songs of Hard Times, Volume 1

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The Early Roots Of Rock N' Roll

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Country: The American Tradition

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Blue Ballads strings bands (1927 - 1938) Vol 2

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Hard Times Come Again No More: Early American Rural Songs Of Hard Times And Hardships Vol. 1

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Good Old Mountain Dew: Banjo Songs Of The Southern Mountains

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North Carolina Banjo Collection Disc 1

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Hard Times Come Again No More Vol. 1

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Mountain Blues - 1927-38

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Country - The American Tradition

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Hard Times Come Again No More, Volume 1

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