THE ORIGINS OF CLOGGING

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September/October 1981
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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Now that you've learned the origins of this traditional form of mountain dancing and have gotten a few pointers on how to get started, the rest is up to you—Learn the rudimentary clogging steps, practice them diligently (the accompanying sidebar contains a list of bluegrass albums that'll help get your feet moving), and who knows ...you may be the belle or beau of a barn dance or corn shucking in your area this fall!

BLUEGRASS BEST BETS

We've compiled a list of records performed by bands that frequently accompany clogging teams in western North Carolina—which would be of use to anyone who'd like to practice his or her footwork or hold a clogging get-together.

The Midnight Plowboys. This album features a bluegrass group that often plays during MOTHER's Seminars ...and contains both vocals and instrumentals. It's available for $8.00—plus $1.50 shipping and handling—from Mountain Talents, Dept. TMEN, 523 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28804.

Any of the following records can be purchased for $8.0(1 apiece (on orders of one, two, or three records include $1.50 for shipping and handling ...if you want four or more, add an additional 50¢ per record to the basic handling charge) from Skyline Records,

Dept. TMEN, P.O. Box 8711, Asheville, North Carolina 28814.

Streamline Cannonball by Marc Pruett: banjo instrumentals.

Moonlight Madness by the Marc Pruett Band: bluegrass vocals and instrumentals. (Incidentally, MOM's own cartoonist,. Jack Vaughan, perpetrated the jacket illustration for this one.)

Raymond Fairchild Plays " Little Zane": instrumentals that feature Raymond Fairchild, "king of the five-string banjo".

Music From Cowbell Hollow by Peter Gott and Family: old-time and bluegrass string music.

Always True by the Crowe Brothers: old-time and bluegrass string instrumentals and vocals.

Mike Hunter, The Magician of the Mandolin: mandolin instrumentals, both bluegrass and waltzes.

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