Banjo Contest
Recorded by Ken Landreth
Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, IN
June 17, 1971

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Ben Pedigo (Atlanta, GA)
Ruben Salt River

Bill Perry (Oklahoma City)
Home Sweet Home
Gold Rush

Bob Abrahams (St Louis, MI)
Foxfire
unknown tune

Warren Kenison (Boulder, CO)
West Virginia Polka
Bill Cheatum

Mike Clark (Oklahoma City)
Lonesome Road Blues
Bluegrass Breakdown

Tim Maynard (Wertland, KY)
Blackjack
Shuckin' the Corn

Doug Hutchens (Spencer, VA)
Lonesome Road Blues

Jeff Huffaman (LaPelle, IN)
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Charlotte Breakdown

Harlan Blunt (Walker, LA)
Shenandoah Breakdown
Sugarfoot Rag

Ed Brown (Dunlap, TN)
Liberty
Snowflake Reel

Dale Whitcomb (Tuscaloosa, AL)
unknown tune
Dale's Song

Lang Scruggs (Houston, TX)
John Hardy
Roanoke

Dwight Dillman (Peru, IN)
Dear Old Dixie
Red Haired Boy

Roger Bannister (Columbus IN)
Shenandoah Breakdown
Redwing

- ? - (Dunlap, TN)
Old Joe Clark


FINALISTS

Mike Clark (Oklahoma City)
Bluegrass Breakdown

Harlan Blunt (Walker, LA)
Shucking the Corn

Ed Brown (Dunlap, TN)
Last Thing On My Mind

Dale Whitcomb (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Bile Them Cabbage Down

- ? - (Dunlap, TN)
Lonesome Road Blues

- ? -
Follow The Leader


WINNER

Ed Brown (Dunlap, TN)
unknown tune


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