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Steel Guitar Blues; Steel Guitar Chimes: Museum Object and Cultural History

Steel Guitar Blues; Steel Guitar Chimes: recording date: 1937. recording artist: Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys. manufacturer: Columbia.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys. side1: Steel Guitar Blues; side 2: Steel Guitar Chimes (Columbia 20033). 78 rpm Side 1 was recorded in 1937 and initially released on Conqueror 9086.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1937
  • recording artist: Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
  • manufacturer: Columbia
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
  • place made: United States
  • ID Number: 2000.3053.1579
  • nonaccession number: 2000.3053
  • catalog number: 2000.3053.1579
  • label number: 20033
  • Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Sheet Music
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.

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