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    -PDF of the Sycamore Tea back cover with liner notes by John McCutcheon
    -PDF of the LP booklet which includes a family history and song source notes
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Sycamore Tea 02:02
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Debuque 01:41
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Kiley's Reel 01:33
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Spotted Pony 02:15
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Kitchen Girl 02:03
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Other Waltz 01:56
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Nancy Roland 01:41
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Lost Indian 02:15
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Chinky Pin 01:46
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Two Step 01:51
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about

The Dutch Cove String Band, part of the Appalachian family string band tradition, is named after their home valley near Canton, North Carolina. Their family fiddling roots stretch back to Turner Smathers, who was a well known musician until his death in the mid-1800s. His nephew, Hack Timmons, and another relative, Aldie Winfield Smathers, were successful fiddlers in their own right. Quay Smathers (1913-1993) played with the popular Smather's Family Band (apparently no relation) in the 1930s and early 1940s. In 1973, Quay and his daughters—June, Cynthia and Liz—formed the Dutch Cove String Band. Liz's husband, Lynn Shaw, and June's husband, Zeb Jolley, also played with the band over its 20-year history. Quay Smathers received a N.C. Folk Heritage Award in 1991 and the band performed for a final time in 1993 at Carowinds, when the Charlotte Folk Music Society honored the band and gave an award to Quay for his preservation of traditional folk music

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released January 1, 1978

Tracks for Sycamore Tea were recorded and mixed in 1978 at Wes Sound Shop, Candler, North Carolina. The June Appal release was produced and edited by John McCutcheon.

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June Appal Recordings Kentucky

Founded in 1974 in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, June Appal Recordings is the non-profit record label of Appalshop. It was established to record and distribute the music and stories of accomplished central Appalachian artists.

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