Queen Of The Flat Top Guitar

impossibly rare recordings by missouri's lena hughes, recorded in the early 60's in arkansas. previously only available on an early 60's lp. a musical 'amateur' that best exemplified true artistry, lena hughes was born in grape grove township, missouri, in 1904. though she never recorded any 78s and only one lp, hughes was most influential through her steady performances at various fiddler. conventions and folk festivals throughout the ozarks. she was an excellent fiddler, banjoist and guitar picker who retained the largely extinct repertoire of parlor pieces and the variety of specialized tunings that were necessary to play them. she lived most of her life in ludlow, missouri and passed away in 1998. her lack of pretense and her mastery of this repertoire is what defines her legendary status.