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from a listener. I couldn't view the cites (sites); maybe you'll have better luck. Dick ----- Forwarded by Dick Spottswood/dick/AmericanU on 03/05/2006 02:44 PM ----- [log in to unmask] 03/05/2006 01:44 PM Please respond to [log in to unmask] To [log in to unmask] cc Subject Bowed Bass on 78's Posted: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:44:50 -0800 From: [log in to unmask]( David Sanderson ) To: [log in to unmask] ( The Dick Spottswood Show ) Subject: Bowed Bass on 78's Message: Hi - I'm finally getting around to responding to your comments on bowed bass on early recordings, from your show several weeks ago. I have done considerable work on Mellie Dunham, famous in the mid-20's, and will direct you to his Victor sides, made in early 1926, fiddle/piano/bowed bass w/calls. Go to my Web pages: http://www.dwsanderson.com/mellie_dunham.htmland scroll down for sound files of the recordings. The best bass is on "Rippling Waves," Mellie's great waltz. This is early electric recording, as you know, and may fit in with the developments you were talking about on the radio. For my publication about Dunham and his career, go to: http://www.dwsanderson.com/dunhambooklet_cover.htmThis will give you details. The bassist/caller was Nathan Noble, Dunham's son-in-law; the pianist was Nate's daughter, Cherry, one of nine grandchildren. I will recommend to you the descriptions of Dunham's Keith vaudeville performances in my biography, remarkable eyewitness! accounts of a 72-year-old Maine farmer who had never performed on stage, and proceeded to stop the show at the biggest Keith houses in the country.David SandersonEast Waterford, [log in to unmask]://www.dwsanderson.com Available debug info follows: Remote address: 24.53.116.74 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716