Record #:

9034

Author(s):

Owen, Guy

Abstract:

Owen re-tells a tale told by 78-year-old musician Thomas Burt during the North Carolina Folklife Festival at Eno State Park in Durham last July. Burt rarely performs publicly, and the story is about a guitar picker named Scrap Harris who makes an unfortunate deal with the devil.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 46 Issue 4, Sept 1978, p19-20, il

Subject(s):

Musicians; Folklore