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Old-Time TOTW #387 is Cumberland Gap from the playing of Oklahoma fiddler Walter Fennell. The tune is found in The Fiddle Book by Marion Thede. I was not able to find Mr. Fennell, so I will give information about Marion Thede. Frances Marion Draughon (11 November 1903--17 December 1998) was born in Davis, OK. She was the daughter of James Draughon (1873-1939) and Lena Erdwurm (1879-1985). James was born in TN. He moved to Davis, OK, in 1895. He was a pioneer lumberman He later entered the hardware business and was also a state senator. Lena and James married in 1898. She was born in Weatherford ,TX, and attended Colorado Springs Musical College and University of Oklahoma. She taught violin and piano in Davis and was a co-founder of the Euterpean Music Club. Lena wrote a book of poems and composed songs and piano music. (sources: public records and obituaries) Frances mainly went by her middle name, Marion. She began college at age15 at the University of Oklahoma and studied music. She took many English and writing courses and was treasurer for the Eudelphian Literary Society in her senior year of college. She graduated in Spring 1922 at the age of 18. She lacked 14 hours for a Bachelor of Arts and never finished it. She married Johnston Murray in 1923. Murray was a politician. When he was defeated in 1924, they moved to South America. They had a son, Johnston Murray Jr. (1926-1986). Apparently, the couple had their own interests and drifted apart. Marion returned to OK in 1928 and began teaching at a consolidated school in Amorita. It was there that she became acquainted with a fiddler who asked her to "second" him. She did so, not only on fiddle but also on guitar or knitting needles. They played on the radio in Enid. Marion moved to Oilton to teach at a larger school. She organized a "Catfish Band" that played "hillbilly, popular old dance tunes, and breakdowns." It was around this time that she became acquainted with a group of fiddlers in Shawnee, which included J. S. Price, Jubal Anderson, and the Collins family. Marion was enamored with the cross tunings they used. She became acquainted with many other fiddlers throughout OK, and began collecting tunes in earnest. Marion married James Buchanan in 1933. They divorced by 1940. In 1947 she married George Henry Unger (1892-1952). He was a professional violinist. She married Fred Thede (1919-1977) in 1960 and had her book of tunes published by Oak Publications as The Fiddle Book in 1967. In addition to a being a much-sought after lecturer, Ms. Thede's list of accomplishments is great and includes: fiddle contest judge, supervisor of the Federal Music Project (Shawnee, OK), member of the American Federation of Musicians, violinist/violist with the OK Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic Symphony, and summer Lyric Theater Orchestra; she was on the national board of advisors for the national Folk Festival Association (Washington, D. C.), member of the OK Writers Association, organizer and head of the Oklahoma Folk Council; she held membership in the International Folk Music Council (London, England), the International Musicological Council (Basle, Switzerland), American Folklore Society, American String Teachers, Music Education National Conference, Mu Phi Epsilon, and Alpha Gamma Delta. You will find much more information about Marion Thede in my newly-published book, Marion Thede and the Fiddlers of Oklahoma: The Fiddle Book, the Musicians and Their Tunes available from McFarland & Company: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/ma... Most people associate Cumberland Gap with the three-part tune in the key of D based on Tommy Jarrell's Tumblin' Gap. This is a completely different version which is related to the version the Hammons family of West Virginia played. This tune was recorded several years ago in Morgantown, WV, with friends Melinda Jamrom on fiddle (Gibsonia, PA), Stephen Rapp on banjo (Kent, OH), Jeanie Thieken & Josh Jamrom on guitar (Hocking Hills, OH, and Gibsonia, PA, respectively), and Bill Kimmons (Charleston, WV) on bass. My Patreon: www.patreon.com/paulkirk ‪@rappstephen‬ Rapp’s YouTube channel