MAN SITS ON STOOP OF HOUSE WITH WOMAN, PLAYS BANJO AND SINGS

MEN LAY DOWN BLANKET, CUT TO CU

WS OF HILL, BIRD SHOT ?

TITLE CARD: BALLAD OF A MOUNTAIN MAN

CREDITS: DIRECTED BY DAVID HOFFMAN

HUNTER SITS ON LARGE BOULDER AND PLAYS BANJO

OLD WHITE MAN, BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD, DANCES ON PORCH OF STONE HOUSE, COUPLE PLAYS GUITAR AND BANGO, ZOOM INTO CU, SINGING AND DANCING, GETS WOMAN UP TO DANCE

MS OF LUNSFORD AND WOMAN'S DANCING FEET

ZOOM IN ON STILL OF LUNSFORD

ZOOM IN ON STILL OF LUNSFORD SITTING IN ROCKING CHAIR WITH BANJO

HISTORIC FOOTAGE OF COUNTRY MUSICIANS, THREE MEN AND A WOMAN, BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD LEADS THE GROUP ON FIDDLE, 1927

CU OF MAN PLAYING BANJO, HAND ON NECK

HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF LUNSFORD AND HIS SECOND WIFE FRIEDA, GETTING THE BACK OF A 1960S STATION WAGON, CAR LEAVES ON COUNTRY ROAD WITH WIRE FENCE

MS OF MAN TUNING FIDDLE, GROUP OF COUNTRY MUSICIANS INCLUDING LUNSFORD AND HIS WIFE PLAYING GUITAR, TOOTHLESS MAN GRINS AND PLAYS FIDDLE, SONG STOPS AND THEY TALK ABOUT HIS NICKNAME LOST JOHN, COUNTRY FOLK

VIEW THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF COW RUNNING DOWN COUNTRY DIRT ROAD AND OFF TO THE SIDE AS CAR PASSES

OLD WHITE MAN MAKING ANIMAL CALLS OR YODELING, TURKEY CALLS, CUT TO CU OF LUNSFORD

LUNSFORDS ASKS OLD MAN, SAM HONEYCUTT, TO SING WHEN I WAS A RAKE AND RAMBLING BOY, SINGS PART OF SONG

POV PASSENGER IN 1960S STATION WAGON, CUT TO VIEW FROM WINDOWS, PASSING RURAL COUNTRYSIDE, STOPS AT HOUSE

GUITAR PLAYER OFFERS LUNSFORD A SEAT AND SINGS WITH PRETTY WOMAN, "BLACK JACK DAVEY", JEAN AND HAROLD WINTERS

ALAN LOMAX, MS, TALKS ABOUT HOW LUNSFORD BEFRIENDED THE COUNTRY MUSICIANS

STILLS OF COUNTRY LIFE IN APPALACHA C. 1900S

1950S CAR PASSES ON COUNTRY ROAD, POV MOVING CAR OF COUNTRY ROAD, HILLY, SMALL BRIDGE WITH SIGN FOR MADISON COUNTY

WS OF APPALACHIA, CAR ON COUNTRY ROAD

LUNSFORD AND BILL MCELWEE ON PORCH OF STONE HOUSE, SITS DOWN WITH BANJO AND PLAYSWITH OLD TWO FINGERED STYLE, PAN OVER TO LUNSFORD'S WIFE FRIEDA, THEY GET UP AND DANCE

OLD FARMER IN OVERALLS AND HAT, WITH HORSES DRAGGING LOGS, BASCOM LUNSFORD TALKS TO HIM, RURAL POVERTY

POV MOUNTAIN TOP

HOLLYWOOD STEREOTYPE OF OLD APPALACHIAN COUPLE, WITH SON, COMEDY CLIP

FILM CLIP OF DRUNK COUNTRY WOMAN HICCUPING

MS OF MAN PLAYING BANJO AND SINGING, CUT TO MUSICIANS ON WOODEN PORCH, MAN DANCING

OLD MAN DANCES ON BARN FLOOR

ARTUS MOSER TALKS ABOUT HIS MOTHER AND GRANDFATHER, SINGING IN THE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY

HISTORIC CLIP OF COUNTRY DANCE ON WOODEN FLOOR, SQUARE DANCING AND FIDDLERS, CUT TO MAN CLOG DANCING

LUNSFORD PLAYS FIDDLE OUTSIDE SMALL STORE WITH DRINK A PEPSI SIGN ON SCREEN DOOR, MAN IN OVERALLS WATCHES AND LISTENS

CU OF MOUNTAINEER AND HIS WIFE

LUNSFORD IN LIBRARY OR OFFICE ROOM WITH VERY LARGE FOLIO OR BOOK, SAYS ITS A MEMORIAL TO HIS PARENTS, OPEN LARGE WOODEN COVER AND TURNS PAGES, SHOWS ILLUSTRATION OF FIRST LUNSFORD IN AMERICA, HIS FATHER'S SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, AND PICTURE OF HIS MOTHER, SCRAPBOOK, HIS NAME IN NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, OLD PICTURE OF HIMSELF

DAUGHTER JO HERRON DESCRIBES LUNSFORD AS ABSENTMINDED BUT FUN

DAUGHTER MERTON BROWN TALKS ABOUT HER FATHER AND LAUGHS

STILL OF LUNSFORD WITH BANJO, NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT HIS SONG "MOUNTAIN DEW', AUDIO PLAYS SONG, CUT TO SHEET MUSIC

MUSICIAN SINGS MOUNTAIN DEW, CUT TO THE STORY OF SONGS ORIGINS

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS ABOUT HIS RECORDING FOLK AND TRADITIONAL SONGS FOR COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, LUNSFORD THE MOUNTAINEER

LUNSFORD ON SMALL BRIDGE OVER CREEK

ALAN LOMAX ON DANCE AND LUNSFORD

PAN OF LUNSFORD'S HOME

MEN BUCK DANCING ON LIVING ROOM FLOOR , MUSICIANS PLAY AND KIDS WATCH FROM THE COUCH, CUT TO MUSICIANS, LUNSFORD WATCHES DANCERS, CONTEST

MUSICIANS PLAY FOR CONTEST

JIM KETERSON TALKS ABOUT THE BUCK DANCING, DEMONSTRATES IN WHITE SHOES, TAP SHOES, OLD WOMAN WATCHES

TITLE CARD: FAMILIAR VIEWS THAT INTEREST OUR NEIGHBORS

STILLS OF ASHEVILLE'S RESIDENTS, C. 1900, DANCING, OPERA CAST, RECREATION

PARADE ON STREETS OF ASHEVILLE, LARGE FLOATS AND PRETTY GIRLS, RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL

NEWSPAPER CLIPPING OF LUNSFORD PROMOTING FFESTIVAL

OLD MOUNTAIN MUSICIAN, TOMMY HUNTER, WITH FIDDLE CALLED THE "GRAY EAGLE", PLAYED AT THE FIRST FESTIVAL, PLAYS IT

NEWPAPER CLIPPING, HEADLINE READS "MOUNTAIN DANCERS SHOW OLD-TIME STEPS TO 5,000"

OLD MAN REMEMBERS THE RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL

OLD WOMAN REMEMBERS THE FESTIVAL, PEOPLE APPLAUDED AND HOLLERED

WILLIAM "RED" RENER, MOUNTAIN MUSICIAN TALKS ABOUT THE ORGANIZED CONFUSION OF THE FESTIVAL

ROGER SPRUNG,BANJO PLAYER, REMEMBERS BEING LEAD OUT OF AUDITORIUM BY LUNSFORD BECASUE HE WAS WEARING JEANS AND PLAID SHIRT

LUNSFORD ON STAGE WITH MOUNTAINEER YODELER

LINE OF DANCERS IN COSTUMES ON LARGE STAGE

ARTUS MOSER TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH HE PAID THE MUSICAL ACTS

BASCOM LUNSFORD DANCING WITH GROUP, STILL PHOTO

BASCOM LUNSFORD AND HIS WIFE DANCING

PRECISION CLOG DANCING CONTINUES, GROUP OF HAPPY YOUNG FACES, DANCERS AND MUSICIANS, CUT TO ANCESTOR WOMAN'S SERIOUS FACE ON WALL

FIDDLE PLAYER ON STAGE, LUNSFORD JOINS HIM AND ASKS FOR ANOTHER SONG "THE GOLDEN WIFE"

ZOOM INTO STILL OF LUNSFORD SMILING OR SINGING

PAN OF MISTY APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

ZOOM INTO STILL OF LUNSFORD SMILING

OLD WOMAN REMEMBERS SEEING LUNSFORD AT THE END OF HIS LIFE "HE WAS ONE GOOD MAN"

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