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Fred J Bacon

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American banjo player, instrument inventor, manufacturer, retailer and publisher.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_J._Bacon

Medley of Scotch Airs

Unaccompanied banjo solo.

Held at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/78_medley-of-scotch-airs_fred-j-bacon_gbia0189617a

From Edison 78 rpm record. Matrix number: 5110 A Catalog number: 50692-L

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RareTunes was started in 2006 by Stuart Eydmann and the late Derek Hoy who saw the need for such an archive and wished to demonstrate its potential. It remains an independent, not for profit project undertaken without external funding.

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In modern Scots, 'rare' is applied to something special or particularly enjoyable. The Dictionary of the Scots Language quotes Ian Rankin in 'Black and Blue' (1999) writing: "Jings, but it was rare to be home."

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