September On The Mississippi: A Song History
“September On The Mississippi” is a mountain dulcimer tune closely tied to the player Larry Conger. It gave its name to his debut CD, which his own website dates to 1994; there it appears among eighteen tracks that also include “Greensleeves” and “Wayfaring Stranger.”[1] It is also the title tune of Conger’s tab book of the same name, and he sells a separate duet part for it.[2]
The America, Mississippi river boat, Mississippi River, Miss., Detroit Publishing Co., about 1900. Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.
Conger is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and is based in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He won the Southern Regional Mountain Dulcimer Championship at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas, in 1995, and the National Mountain Dulcimer Championship at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas, in 1998.[3][4] He and his wife, Elaine, direct Dulcimer U at Western Carolina University.[3][4]
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