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SEND ALL ORDERS TO:
COUNTY SALES
P.O. BOX 191
FLOYD, VA 24091
540-745-2001 * Minimum credit card order is $25.00 * (Fax) 540-745-2008
PHONE ORDERS: (540) 745-2001 FAX ORDERS: (540) 745-2008
COUNTY SALES
P.O. Box 191
Floyd,VA 24091
Purchase Amount
$4.00-29.99
$30.00-59.99
$60.00-139.99
$140.00-199.99 Over $200.00
U. S. Media Mail
3.50
5.00
7.00
8.00
9.50
U. S. Priority Mail
5.00
7.50
9.75
12.50
15.00
International/Canadian orders will be charged exact shipping costs based on weight of the order
ALL CUSTOMERS ARE CHARGED A $1.00 HANDLING FEE * ALL VIRGINIA CUSTOMERS MUST ADD 5% SALES TAX.
NEWSLETTER #301
www.countysales.com
August - September 2009
MIKE SEEGER
With sadness we have to report the passing of MIKE
SEEGER, who died of cancer on Friday, August 7 at his
home in Lexington, Va. He was 75 years old. Seeger was
one of the real pioneers in preserving authentic Old Time
music and bringing it to an entirely new audience, starting in
the late 1950s. He was a founding member of the New
Lost City Ramblers, the group that did the most to intro-
duce a young, receptive audience to the wonderful sounds
we know today as Old-Time music. Along with Tom Paley,
John Cohen and later Tracy Schwarz, he showed
through the group's records and stage showsthat this
music was not only a lot of fun to hear and play, but was a
very important part of our American heritage as well. As a
force behind the New York City based Friends of Old
Time Music, he "rediscovered" such musical giants as Dock
Boggs, Eck Robertson, Elizabeth Cotton, Cousin
Emmy, and Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, and brought them to
the attention of urban audiencesoverseas as well as
throughout the USA. A skilled performer on many instru-