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Papa Lemon: New Orleans Ukulele Maestro and Tent Show Troubadour: The 1959-61 Oster and Allen Recordings

Lemon Nash
Papa Lemon: New Orleans Ukulele Maestro and Tent Show Troubadour: The 1959-61 Oster and Allen Recordings Lemon “Papa Lemon” Nash was an iterant musician who traveled for many years with tent shows throughout the South. When not traveling with a circus or medicine show, Nash made his home in New Orleans busking in the Vieux Carré. On three occasions between 1959 and 1961, Tulane University Hogan Jazz Archive curator Dick Allen interviewed Nash about his life and music. Stories and songs from those interviews coupled with music recorded by Dr. Harry Oster form the basis of this recording. Outside of the Hogan Jazz Archive, it remains the only available recording of “Papa Lemon.”

Track Listing

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02:10
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Lemon Nash
02:27
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Lemon Nash
01:08
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Lemon Nash
03:07
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Lemon Nash
01:22
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Lemon Nash
00:40
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Lemon Nash
02:00
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108
Lemon Nash
01:57
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Lemon Nash
02:19
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110
Lemon Nash
00:59
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Lemon Nash
02:22
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112
Lemon Nash
00:57
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Lemon Nash
01:45
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Lemon Nash
02:17
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Lemon Nash
02:24
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Lemon Nash
01:10
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117
Lemon Nash
02:42
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118
Lemon Nash
02:42
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119
Lemon Nash
01:04
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120
Lemon Nash
01:00
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121
Lemon Nash
01:38
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Lemon Nash
02:18
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Lemon Nash
02:27
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Lemon Nash
02:09
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125
Lemon Nash
02:48
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Lemon Nash
01:55
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Lemon Nash
02:17