Jilson Setters

Jilson Setters

Jilson Setters

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The Wild Wagoner
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Way Up On Clinch Mountain
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Way Up On Clinch Mountain
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The Wild Wagoner
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The Wild Wagoner [2020 Remaster]

Albums

  • The Wild Wagoner

    Dec 2019 • 1 song

  • The Wild Wagoner

    Nov 1928 • 1 song

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Jilson Setters

Biography

Presented in true carnival side-show fashion as a blind mountain man just recently plucked from obscurity to perform for the civilized world, Jilson Setters recorded several sides for RCA Victor and the Library of Congress, and appeared around the world including New York society functions and in front of England's King George V. Born James William Day in Cattlesburg, Kentucky, Setters first gained fame at the hands of Jean "Traipsin' Woman" Thomas, the organizer of Ashland's American Folk Song Festival. Thomas presented him at the festival as "the Singin' Fiddler of Lost Hope...
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