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Lem Jay, ajudge at the Old Time Fiddling Contests along with Bob Weeks and Al Dowling.

" does. Everyone certainly knew Lem Jay, and I imagine a part of the ' thrill he got coming down to town to play on the radio was the trip on , the train. He used to play old time music for the passengers. In the win- if tertime, Lem, like most people back then, travelled by horse and sleigh along the river ice, but as soon as the ice broke up in the springtime. he took the train.

V We’d get Mr. Jay’s special chair in from the porch as soon as we knew he was coming. When he played he had a great swing to his bow arm, and he was a vigorous toe—tapper. Eventually he tapped a hole right

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