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Otto Wood - live recordings

Creator: Otto Wood (June 1977)

This item includes several examples of singing squares called by Michigan caller (and fiddler) Otto Wood, with his wife Marguerite playing piano or accordion. Otto and Marguerite were regulars at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina. See the related item for biographical information and for transcriptions of the calls and music. Included here are:

Down South - full dance
You Can't Call Her Darling Anymore - clip
Louisiana Swing - clip
Too Old To Cut the Mustard - clip
Chinese Breakdown - clip

Collection: Northern squares
Subjects: Northern / Singing
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Item Relations

This Item is related to Item: Otto Wood - singing squares
Item: Otto and Marguerite Wood – photos is related to This Item
Item: Revival of American Square and Country Dancing - 1949 is related to This Item

Citation

Otto Wood, “Otto Wood - live recordings,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1657.
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