Leon Kagarise’s Music Collection
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“Fifty years ago, a young recording engineer named Leon Kagarise indulged his passion for country music by dragging his bulky tape recorder to outdoor music festivals in rural Maryland. His collection now includes thousands of live recordings from the golden years of country and bluegrass music. Kagarise captured rising stars like Johnny Cash, George Jones, and the Stanley Brothers as they played all-day concerts at rural music parks with names like New River Ranch and Sunset Park. Fans paid $1 per carload to get in. Families would invite the performers to join them around crowded picnic tables as barbecue grills smoked nearby.” That’s the country music that I like - not the ‘fake’ country of artists like Shania Twain - although I have to admit she is hot… :-P Thanks, Cory!