Beaumont Rag

The recording was made around 1975, at a concert at the First
Unitarian Church in Harvard Square. We called ourselves the
Beaumont String Band. The mandolin player was Rose Zak, a young
lady from Buffalo who had learned mandolin, guitar, and classic
banjo from an old Vaudeville circuit string man. The guitar player
was Merrill "Mickey" Levine, who now lives out on the West Coast
and plays keyboard. The lap steel player was the late Robert Gear,
who could play like Sol Hoopi, and was also a great country blues
guitar player.