Location of Thompson's Motel-Shawsville

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Harry,

You opened up something new here.  I didn't know that H. made recordings, too!  Did any survive?

Dave Stephenson

--- On Wed, 7/22/09, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> Subject: Re: Location of Thompson's Motel-Shawsville

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> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 9:42 AM

> 

> Dave:

>

> Thompson's Motel was on the north side of US 460, west

> of the present day school.   It was a favorite haunt of H. Reid.  He also

> made recordings there.  Returning from Abingdon in August, 1955,

> H. Reid, Bill Gwaltney, and Jack Stith put up there.  The next

> morning we climbed the bank behind the motel and saw Eng 601 hauling

> No. 18 out of the morning fog.

> 

>                                   Harry Bundy