She helped keep the tradition of the Appalachian Dulcimer alive, and was a wonderful preserver of old folksongs.
I acquired a dulcimer in my senior year of high school - - 1980 - - and there were very few books on the instrument back then, among them was Jean Ritchie's, which I think I still have in my library somewhere. Haven't touched the dulcimer in years, it sits in its case atop my dresser, made by Dorsey Williams of Jefferson City, Tennessee.
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I never realized she was still alive. I'd been 'told' she died twenty years ago. May she RIP.
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