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78 rpm record label for "The Last Shot Got Him," by Chenoweth's Cornfield Symphony Orchestra, Okeh 40246-A. Guthrie T. Meade Collection (#20246), Southern Folklife Collection.

78 rpm recording. Chenoweth’s Cornfield Symphony Orchestra 's “The Last Shot Got Him / Hot Foot Step and Fetch It” (Okeh 40246). Recorded during a 1924 Okeh expedition to Dallas, Texas. An early example of an exaggerated band name poking fun at the country music style.

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