Talk:The McLain Family Band

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that a young Ruth McLain Smith, member of The McLain Family Band (pictured), had been playing the Appalachian dulcimer for only two weeks when she performed at the White House on national television?

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Reference ideas for The McLain Family Band

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Stoddart, Jess (2014-07-11). Challenge and Change in Appalachia: The Story of Hindman Settlement School. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813149547.
A Good Life With the McLain Family Band. New Hyde Park, New York: Modern Talking Picture Services. 1976. OCLC 5604297.
Rosenberg, Neil V. (2005). Bluegrass: A History. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252072451.
Henry, Murphy Hicks (2013-05-01). Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252095887.
Cohen, Norm (2000). Cohen, David (ed.). Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252068812.
"McLain Family Band Oral History Project". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. This is a series of interviews with members of The McLain Family Band, a bluegrass group that was active in the 1970s and 1980s and still occasionally performs today.
Kochman, Marilyn (April 1980). "The McLain Family Band". Frets. ISSN 0162-0401.
Shrubsall, Wayne (1983-10-03). Banjo Newsletter. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Bluegrass Unlimited. August 2014. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
"McClain Family Band marks 50 years of performing". Bristol Herald Courier. 2018-01-04. ISSN 1552-2458. OCLC 43525780.
Jenkins, Paul O. (2020). Bluegrass Ambassadors: The McLain Family Band in Appalachia and the World. West Virginia University Press.
"Betty McLain Tallmadge, 82". The Richmond Register. 2011-09-28.

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:27, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The McLain Family Band at the Carter Family Fold on January 7, 2017

... that The McLain Family Band (pictured), a bluegrass band from Hindman, Kentucky, has performed in all 50 US states and 63 total nations? Source: "Kentucky Monthly"
- ALT1:... that The McLain Family Band (pictured), a bluegrass band from Hindman, Kentucky, has been lauded not only by the music industry, but by multiple United States ambassadors? Source: "Bluegrass Unlimited. Vol. 48 no. 10. pp. 46–48" and "McAuliffe, Eugene V. (June 2, 1975), CU/ARTS: CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS: MCLAIN FAMILY BAND"
- ALT2:... that when a young Ruth McLain Smith—of The McLain Family Band (pictured)—performed the Appalachian dulcimer at the White House on national television, she had only been playing the instrument for two weeks? Source: "Kentucky Monthly"
- ALT3:... that The McLain Family Band (pictured) is the first bluegrass band to combine that genre of music with classical? Source: "Elizabethton Star. April 4, 2007. p. 6." and "East Tennessee State University. November 14, 2000."

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5x expanded by Fourthords (talk). Self-nominated at 18:10, 16 March 2020 (UTC).[reply]

I personally find alt 2 to be most interesting hook of the ones presented as playing instruments takes months of practice. The source for alt 2 is both verified and reliable. If this alt is passed, I would suggest captioning the picture to show who is Ruth McLain. Article has been expanded fivefold. Erick (talk) 19:54, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the review! Also, there's this photo of Ruth in the article that could be more apropos if ALT2 is preferred. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 20:02, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think that would be great! Erick (talk) 13:18, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Erick, can you please complete your review? There is no mention as to whether it was new enough when nominated, neutral, free of close paraphrasing/copyvio/plagiarism, and if the image was free and properly licensed (if the other image is to be used with ALT2, then it should be added to this page and also checked, and the "(pictured)" moved within the hook). Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 14:49, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's still good to go. I checked, using a word counter, and it's been expanded five-folded. The article presented with a neutral point-of-view, backed with reliable sources, and doesn't have a major copyright issue on the text. The photograph for the alt is good to go as well. Erick (talk) 15:08, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Tim" Owen

According to the cited sources (Berea College and Daily News), the onetime member of the band was Tom Owen, not Tim Owen. To add "Tim" to the article, new sources need to be provided; to replace "Tom" would require sources specifically refuting the first two. — Fourthords | =Λ= | 16:24, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]