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Albert Spray – with Lena Hughes on left – Braymer Fiddle Convention – July 3 – 1973

Photographed in black and white during the Braymer Fiddle Convention from left to right: Lena Hughes, Albert Spray, and an unidentified guitarist. Lena Hughes (left) is a middle aged white woman with dark brown hair tucked back in a bun, she wears a geometric patterned short sleeved top with a pair of light colored slacks. In Lena's hands is a banjo. Beside her, Albert Spray sits playing the fiddle. He is an elderly white man wearing a white fedora with a black band around the base, a white short sleeve patterned shirt, tucked into light colored slacks. Beside him stands an unnamed guitarist, he is a white teen male wearing a white tank top with black outlining the sleeves and neckline tucked into a pair of jeans. In his hands is an acoustic guitar. An array of microphones on stands sit in the foreground of this photo.

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