Music of the Gap

Listen to Cumberland Gap Banjo
by Rich Kirby, recorded 2003.
(800k .mp3 file)

Listen to Cumberland Gap
by Lee Sexton, recorded 2000.
(1m .mp3 file) for full song visit appalshop.org

Listen to Cumberland Gap
by Morgan Sexton, recorded 1992.
(1m .mp3 file) for full song visit appalshop.org

Cumberland Gap switched hands four times during the Civil War. A old tune called "Cumberland Gap" relates the tale of a soldier stranded at the Gap after the war. He bemoans how the waters can't clean his face and not a dollar could be made. His only way home was to walk.

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First Frontier Audio Driving Tour

When you drive for hours you need the music and people that compliment the geography. This tour is 2.5 hours of audio downloads for your mp3 player. Detailed maps are found in the download.

The tour begins at Cumberland Gap Visitor Center and travels a 220-mile loop. Our website firstfrontier.org has exact information for the tour. The goal of the tour is to stamp your Passport at each of 10 Passport Pit Stops.

NOTE: The Guidebook and Passport are included in the printed map of Cumberland Gap.

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