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- Founding of Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- Lindsey Wilson College
- rattles & fiddles (talking)
- Fiddle music; Interviews;
- Fred Galliher talks about the rattlesnake rattles in his fiddle, and how he acquired the instrument. Fred also plays harmonica, banjo, and guitar. He is a first cousin of Hobart Smith and Texas Gladden, and was raised with fourteen siblings near...
- Ferrum College
- Mississippi Sawyer
- Fiddle music; Pianos;
- Mary Adams plays piano with William Watson playing fiddle for an interview with Kip Lornell. This takes place in Mary's home in Bedford County, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Rabbit in the Log
- Banjos; Singing;
- Leonard Bowles makes several attempts at playing this tune on the banjo. He also sings some of the verses. He lives in Henry County, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Little Brown Jug
- Banjos; Moonshine;
- Tokie Slaughter plays the banjo with Virgie Richardson on guitar for an interview with Kip Lornell. This takes place in her Virgie Richardson's home in Pulaski, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Paddy on the Turnpike
- Banjos;
- Janice Trail plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Claytor Lake.
- Ferrum College
- set dances of eight (talking)
- Square dancing; Fiddle music; Moonshine; Interviews;
- John Lawson Tyree talks with Kip Lornell about the way square dances used to be. John is from Franklin County, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Bile Dem Cabbage Down
- Fiddle music; Banjos; Guitars;
- Pug Allen plays fiddle with his son, George (banjo), and nephew, Glenn (guitar) at his Stuarts Draft home. Pug grew up near Montebello, VA and played banjo with the Skyline Boys in the 1940's.
- Ferrum College
- Hosana #351
- Shape Note Singing;
- Members of Pikes Mennonite Church and visiting singers celebrate Ascension Day with singing from the Harmonia Sacra, first published by Joseph Funk in 1832.
- Ferrum College
- Pisgah #300 Metre 2
- Shape Note Singing;
- Mennonites sing at an annual event at Weaver's Mennonite Church near Harrisonburg, Virginia. This is the 75th anniversary of the event. They are singing out of a book called Harmonia Sacra, first published by Joseph Funk in 1832. This event...
- Ferrum College
- Arkansas Traveler
- Fiddle music; Banjos; Guitars;
- Abe Horton plays fiddle with Tom Carter on guitar and Blanton Owen on banjo. This takes place in Fancy Gap, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- When You and I Were Young Maggie
- Pianos; ;
- Janis (Janie) Carper plays piano in her father's house in Newcastle, Virginia. Her sister, Jennifer, and father, Roy, are also musicians.
- Ferrum College
- white and black music styles (talking)
- Fiddle music; Banjos; Interviews; Square dancing;
- Leonard Bowles and Irvin Cook talk with Kip Lornell about the patterns of white and black musicians. They are both from Henry County, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- School March
- Blues music; Guitars; Singing;
- Daniel Womack sings a song and plays his guitar. He grew up in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and lived in Roanoke for most of his life. This recording takes place in his home.
- Ferrum College
- Fiddler's Dream
- Bands; Radio; Fiddle music
- The Dixie Playboys perform live over Roanoke Country Radio. They are a Roanoke band, that played traditional music and also emulated the popular sounds of the Sons of the Pioneers. Members of the Dixie Playboys include, but are not limited to:...
- Ferrum College
- Arkansas Traveller
- Fiddle music; Radio; Fiddle music;
- Arthur Wooten, of Sparta, North Carolina, plays a fiddle tune in the final round of a competition. John Blakemore is the announcer and introduces the musicians at the fourth annual White Top Fiddlers' Convention. This was recorded live and then...
- Ferrum College
- show dates and equal shares (talking)
- Bands; Radio;
- Glen Howell talks about the Texas Troubadour showdates, and money splitting among the group. This interview is being conducted by Kip Lornell with a group of musicians and announcers who used to perform on live radio, in Roanoke Virginia through...
- Ferrum College
- Faded Love
- Bands; Fiddle music;
- Ted Boyd plays fiddle in his Endicott home in Franklin County, Virginia with a group of his neighbors and friends: Junior Shively (guitar), Hub McAlexander (guitar), and David Shively (banjo).
- Ferrum College
- dancing steady (talking)
- Square dancing;
- Kyle Creed, Whit Sizemore, and others talk with Kip Lornell about dancers who can keep a glass of liquid on their head, and a small black dancing toy. Kyle plays and makes banjos. Whit fiddled for the Shady Mountain Ramblers. This interview takes...
- Ferrum College
- Unidentified (guitar)
- Guitars;
- King Edward Smith plays a song on guitar, but does not sing it, about a boy leaving home in his home for Kip Lornell. Ed is the brother of banjo player Hobart Smith, and ballad singer, Texas Gladden. He lives near Saltville, in Smyth County,...
- Ferrum College