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    • John Henry

    • John Henry

    • Bluegrass music; Bands; Guitars;

    • Clyde Moody plays guitar with a band at the Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, at Cantrells Horse Farm in Fincastle, Virginia. He is from North Carolina and was a member of Bill Monroe's band in the early 1940's. Other musicians are unidentified.
    • Ferrum College
    • Sweetheart of Mine

    • Sweetheart of Mine

    • Bluegrass music; Bands;

    • Bill Monroe and his band perform at the Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, at Cantrells Horse Farm in Fincastle, Virginia. Bill is from Rosine, Kentucky. He is playing the mandolin with Peter Rowan (guitar), Lamar Grier (banjo), Gene Lowinger (fiddle),...
    • Ferrum College
    • Foot Prints in the Snow

    • Foot Prints in the Snow

    • Bluegrass music; Bands; Singing;

    • Bill Monroe and his band perform at the Roanoke Bluegrass Festival, at Cantrells Horse Farm in Fincastle, Virginia. Bill is from Rosine, Kentucky. He is singing and playing the mandolin with Peter Rowan (guitar), Lamar Grier (banjo), Gene...
    • Ferrum College
    • Mississippi Sawyer

    • Mississippi Sawyer

    • Fiddle music; Radio; Bands;

    • The Dixie Playboys perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WSLS. 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...
    • Ferrum College
    • Wake Up Susan

    • Wake Up Susan

    • Fiddle music; Radio;

    • Mac McGar fiddles with the Missouri Mountaineers performing live over WDBJ Roanoke Country Radio. Besides Jack Shook, the other musicians are unidentified.
    • Ferrum College
    • Fisher's Hornpipe

    • Fisher's Hornpipe

    • Guitars; Fiddle music

    • Fred Galliher attempts a tune on the guitar. Fred also plays harmonica, fiddle, and banjo. He is a first cousin of Hobart Smith and Texas Gladden, and was raised with fourteen siblings near Saltville, Virginia.
    • Ferrum College
    • Unidentified (guitar)

    • Unidentified (guitar)

    • Guitars;

    • Clayton Horsley plays an unidentified guitar piece. He was born and raised in Campbell County and moved to Lynchburg in his teens, where this recording takes place.
    • Ferrum College
    • gum boots and liquor (talking)

    • gum boots and liquor (talking)

    • Interviews; Storytelling; Moonshine;

    • Francis Amos speaks with an unidentified elder man about his grandpa and homemade liquor. This takes place at a Franklin County Senoir Citizens gathering and several people are involved in the interview.
    • Ferrum College
    • Arkansas Traveller

    • Arkansas Traveller

    • Mouth bow;

    • Sam Tomlin plays a mouth bow, which he calls a delcimore, for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • playing style (talking)

    • playing style (talking)

    • Pianos; ; Interviews;

    • Abe Spangler talks with interviewer, Pete Hartman, about his piano playing style and how it has changed. This takes place in his home in Shawsville, Virginia.
    • Ferrum College
    • Alabama Gals

    • Alabama Gals

    • Radio; Bands; Banjos; Ragtime music;

    • The Dixie Playboys perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WSLS. 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...
    • Ferrum College
    • Sheik of Araby

    • Sheik of Araby

    • Radio; Banjos; Bands;

    • The Dixie Playboys perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WSLS. 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...
    • Ferrum College
    • uncle in Hollywood (talking)

    • uncle in Hollywood (talking)

    • Radio; Humor;

    • Burke Barbour tells a joke about his uncle going to Hollywood and seeing Dolly Parton. This took place at Ferrum College's Folklife Festival, on a stage dedicated to the early country live radio musicians of Roanoke.
    • Ferrum College
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