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    • Reply to John Mitchell

    • Reply to John Mitchell

    • Coal miners; Coal miners; Labor unions; Labor unions; Coal miners

    • Contains letters by Eugene V. Debs and John Mitchell published in the Social Democratic Herald concerning the averted strike in 1904 of the United Mine Workers of America.
    • West Virginia Wesleyan College
    • I'll Fly Away (talking)

    • I'll Fly Away (talking)

    • Spirituals;

    • Earl Ramsey talks in his Madison County home for a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Listen to Earl sing I'll Fly Away: ww08925.
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Ain't Going to Work Tomarrow

    • Ain't Going to Work Tomarrow

    • Bands;

    • The Snowy Mountain Boys perform at Warren Wilson College's Sage Cafe. The concert is one in a series organized by Phil Jamison. The band includes: Tom McKinney (banjo, vocals), Bryant Lucas (dobro), Bruce Moody (guitar), Jerry Sutton (bass), and...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Rolling Mills is Burning Down

    • Rolling Mills is Burning Down

    • Banjos;

    • Peter Gott plays banjo and sings during a concert at the Asheville Junction, founded by Andy Cohen. This is the first night in a two performance series by Peter and his family, who live in Sodom Laurel, North Carolina. Peter learned this tune...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Noah's Invention

    • Noah's Invention

    • Fiddle music;

    • Pug Allen plays solo fiddle at his Stuarts Draft home. This song he learned from his father 'was made back in slave times.' He also recites some of the lyrics after playing the tune. Pug grew up near Montebello, VA and played banjo with the...
    • Ferrum College
    • Skip to My Lou

    • Skip to My Lou

    • Accordions; ;

    • John Tolliver plays accordion and sings. Hiawatha Giles is also present and can be heard talking. John is visiting his family in Nelson County. He has moved to Washington D.C. John and his cousin, Frank, learned accordion from their uncle,...
    • Ferrum College
    • Social Band #268

    • Social Band #268

    • 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
    • Home Sweet Home

    • Home Sweet Home

    • Dulcimers;

    • Ed Harris plays dulcimer for Kip Lornell. This interview takes place in Ed's home in Chilhowie, Virginia. Ed makes dulcimers, including the one he is playing. Ed's mother played dulcimer and taught him to play.
    • Ferrum College
    • Old Joe Clark

    • Old Joe Clark

    • Fiddle music; Banjos;

    • Leonard Bowles plays the fiddle with Irvin Cook singing and playing banjo. They are both from Henry County, Virginia.
    • Ferrum College
    • popularity (talking)

    • popularity (talking)

    • Ballads; Interviews;

    • Nana Wray talks with Kip Lornell about the source and popularity song she just finished singing about the murder of Freeda Bolt. This recording takes place in Nana's Franklin County home. Listen to her sing the ballad: fe03702.
    • Ferrum College
    • Homeward Bound #349 metre 78

    • Homeward Bound #349 metre 78

    • 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
    • showdate prank, bed spread and soap (talking)

    • showdate prank, bed spread and soap (talking)

    • Bands; Radio; Humor;

    • Clayton Hall tells about a joke they would play on the audience. 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 the late 1930's, 1940's and...
    • Ferrum College
    • If You've Got the Money

    • If You've Got the Money

    • Guitars; Singing; Mouth organs;

    • Spencer Moore sings and plays guitar with an unidentified harmonica player. This takes place in Mountain City, Tennessee, where Spence was raised. He now lives in Chilhowie, Virginia.
    • Ferrum College
    • Frauline

    • Frauline

    • Fiddle music; Guitars; Singing;

    • Spence Moore sings and plays guitar with an unidentified fiddler. This takes place in Mountain City, Tennessee, where Spencer grew up. He now lives in Chilhowie, Virginia.
    • Ferrum College
    • Bill Bailey

    • Bill Bailey

    • Fiddle music; Guitars;

    • Spence Moore plays guitar with his brother, Joe Moore on guitar, and an unidentified fiddler. This takes place in Mountain City, Tennessee, where Spencer grew up. He now lives in Chilhowie, Virginia.
    • Ferrum College
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