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- Slow Drag
- Blues music; Guitars; Singing;
- Turner Foddrell plays guitar and sings in the Foddrell's country store. They are sons of Posey Foddrell, and residents of Patrick County, Virginia. They learned this song from Posey. This is a faster version than: fe08203.
- Ferrum College
- playing for dances, Victrolla (talking)
- Interviews; Singing; Dance;
- Mack Jenks talks about singing with his brother for dances in the early 1920's. This interview, by Roddy Moore takes place in Mack's home in McDowell County, West Virginia. Mack worked in the mines periodically from the ages of 13 to 59.
- Ferrum College
- Union in revolt 2:16
- Coal mining; Coal miners; Labor unions; Black lung
- Narration by Tim Meyers, giving credits for contributors and funding of project. Coal Tattoo is performed by John and David Morris.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Soldier's Joy
- Pianos; Fiddle music; Interviews;
- Maggie Rader plays a fiddle tune on the piano during an interview with Kip Lornell. They also talk about her style of playing by ear, without written music. This takes place in her home in Newport, Virginia. Maggie also plays harmonica and banjo.
- Ferrum College
- I Looked Down that Road...
- ; Blues music; Mouth organs;
- John Tolliver plays harmonica, or harp, and sings the blues. Hiawatha Giles is also present and can be heard. John is visiting his family in Nelson County. He has moved to Washington D.C. John and his cousin, Frank, learned accordion from...
- Ferrum College
- You Can Tell Everybody In Your Neighborhood...
- ; Mouth organs; Blues music;
- John Tolliver plays harmonica, or harp, and sings the blues. Hiawatha Giles is also present and can be heard. John is visiting his family in Nelson County. He has moved to Washington D.C. John and his cousin, Frank, learned accordion from...
- Ferrum College
- Unidentified (piano jig)
- Pianos; ;
- Clarice Shelor plays a tune on her piano. This takes place in her home in Meadows of Dan, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- WRBX radio (talking)
- Bands; Radio;
- Dexter Mills and Curtis Downey talk about working for WRBX radio station. 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,...
- Ferrum College
- Roanoke Jug Band, Junior Cavaliers (talking)
- Bands; Radio;
- Lawrence Sink talks about the Roanoke Jug Band being one of the earliest popular band in Roanoke. They also discuss the Junior Cavaliers. This interview is being conducted by Kip Lornell with a group of musicians and announcers who used to...
- Ferrum College
- Key to the Highway
- Blues music; Guitars; Singing;
- Howard Twine sings and plays a blues song on the electric guitar. This takes place in Howard's home in Elliston, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Old Man May I Have Your Daughter
- Banjos; Singing;
- Clarence Tross sings and plays the first song he learned on the banjo for interviewer, Roddy Moore. This takes place at his home in Durgon, West Virginia, in Hardy County. Listen to Clarence speaking the lyrics without the banjo: fe22507.
- Ferrum College
- Caravan
- Pianos; Jazz;
- Janis (Janie) Carper plays a jazz tune on the piano. She is from Craig County, Virginia. This song was written by Duke Ellington.
- Ferrum College
- Jesus Holds the Key
- Singing; Spirituals; Pianos; Radio;
- The Piedmont Quartet, from Cooleemee North Carolina, sings a Christian gospel song. Members include: Robert Mundy, James Fedroe (1st tenor), JP Dunn (baritone), Grady Spry (bass), with Charles Irvin playing piano. This was possibly broadcast on...
- Ferrum College
- Let's Go to that Land
- Singing; Spirituals; Pianos; Radio;
- The Swordsman Quartet sings a Christian gospel song in a Yadkinville school auditorium. This was possibly broadcast on Dewey Hill's radio program on WPAQ (Mt. Airy) or WBOB (Galax).
- Ferrum College
- Going Down the Valley One By One
- Singing; Spirituals; Guitars; Radio;
- Three members of the Mt. Zion Quartet sing a Christian gospel song. Dewey Hill, Robby Tilley, and Louise Tilley sing together with two guitars. This was possibly broadcast on Dewey Hill's radio program on WPAQ (Mt. Airy) or WBOB (Galax).
- Ferrum College
- Sweeter Each Day
- Singing; Spirituals; Pianos; Radio;
- The Messangers, of Antioch Church, sing a Christian gospel song. Members include: Hobart Johnson (tenor), Victor Pyles (baritone), Odis Stephens (tenor), Gary Weddle (bass), and Marie Pyers playing piano. This was possibly broadcast on Dewey...
- Ferrum College
- Give You This Ring
- Banjos;
- Irvin Cook plays the banjo. He is from Henry County, Virginia.
- Ferrum College
- Should You Miss Heaven
- Singing; Spirituals; Guitars; Radio;
- Dewey Hill sings a Christian gospel song with others. This was possibly broadcast on Dewey Hill's radio program on WPAQ (Mt. Airy) or WBOB (Galax). This was originally recorded on acetate disks, and now is considerably warped.
- Ferrum College
- Until the Last Leaf Shall Fall
- Singing; Spirituals; Pianos; Radio;
- The Gethsemane Quartet sings a Christian gospel song. Members include: Penny Andrews, Floyd Andrews, Patti Griffith, and Robert Griffith-piano. This was possibly broadcast on Dewey Hill's radio program on WPAQ (Mt. Airy) or WBOB (Galax).
- Ferrum College
- That Will Be the Last Move
- Singing; Spirituals; Guitars; Radio;
- The Lamplighters, from Galax Virginia, sing a Christian gospel song. Members include: Whitt Lowe, Wanda Lowe (Doss), and J.C. Pierce. This was possibly broadcast on Dewey Hill's radio program on WPAQ (Mt. Airy) or WBOB (Galax).
- Ferrum College