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    • Bear Hunting in Piney River (talking)

    • Bear Hunting in Piney River (talking)

    • Interviews; Storytelling;

    • Tom Allen tells Kip Lornell a story about a confrontation on a bear hunt near Petite's Gap between Franklin County people and Amherst County people. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • Coming Round the Mountain

    • Coming Round the Mountain

    • Banjos;

    • Sam Tomlin plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County. Sam is 'thumping' the banjo. Listen to him 'pick' this same tune: fe04823.
    • Ferrum College
    • Shoo Fly

    • Shoo Fly

    • Mouth bow;

    • Sam Tomlin attempts a tune on mouth bow, which he calls a delcimore, for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • watchman and his dulcimer (talking)

    • watchman and his dulcimer (talking)

    • Interviews; Storytelling; Dulcimers; Mouth bow;

    • Tom Allen tells Kip Lornell about a man he knew that played the dulcimer and worked for the CCC camps during the depression. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County. The dulcimer or 'delcimore' they are talking about is...
    • Ferrum College
    • bootlegging (talking)

    • bootlegging (talking)

    • Interviews; Storytelling; Moonshine;

    • Tom Allen tells Kip Lornell about running across a moonshiner while working for the CCC camps during the depression. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • snipe hunting (talking)

    • snipe hunting (talking)

    • Interviews; Storytelling;

    • Tom Allen tells Kip Lornell about snipe hunting during the time he worked at the CCC camps during the Great Depression. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • Height's Pain Remedy

    • Height's Pain Remedy

    • Interviews; Storytelling;

    • Tom Allen tells Kip Lornell about a cure-all medicine made in Roanoke, Virginia. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • John Henry

    • John Henry

    • Banjos;

    • Sam Tomlin plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • Shoo Fly

    • Shoo Fly

    • Banjos;

    • Sam Tomlin plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • Old Rattler

    • Old Rattler

    • Banjos;

    • Sam Tomlin plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • banjo backs (talking)

    • banjo backs (talking)

    • Banjos; Interviews;

    • Sam Tomlin talks with Kip Lornell about banjos old and new. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County. Tom Berry Allen is also present and can be heard talking.
    • Ferrum College
    • bible selling (talking)

    • bible selling (talking)

    • Interviews; Storytelling;

    • Tom Allen tells Kip Lornell a story about a misunderstanding between a missionary bible salesman and a local woman. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • Snake Woman from Beverly (talking)

    • Snake Woman from Beverly (talking)

    • Interviews; Storytelling;

    • Tom Allen tells Kip Lornell a story about a woman he knew that had snakes living in her house. He also talks about working in the CCC camps nearby and the time of the Great Depression. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst...
    • Ferrum College
    • Coming Round the Mountain

    • Coming Round the Mountain

    • Banjos;

    • Sam Tomlin plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County. Sam is 'picking' the banjo. Listen to him 'thump' this same tune: fe04804.
    • Ferrum College
    • Casey Jones

    • Casey Jones

    • Banjos;

    • Sam Tomlin plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
    • Liza Jane

    • Liza Jane

    • 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
    • Nelly Grey

    • Nelly Grey

    • Banjos;

    • Sam Tomlin plays a banjo tune for Kip Lornell. This takes place in his home near Love Mountain, in Amherst County.
    • Ferrum College
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