Jim Shumate fiddles with Marc Pruett on banjo and Wayne Erbsen on mandolin. This session takes place in Wayne Erbsen's home in Hickory. Jim played with Bill Monroe for most of 1945, before joining the Foggy Mountain Boys with Lester Flatt and...
Lee Boone plays banjo in his Asheville home with Lawrence Dillingham on guitar for Wayne Erbsen's Country Roots public radio show. Lee used to play with Pender Rector. Wayne Erbsen teaches Appalachian music at Warren Wilson College.
Walter Davis plays banjo in his Black Mountain home with Wayne Erbsen on guitar. Walt was born in 1905 in Newport, Tennessee. Wayne teaches Appalachian music at Warren Wilson College.
Roy Swayney plays the banjo and sings in his home for a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. John Sundale is the group leader. Roy built the banjo he is playing.
Janette Carter plays autoharp and sings with John McCutheon accompanying on guitar to a music class at Warren Wilson College. Janette is the daughter of Sara and A.P. Carter.
Janette Carter plays autoharp and sings for a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. John Sundale is the group leader. Janette is the daughter of A.P. and Sara Carter. This takes place in the Carter Family Fold. Listen to...
Florence Reece (1900-1986) talks in her Harlan County home to a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Florence's husband, Sam, a retired miner, is also present. Sam was an organizer for...
Pender Rector (1893-1979) plays fiddle with Stanley Masters accompanying on guitar during a concert in Warren Wilson College's Kittredge Theater. The concert featured local old time bands and was arranged by David Holt.
Peter Gott plays guitar and sings with his children Susi (dulcimer) and Timmy (banjo) 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...
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Education.; Claiborne County (Tenn.) -- Education. ; Education, Rural -- Tennessee, East. ; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
An illustrated article from the "Mountain Herald" about a one-room rural school located at the head of Lonesome Valley, in Claiborne County, Tennessee. The school then furnished "as many or more teachers to Claiborne County than any...
Spence Moore sings and plays guitar for Vaughan Webb in his home in Chilhowie, Virginia. He was born and raised in Mountain City, Tennessee. Listen to him talking about this song: fe07204.