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    • material recorded (talking)

    • material recorded (talking)

    • Ballads; Interviews;

    • Ruby Plemmons and Eunice McAlexander talk about being recorded singing ballads by Dr. McConnell and Dr. Davis on aluminum discs in 1932, and Alfreed Peel contributing songs, Barbara Allen, and other Child ballads. This interview by Kip Lornell...
    • singing for Mr. Worthington (talking)

    • singing for Mr. Worthington (talking)

    • Ballads; Interviews;

    • Ruby Plemmons and Eunice McAlexander talk about being recorded singing ballads in the early 1960's. They were first recorded in 1932. This interview by Kip Lornell takes place near Meadows of Dan, Virginia.
    • They Can't Put It Back

    • They Can't Put It Back

    • Guitars; Singing; Mining;

    • Guy Carawan plays guitar and sings for students in Greenville, South Carolina. This was attended and recorded by a high school group from Paideia school in Atlanta, led by John Sundale.Guy Carawan plays guitar and sings for students in Greenville,...
    • Alan Jabbour's quest (talking)

    • Alan Jabbour's quest (talking)

    • Fiddle music;

    • Alan Jabbour speaks to an audience in Warren Wilson College's Canon Lounge. This recording is from an annual Harwood-Cole Memorial Lecture. Here he addresses the growth of his interest in folk music and the beginnings of his music collecting in...
    • tough town (talking)

    • tough town (talking)

    • Interviews; ;

    • Stella Gilbert talks with Blanton Owen about her rock throwing ability in her youth. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring.
    • houses, snakes (talking)

    • houses, snakes (talking)

    • Interviews; ;

    • Stella Gilbert talks with Blanton Owen about her home growing up, and sleeping in a straw tick. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring.
    • Claude Allens (talking)

    • Claude Allens (talking)

    • Interviews; ;

    • Stella Gilbert talks with Blanton Owen about her brother and the Allen family of Carroll County. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring. Read about the Allen family tragedy at:...
    • life history (talking)

    • life history (talking)

    • Interviews; Singing; ;

    • Stella Gilbert talks with Blanton Owen about her early memories of life in Shouns, Tennessee, and Saltville, Virginia. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring.
    • Louisiana Earthquake (talking)

    • Louisiana Earthquake (talking)

    • Ballads; Interviews;

    • Stella Gilbert talks about a ballad she just sang about a deadly eathquake in 1811. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring. Listen to her singing the song: fe05004.
    • Louisiana Earthquake

    • Louisiana Earthquake

    • Ballads;

    • Stella Gilbert sings a ballad about a deadly eathquake in 1811. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring. Listen to her talking about the song: fe05005.
    • learning songs (talking)

    • learning songs (talking)

    • Ballads; Interviews;

    • Stella Gilbert talks about learning and singing songs in her youth, and musicians in her family. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring.
    • Lord the Crowd Now Has Gathered (talking)

    • Lord the Crowd Now Has Gathered (talking)

    • Ballads; Interviews;

    • Stella Gilbert talks about a ballad she just sang, written by Tom Ashley about a local murder from the perspective of the murderer on death row. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring. Listen to...
    • Lord the Crowd Now Has Gathered...

    • Lord the Crowd Now Has Gathered...

    • Ballads;

    • Stella Gilbert sings a ballad written by Tom Ashley about a local murder from the perspective of the murderer on death row. She is the sister of Clarence 'Tom' Ashley. This was recorded in her home in Glade Spring. Listen to her talking about...
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