6" x 9" black and white photograph (now, sepia) of musicians posing with their instruments. The fifteen musicians are unidentified. Among the instruments are various stringed instruments and a French horn.
A Group of musicians discuss the black entertainers, including Rabbit Muse, that they remember from their early days. This interview is being conducted by Kip Lornell with a group of musicians and announcers who used to perform on live radio, in...
Musicians including Hal Grant discuss other musicians and yodelers. 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...
Country Music--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Kentucky; WHAS (Radio Station: Louisville, Ky.); Cripple Creek; Fiddle music;
Square dance tune played by cast musicians on the Kentucky Play Party radio program on WHAS, Louisville, Kentucky 11-11-39. Includes commercial message for Peruna Tonic.
Pender Rector (1893-1979) talks about playing music for dances in the area during the depression, the Asheville musicians union, and several musicians. This recording session, Initiated by David Holt, takes place in Pender's home. Pender's wife...
Albert Hash (lead fiddle), EC Ball (guitar), Flury Dowe (banjo) and Wayne Erbsen (harmony fiddle) play in one of their homes in North Carolina. Here is some gossip about local musicians.
All the musicians play together at the end of a concert featuring musicians from Canton, North Carolina. The concert is part of a series organized by David Holt and takes place in Warren Wilson College's Kittredge Theater.
A group of musicians talks about the logistics of taking solos in bluegrass. This was recorded during an informal jam session at David Holt's house. The musicians include David Holt (banjo), Mike Hunter (mandolin), Brian Hunter (guitar), and...
A group of musicians talks about different ways of ending songs. This was recorded during an informal jam session at David Holt's house. The musicians include David Holt (banjo), Mike Hunter (mandolin), Brian Hunter (guitar), and Larry Barwell...
Asheville, North Carolina; Songs & music; ; Festivals; Asheville, North Carolina
The Byard Ray Festival Association was established by Betty Sue Johnson who produced the festival for ten of its eleven years. She was a nurse practitioner, educator, and administrator at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North...
Jim Marshall talks about the local old time musicians who prefer not to attend Galax Fiddler's convention, and reasons for the music's lack in popularity. This interview takes place in Jim's home near Hillsville, Virginia.