Laura Boosinger (rhythm guitar) and George Shuffler (lead guitar) play music in Sage Cafe at Warren Wilson College. George played with the Stanley Brothers, at the dawn of bluegrass, for more than twenty years. He lives in Burke County, North...
George Pegram (1911-1974) plays banjo and sings with Red Parham playing harmonica. The pair played annually at the Mountain Festival in Asheville. Red is from Leicester, North Carolina.
Burke Barbour fiddles with the Old Timers, a band consisting of: Frank Hall-banjo, Buck Arthur-bass, David Goode-guitar, vocals, Troy Brammer-banjo, and Donald Smith. This took place at Ferrum College's Folklife Festival, on a stage dedicated to...
Fiddle music; Stamper, Hiram, 1893-1991; Roll on John;
Banjo tune preformed by Hiram Stamper in key of D. Banjo
tuned gDGBD. Recorded in Knott County, Kentucky by Bruce Greene in 1980. The tune more
recently has evolved into the popular bluegrass number,
"Roll On Buddy."
While the Ages Roll On Up In Heaven; Jones Creek Quartet; Jones, Hubert; Middleton, Beck; Johnson, Carl; Barley, Dillard; Gospel Music—Kentucky; Gospel Musicians—Kentucky; Southern Gospel Singers; Guitar Music—Kentucky; Mandolin...
Songs sung and played by the Jones Creek Quartet of Harlan County, Kentucky. Original recordings were on two 78rpm discs published by the Folk Star recording company in the early 1950s. These performances are from audio tape copies provided by Ed...
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms; Shannon, Maurice; Country Music Express Radio Programs--Kentucky; Radio Programs--Tennessee; Country Music--Kentucky; Country Music--Tennessee; Country Musicians--Kentucky; Country Musicians--Tennessee; WEZJ (Radio...
Song sung by Maurice Shannon on the Country Music Express Radio program over radio station WEZJ, Williamsburg, Kentucky and WBNT in Oneida, Tennessee [1969].
Radio Programs--Kentucky; Gospel Music--Kentucky; Gospel Musicians--Kentucky; Southern Gospel Singers; Prichard Quartet; Melody Five; WBVL (Radio Station: Barbourville, Kentucky); God Will Roll the Waters Back;
Song sung by the Prichard Quartet on radio station WBVL Barbourville, Kentucky, 1958-1959.
Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
Smoky Mountain Bluegrass performs during a concert featuring bluegrass bands from the area. The concert was arranged by David Holt and takes place in Kittredge Theater at Warren Wilson College.
George Pegram (1911-1974) plays banjo and sings with Red Parham playing harmonica. The pair played annually at the Mountain Festival in Asheville. Red is from Leicester, North Carolina.
Andy Cohen sings and plays guitar before a performance by Walter and Ethel Phelps, at the Asheville Junction, founded by Andy Cohen. Walter played with Rev. Gary Davis in their youth. Jelly Roll Morton played this song written by Mamie Desdoumes.
The Highwoods String Band plays at Warren Wilson College's Bannerman Hall. The band was travelling on an NEA grant throughout the Southeast presenting Old-Time music. The band: Mac Benford (banjo), Doug Dorshug (guitar), Jenny Cleland (bass),...
Eric Schoenberg performs at the Asheville Junction, a coffeehouse venue founded by Andy Cohen. This song was written by Jelly Roll Morton in 1906. Listen to Eric Schoenberg talking before this song: ww07319.
Eric Schoenberg performs at the Asheville Junction, a coffeehouse venue founded by Andy Cohen. Eric talks about Jelly Roll Morton's effect on jazz. Listen to Pearls, by Eric Schoenberg: ww07320.
Mr. Hatcher spent time writing sayings and stories about local history and folk lore on the walls of his hotel. The Hatcher Hotel was located on Main St. in Pikeville, KY.
This is a copy of the original Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the Mud River Primitive Baptist Association, held with the Mount Zion Church, Logan County, W. Va., on September 1, 2, and 3, 1911. Includes meeting minutes, obituaries,...