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    • Preacher Song, The

    • Preacher Song, The

    • Ballads;

    • Cas Wallin sings a song about preachers of several denominations. This tune is from a cassette labelled 'Bascom Lamar Lunsford', a song collecter and organizer of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville. This was probably recorded at...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Spider Song, The

    • Spider Song, The

    • Mining; Guitars; Singing;

    • Michael Kline plays guitar and sings to a group of high school students from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. This interview takes place at Highlander school near New Market, Tennessee. This song was written by Glen...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Preacher Song

    • Preacher Song

    • Ballads;

    • Cas Wallin sings a song about preachers of several denominations and their stereotypes. He sings to a high school group from Paideia school in Atlanta. John Sundale is the group leader.
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Unidentified (banjo tune)

    • Unidentified (banjo tune)

    • Banjos; ;

    • Mattie Oakes Jacobs plays the banjo in her home in Red Valley, Virginia, for interviewer, Vaughan Webb. She says this is a song that Maybelle Carter plays the song on the autoharp.
    • Ferrum College
    • JFG Song (talking)

    • JFG Song (talking)

    • Interviews;

    • Pender Rector (1893-1979) talks about writing a slogan song for Woody Guthrie for JFG Coffee Company during the depression. Pender used to perform for grocery stores while they would serve coffee to customers. David Holt initiated this...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Pilgrim's Song, The

    • Pilgrim's Song, The

    • Choirs (Music); Shape Note singing;

    • Singers recite hymns during a semi-annual convention at Etowah Elementary School. Each song begins with a version using only shaped notes, as a sort of warm up for each tune, then follows with the actual hymn. Quay Smathers, from Canton, North...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Chicken Song, The

    • Chicken Song, The

    • Banjos; Mouth organs;

    • George Pegram (1911-1974) plays banjo with Red Parham playing harmonica. The pair played annually at the Mountain Festival in Asheville. Red is from Leicester, North Carolina.
    • Warren Wilson College
    • JFG song

    • JFG song

    • Banjos;

    • 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 this advertisment song with Pender Rector. Wayne Erbsen teaches Appalachian music at Warren Wilson...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • JFG song (talking)

    • JFG song (talking)

    • Interviews; Banjos;

    • Lee Boone talks about playing with Pender Rector and the next song in his Asheville home with Wayne Erbsen on his Country Roots public radio show. Wayne Erbsen teaches Appalachian music at Warren Wilson College. Lawrence Dillingham is also...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Unidentified

    • Unidentified

    • Mining; Guitars; Singing;

    • Rich Kirby plays guitar and sings a song about strip mining. The song was written by a Berea College student named Glen Lauson. Michael Kline calls it The Spider Song: ww09112. Rich lives in Whitesburg, Kentucky. This concert takes place in the...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Pretty Polly

    • Pretty Polly

    • Guitars; Singing;

    • Janette Carter sings and plays guitar with John McCutcheon on guitar for a music class at Warren Wilson College. Janette is the daughter of Sara and A.P. Carter. Listen to Janette talking about this song: ww09510. Sara Carter wrote this song. ...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Preacher Song

    • Preacher Song

    • Ballads;

    • Cas Wallin sings a ballad in his Madison county home for a high school group from Paideia school in Atlanta. The group is led by John Sundale. Cas's wife, Virgie, is also present.
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Dead Man's Song

    • Dead Man's Song

    • Banjos;

    • Eric Olson plays Tracy Schwarz's banjo during the intermission of a Tracy's concert. This takes place in the Asheville Junction, a venue founded by Andy Cohen. Eric Olson played with the Fuzzy Mountain String Band at the time of the concert. ...
    • Warren Wilson College
    • Tennessee

    • Tennessee

    • Banjos;

    • Mattie Oakes Jacobs plays the banjo and sings in her home in Red Valley, Virginia, for interviewer, Vaughan Webb. She ways this is a song of Roy Acuff's
    • Ferrum College
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