This week, as the fiddlers' convention season in the south really gets underway, we check out some songs and tunes old and new from the Virginia mountains. In the southwestern part of Virginia, Galax and surrounding communities have long been centers of old time and bluegrass music. The Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax was started in 1935 and continues to draw thousands of people each August. On this show, we hear some field recordings of musicians including Wade Ward, Charlie Higgins, Ruby Vass and Hobart Smith; and the songs and tunes of contemporary musicians such as mandolinist Scott Freeman and his daughter Dori. The Carter Family, Ralph Stanley and the Lonesome River Band are also on the show.
Playlist
- Skip To My Lou
Uncle Alec Dunford
The Bristol Sessions Vol. 1
- Keep On The Sunny Side
The Carter Family
Anchored In Love
- Ain't Nobody
Dori Freeman
Dori Freeman
- County Road Gang
Fields Ward
Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
- Ducks In The Millpond
Emmett Lundy
Library of Congress Recording
- Sally Ann & Step Back Cindy
Luther Davis, Paul Brown, Paul Friedman
Field recording
- Shady Grove
Norman Edmonds & The Old Timers
Norman Edmonds Vol. 1
- Break 1 - Bill Brown
The Canote Brothers
Sugarbaby
- Grey Eagle
Scott Freeman
Southern Souvenirs
- Ashby's Breakdown
John Ashby
John Ashby
- Somebody's Missing You
Lonesome River Band
Mountains of Music Homecoming 2015
- On The Banks Of The Old Tennessee
Tyler Hughes
Mountains of Music Homecoming 2015
- Gone At Last
The Glorylanders of New River Valley
Mountains of Music Homecoming 2015
- Cumberland Gap
Albert Hash
Albert Hash
- Bill Cheatham
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys V.3
- Break 2 - Little Birdie
Paul Brown
Studio recording
- Cripple Creek & interview
Wade Ward & Charlie Higgins
Southern Journey Vol. 1
- Pretty Polly
E.C. Ball
Southern Journey Vol. 1
- The Banks Of The Ohio
Ruby Vass
Southern Journey Vol. 2
- The Devil's Dream
Hobart Smith
Blue Ridge Legacy
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Girl
Hobart Smith
Southern Journey Vol. 2
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