This week we check out some songs and tunes old and new from the Galax, Virginia area and beyond. 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 – who has a highly acclaimed new album out. Music from southwestern Virginia, and much more including Charlie Monroe, the Carter Family and JD Crowe, on the latest Across the Blue Ridge.
Episode 9 Playlist
- Skip To Ma Lou My Darling – Eck Dunford
Album -- The Bristol Sessions Volume 1
- Keep On The Sunny Side – The Carter Family
Album – Anchored in Love
- Ain't Nobody – Dori Freeman
Album – Dori Freeman
- County Road Gang – Fields Ward
Album – 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
- BREAK 1 Bill Brown – The Canote Brothers
Album -- Sugarbaby
- Grey Eagle – Scott Freeman
Album – Southern Souvenirs
- Still A Child – Dori Freeman
Album – Dori Freeman
- I'll Stay Around – J.D. Crowe
Album – Blackjack
- Little Maggie – Obray Ramsey
Album – Good Old Mountain Dew
- Live Forever – Laurie Lewis & Her Right Hands
Album – The Golden West
- End of Memory Lane – Charlie Monroe
Album – Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners Vol. 1
- Cluck Old Hen – Wade Ward
Album – Southern Journey Vol. 2
- BREAK 2 Little Birdie – Paul Brown
Source: studio recording
- Interview & Cripple Creek – Wade Ward & Charlie Higgins
Album – Southern Journey Vol. 1
- Pretty Polly – E.C. Ball
Album – Southern Journey Vol. 1
- The Banks of the Ohio – Ruby Vass
Album – Southern Journey Vol. 2
- The Devil's Dream – Hobart Smith
Album – Hobart Smith Blue Ridge Legacy
- Fly Around My Blue Eyed Girl – Hobart Smith
Album – Southern Journey Vol. 2
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