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FRC202 - Old-Time Music from Clay & Calhoun Counties, WV

(Large view)

(From the collection of the Brandwine Friends of Old Time Music)
Four master traditional musicians from central West Virginia performing live at the 1975 Brandywine Mountain Music Convention. Skilled banjoist and singer Phoeba Cottrell Parsons (1908-2001), champion fiddler Ira J. Mullins (1902-1987) and popular mountain artist and banjo player Jenes Cottrell (d. 1980) play alongside Wilson Douglas (1922-1999), an accomplished fiddler who possessed an ancient repertoire. The Morris Brothers accompany these artists and act as MC during the concerts.

Song List:

     
  Phoeba Parsons  
  1
 Sourwood Mountain (2:00)  
  2 Minnow On The Hook (2:04)  
  3 Devil and the Farmer’s Wife (1:48)  
  4 John Hardy (1:54)  
  5 Boston Burglar (2:28)  
  6 Hard Times (2:38)  
  7 Kitty Kline (2:41)  
  8 Little Omie (2:25)  
  9 Silver Dagger (2:32)  
  10 The West Fork Girls (2:00)  
  11 Up On Golden Shore (1:05)  
  Ira Mullins  
  12 Cluck Old Hen (1:31)  
  13 Cripple Creek (1:21)  
  14 Fisher’s Hornpipe (2:19)  
  15 Lost Train (1:11)  
  16 Shortnin’ Bread (1:02) (Phoeba Parsons – fiddle sticks)  
  Jenes Cottrell  
  17 Arkansas Traveller (2:45)  
  18 Devil and the Farmer’s Wife (4:07)  
  19 Down In The Willow Garden (3:37)  
  20 Four Nights Drunk (3:45)  
  21 Twist About Blues (3:07)  
  Wilson Douglas  
  22 Sweet Sixteen (2:29)  
  23 Elzic’s Farewell (2:52) (Tune written for Aunt Polly Elswick in 1890 – the “w” is silent)  
  24 Buffalo Gals (1:42)  
  25 Boating Up Sandy (1:52)  
  26 Paddy On The Turnpike (2:25)  
  27 Rocky Road To Dublin (2:27)  
  28 West Fork Girls (2:31)  
  29 Salt River (2:59)  
  30 Good Byes (:34)  
       
 

 

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