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FRC504 - Sidna & Fulton Meyers

(Large view)

(From the collection of Peter Hoover)
These recordings, made by Peter Hoover in the early sixties, showcase the playing of brothers Fulton (fiddle) and Sidna (banjo) Myers of Five Forks, Virginia, a tiny hamlet located between Hillsville and Galax. Their playing is reminiscent of that of Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham of nearby Mt. Airy, North Carolina, but includes several tunes unique to them, notably Twin Sisters. The recordings were made at local general store, the Myers house lacking electricity, which accounts for some of the background noise. -- Peter Hoover

Song List:

     
  1 Brown's Dream (2:44)  
  2 Breaking Up Christmas (3:06)  
  3 Goin' Home (Let Me Fall) (2:20)  
  4 Roundtown Girls (2:10)  
  5 Old Bunch of Keys (1:59)  
  6 Sourwood Mountain (1:45)  
  7 Cacklin' Hen (2:10)  
  8 Sally Ann (2:51)  
  9 Soldier's Joy (1:51)  
  10 Backstep Cindy (2:44)  
  11 Georgie (2:09)  
  12 Stillhouse (1:34)  
  13 Arkansas Traveler (1:24)  
  14 Fortune (2:10)  
  15 Twin Sisters (2:07)  
  16 Twin Sisters (banjo only) (1:27)  
  17 Sweet Grapes (1:19)  
  18 Shady Grove (1:44)  
  19 New River Train (1:50)  
  20 Reuben's Train (1:51)  
  21 Pretty Little Girl (Brown's Dream) (1:46)  
  22 Sugar Baby (banjo only) (0:23)  
  23 Here, Rattler, Here (Shoo Fly) (1:52)  
  24 Jimmy Sutton (1:22)  
  25 Sweet Sunny South (1:10)  
 

 

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