Swannanoa NC Straight Furrows In Uneven Ground Appalachian Vinyl LP Record VG+

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. Swannanoa NC Straight Furrows In Uneven Ground Appalachian Vinyl LP Record VG+ Vinyl / Jacket Grade Per Goldmine Standard: VG+ / VG+; Includes descriptive notes as shown THE MUSIC:Side I:1.Old Molly Hare (Arm-fiddle, Andy-banjo, Sue-lapdulcimer)—an old dance tune Andy .first heard manyyears ago in Southwestern Virginia, since heard fromWest Virginia to North Georgia. It's a good, drivingold time tune which exemplifies the string banddance sound of a "hoedown." (key of D, fiddleGDAE, banjo aDADE, dulcimer DDAD)2.Little Margaret (Sue, unaccompanied vocal)--ChildBallad //Ik. Known also as "Lady Margaret and SweetWilliam" and "Lady Margaret’s Ghost," it has beenwidely collected in all parts of the Appalachians.Sue learned this variant from the singing of SheilaRice, a powerful, young ballad singer from the Sodom-Laurel area of Madison County, North Carolina. Sheilahas been learning the ballads from the older folks(many of whom are kin to her) of the community, in-cluding Cas Wallin, Deli Norton, Brazilla Wallin, anda younger woman, Evolyn Ramsey, in order to carry onthe tradition of ballad singing.5* Chinquapin (Ann-fiddle)—another old dance tuna,which Ann learned from Danny Gammon, a great youngfiddler from the Knoxville area. It is a widely knowntune in both East Tennessee and North Carolina, and afavorite of Tommy Bell, a fine old gentleman from EnkaNorth Carolina, whose fiddling has impressed and in-fluenced all of us. (key of A, fiddle GDAE)4. The Cuckoo (Andy-banjo and vocal)—a very oldsong, the variant of which presented Andy learnedfrom an old banjo picker in eastern Kentucky. It issimilar to one recorded by Clarence "Tom” Ashley ofBristol, Tennessee, and it is played in thumb-leadtw0_fing«r style, (key of' Am, banjo aEDAE)’ « Last Old Dollar (Sue and Andy—lap dulcimers) —learned from Edsol Martin of Old Fort, North Carolina,dulcim^ maker and player (banjo, too), whittler, and^inost teacher of loafing in the mountains. Itsorigin2 are unknown, and Edsol says that it has words,but he can't remember them, (dulcimers DDAD, chordingstyle)Camp a Little While in the Wilderness (Sue, Andy,Ann, unaccompanied vocal)—-an old camp meeting songfrom the days when hundreds of people gathered for• ? worship and revivals and baptisms and conversions,often with marathon preaching and group singing.Wq learned it from Cas Wallin of Madison County, NorthCarolina, but the song has recently been made popularsince Betty Smith recorded it on her Folk uegacy album.7. June Apple (Ann-fiddie, Andy-banjo, Sue-lap dul-cimer, Andy singing)-- a dance tune from SouthwesternVirginia, popular with pickers in that area and justacross the border into North Carolina. We just re-cently heard a French version called nPomme de Juin."Obviously it has many variants. It was made famousby a recording made by Wade Ward of Galax, Virginia,(key of A, fiddle GDAE, banjo aEA0//E, dulcimer DDAD)Side II:1.Polly Put the Kettle On (Ann-fiddle, Andy-banjo,Sue-lap dulcimer)--widely known old dance tune. Andy•<’- first heard it near Meadows of Dan, Virginia aboutsixteon years ago played by a fiddler and banjo picker.Also known as "Molly Put the Kettle On," it is foundin British collections as well. We don't hear itplayed as often as we used to (or would like to...),(key of D, fiddle GDAE, banjo aDADE, dulcimer DDAD)2.Storms are on the Ocean (Andy-autoharp and vocal,Sue-vocal harmony)--Andy1s favorite autoharp tunelearned from Dallas Cline, whose family came fromWestern North Carolina. It is a love song in theballad tradition, the "who's gonna shoe your prettylittle foot" verso found in many other songs (as istrue of so many old time lyrics), (key of C, chordsC.F.G7)5- Cluck Old Hen (Ann and Andy on banjos, withx£, everybody singing)—Andy first heard it from VesterJones of Bristol Creek, Virginia. Most commonly itis done with banjo and fiddle, (key of A, banjos aDADE)A. Eangum and the Boar (Ann, unaccompanied vocal)---,- known as "Sir Lionel" in the Child collection's Englishversion (^13), but more familiar to American folkloristsas "Cid Bangum." This variant was just recently col-lected in the Cumberland Plateau of East Tennessee fromDee Hicks of Tinchtown, whose father sang it when Deewas a child. It is an unusually complete version.5- Shady Grove(Ann-fiddle, Andy-banjo, Sue-lap, dulcimer, Andy and Sue singing)—old song made popular*4 by the recording of Jean Ritchie of Viper, Kentuckyand the singing of Tad Ward of Beech Creek, NorthCarolina. It has been taken by many popular contem-porary folksingers as an example of "folk" music, (keyof Am, fiddle DDAE, banjo aDADF, dulcimer CCAD)6• Don’t You Hear Jerusalem Mourn (everybody on un-accompanied vocal)—a religious song that makes ahumorous attack on the preachers, although the chorusis much in the tradition of the old camp songs anahymns. It may have been made up from an old hymn bysomeone having "no truck" with preachers. It's anotherone of many fine old traditional songs from the Sodom-Laural aroa of Madison County, North Carolina.7. Whiskey Before Breakfast (Ann-fiddle, Andy-banjo, Sue-hammered dulcimer)—a dance tune whichhag become popular since the revival of old timemusic and string bands in the 1970’a, probablyIrish in origin. Sources are too numerous to men-tion, as the tune was number one on the old timeyhit parade for 1976. (key of D, fiddle GDAE,banjo aDADE)(Note: To our knowledge, all music on this albumis traditional and public domain.)WHO WE, THE MUSICIANS, ARE:Ann Ragan is a weaver and potter who lives in Town-send, Tennessee, near the Great Smoky MountainNational Park. Sha has worked as a demonstratorof domestic mountain life at Cades Cove in theSmokies for five summers and has cooked on a woodstove, milked cows, spun and done natural dying andhand weaving, quilted, made baskets, fought beanbeetles and canned vegetables, and played music inthe area, in the summer cf 1976 with Andy and Sueat Cades Cove in a string band called the Turkey RidgeRounders. She also appears on another record, "TheDry Branch String Band," available through PostmarkRecords, P.O. Box 26j, Maryville, TN or the GreatSmoky Mountains National Park. Ann plays banjo andguitar, and (of course) fiddle.Sue Kardos lives in Swannanoa, North Carolina, whereshe gardens, cares for a ninety year old log cabin,and builds lap dulcimers and hammered dulcimers, ban-jos, and Irish harps, and she shares a full life withAndy (see below). She plays lap and hammered dulcimeras wall as fiddle and (soon) Irish harp and she lovesto sing ballads in the old way. She performs regularlywith Andy (and Ann, when she can make it over fromTennessee) on the Blue Ridge Parkway and in and aboutthe Appalachian South, and this is her first record.Andy Kardos lives with Sue (to whom ho is delightfullymarried), sharing dulcimer, banjo, and harp making, logcabin, and music. He is also the Historian for the BlueRidge Parkway. He has played Appalachian music for overtwenty years end has built instruments for more thanfifteen. He plays banjo, lap dulcimer, autoharp, man-dolin, fiddle, jaw harp and also lies a great deal (hewrote this) and overextends himself as well. Sue andAnn barely tolerate his claim to sagacity for havingstruggled with all of that music for all those years.This, just to prove their point, is only his firstrecord, and may very well be his last.All are very good friends who delight in playingmusic together and in learning all that they canfromthe old timers and the old times that lingerhere in the uneven ground of the Blue Ridge. Allthree feel that in about three hundred years, theyjust might have learned all that they wish to.Hoehandle Recordsc/o Andy and Sue KardosRte. 1, Box 981Swannanoa, N.C. 28778This album contains a very limited sample of the richvariety of music native to the Southern AppalachianMountains. We hope that it can give the listener somefeeling for, and an understanding of, the music andits presentation styles. We are not practicing folk-lorists, so our apologies to those who ply that tradewho may find our scholarship wanting. Our notes aboutthe music and its instruments come from musicians andctner people from the mountains, with a little con-jecture here and there about what may be so if nodocumented sources are available. This album is alabor of love from three who have learned music, folk-lore, philosophy, generosity, friendship and many moregood things from the people of this uneven ground. Thank you for your business. Gallimoresgoods

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