AUGUSTA GALLERY
of WEST VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE
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Nat Reese,
of Princeton, plays the blues. Nat toured widely in the coal camps in
his younger days when money was available to be made near pay days.
(A1289R) |
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Frank
George of Roane County is a traditional fiddle and banjo player. Frank’s
interest expanded to Celtic music during his service while in the
British Isles. He regularly plays music for Irish and Scottish dancing.
(A290R) |
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Phoeba Parsons of Calhoun County has played the
banjo since childhood. (M889M) |
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Freeman
McKinney of Clay County is from a family of dulcimer makers and players.
(M394O)
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Sarah
Singleton of Braxton County grew up in a large family of musicians. Of
sixteen children, fourteen played string music on fiddle, banjo, guitar
and dulcimer.
(M1189S)
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Melvin
Wine of Braxton County still plays lively fiddle music at 93 years of
age. Melvin is designated a National Heritage Fellow by the National
Endowment for the Arts.
(M691A)
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Junior Lloyd of Braxton County has played dulcimer since a small child in the Salt Lick area. |
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Glen Smith
of Wirt County is a fiddler who played at numerous festivals throughout
the state.
(M1189L)
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Patty
Looman (left) instructs many hammered dulcimer players, performs on the
instrument, and has carried the tradition of the hammered dulcimer in
northern West Virginia.
(M994A)
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Ralph Moore, traditional square dance fiddler from Nicholas County. |
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Gospel piano player Arnold Palmer from Mercer County has taught apprentices through the West Virginia Apprenticeship Program. |
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Glen Smith, fiddle, and Dwight Diller, banjo, recorded "Say Old Man" on Augusta Heritage recordings. ( M1189E) |