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We started producing the
Augusta Heritage Recordings in 1982 as an effort to
document West Virginia’s traditional music. We
now document traditional music and crafts of other cultures,
as well as West Virginia folklore.
From
the first solo fiddle recording of John Johnson
to the latest video documentary on the West Virginia
Old-Time Storyteller, Kent Lilly, Augusta Heritage Center
recordings are unique, authentic, and respectful.
Our goal is to capture traditional culture in its many
expressive forms and make it available to a wider audience.
While on campus, you’re
always welcome to visit the Augusta Heritage Center
Store. The store features various productions
of traditional music CDs and cassettes, VHS videos and
DVDs, books and prints. Our caps, clothing, and
other apparel also make wonderful gifts for the entire
family.
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NEW
Augusta Master Series DVD
Kent
Lilly - I'm Tellin' Nothin' but the Truth.
West Virginia’s
Old-Time Storyteller
Kent Lilly of Camp Creek,
West Virginia, is an Appalachian storyteller. He doesn’t use
that term, for many his age commonly share the rich oral tradition
of the region, and he doesn’t think it is anything special.
“Professional storytellers” these days research historical
stories and facts and introduce theatrics in performances.
Kent’s intuitive and unrehearsed style includes gestures,
sound effects, grimaces, grins and contortions to enhance
the telling. Kent doesn’t “learn” his stories. They come to
him through contact and visiting with friends and neighbors.
Rife with folklore, his colorful “turn of phrase” is filled
with sayings, nicknames, humorous anecdotes and emotions that
link his stories to real people and actual happenings, often
with a humorous twist. He explains in this DVD how the ‘possum
got his grin, how “Snakebite John” got his name, and how old-timers
enjoy duck gizzards. His wit does cause him to wander from
the truth from time to time, thereby following the time-honored
tradition of spinning yarns for listeners. Kent says, “George
Washington couldn’t lie. I could, but I wouldn’t want to.”
This project was produced from an interview with Kent Lilly
in 1997 and from three subsequent interviews that took place
in 2009.
A film by Gerald Milnes
AHCMS-09 DVD
– 60
minutes – $20
 
Augusta Master Series DVD
Bernard
Cyrus
Ancient Sounds & Wild Orchids
This film introduces
Bernard Cyrus of Wayne County, West Virginia. Bernard is a
musician, instrument maker, hunter, gardener, tale teller,
old-time person, and avid regional
botanist. Ancient Sounds is a term Bernard uses to describe
the music he likes and plays. Wild Orchids have been his passion.
From boyhood memories of two old-time musicians and neighbors,
he developed a love for the banjo and dulcimer, played them,
and in later life undertook to make custom banjos and dulcimers
in his workshop.
From his grandmother,
neighbors, and eventually books, he developed a passion for
knowing “what was around me.” This led to a lifetime of important
botanical discoveries in the West Virginia woods. An avid
photographer, Bernard’s fine photography is showcased within
the film. This DVD offering visits Bernard at his home on
Big Hurricane Creek.
A film by Gerald Milnes
Still photography and music by Bernard Cyrus
Cover design by Marilyn Palmer Richards
AHCMS-08 DVD
– 74
minutes – $20
 
NOW digitally remastered as DVD 
The West Virginia Hills
A Tribute
to the Mountain Dulcimer
The dulcimer has played a part
in the homemade, community-based folk music of the Appalachian
Mountains since the pioneer period, especially in West Virginia.
This film traces the German roots of the instrument from the
Old World to the New World. Pennsylvania Germans brought the
instrument south during the eighteenth century migration to
the Appalachian backcountry. Here the instrument evolved in
shape and function, from being played with a bow to being
played with a feather or pick and wooden noter, and, more
recently, with the
fingers.
In the early 1990s, several traditional players were documented
playing in traditional styles. Numerous examples of nineteenth
and early twentieth century instruments are shown and discussed
by Patty Looman and Jim Costa.
Dulcimer makers Jim Good and Phil Holcomb are shown in their
shops, where they discuss their influences and experiences.
The film ends with current players Margaret MacArthur, Lorraine
Lee Hammond, Steve Seifert, and David Schnaufer playing more
modern styles in concert on the Augusta Heritage Center Stage.
Produced by Gerry Milnes
for Augusta Heritage Recordings
(This film is
no longer available in VHS.)
AHCDVD-09
- 50 minutes - $20
 
NOW
digitally remastered
Signs,
Cures & Witchery
German Appalachian Folklore
A fascinating glimpse
of some little-known Appalachian beliefs and practices among
descendents of early German pioneers. This hour-long
documentary traces Germanic belief systems from Europe to
West Virginia, from the fifteenth century to present practitioners.
Signs, Cures and Witchery opens a window into our ancient
past, revealing the courage, resourcefulness and humor of
people whose survival depended on their ability to "read
signs," cure their own ills, and find explanations for
life's mysteries. Local community practices in West
Virginia such as witch doctoring, "belsnickling,"
shanghai," and folk healing are connected to their medieval
counterparts in woodcuts and other works of art. In tracing
immigration to remote mountain communities, we learn how expressions
of folk art and occult belief survive. This work specifically
examines aspects of Appalachian oral tradition and folklore
that draw from German culture. This informative, entertaining
film is an invaluable aid to all who have interest in religion,
psychology, folklore, metaphysical, regional, gender, and
ethnic studies. Produced by Gerald Milnes.
DVD
– 60
minutes – $20 (This
film is no longer available in VHS.)
Click
HERE
for Dirty Linen review.
 

NEW - AUGUSTA
MASTER SERIES DVD
Icy Mountain
The Quirky Fiddling
of Leland Hall
Solo
Fiddling from Central West Virginia. Leland Hall plays tunes
and comments on his sources and inspirations through a 36-minute
film. Ten tunes are also presented in slow motion, standard
pitch, for learning purposes. Produced by Gerald Milnes. 2007.
DVD – $20
 
AUGUSTA
MASTER SERIES DVD
Music of
Heaven
Old-Time Music from Coal River Country
The Music of William
Sherman "Junior" Holstein with Gary Wayne Jordan
Music
of Heaven: Old-time Music from the Coal River Country features
the extraordinary talents of William Sherman “Junior” Holstein.
His nephew and apprentice, Gary Wayne Jordan, introduces us
to Junior who plays some rare and beautiful old-time fiddle
tunes. He sings several old songs, words to fiddle tunes,
and one original song to his own musical accompaniment. Junior
visits with other traditional musicians in the area, describes
old-time methods of making moonshine, and leads us through
some of his own trials and tribulations as he battles personal
demons. The title tune, “Music of Heaven,” a soulful instrumental,
aptly relates to Junior’s fixation on his prospects for the
afterlife.
DVD –
60 minutes –
$20
 
A
production of Augusta Heritage Center
The
'CC Boys: A West Virginia Legacy
A documentary film by Robert C. Whetsell
"We cannot always build
the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the
future."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC) reforested federal and state lands decimated by
forest fires, built fire watch towers and strung miles of
communication lines between them, helped fight forest fires,
built state park facilities and roads. It gave employment
to thousands of young men in a time of rampant unemployment,
and sent money home to their families. Many young men were
given the opportunity to learn reading, writing, and arithmetic,
as well as skills such as typing and woodworking.
"The 'CC Boys left a legacy that can still
be enjoyed all over West Virginia in the forests they planted
and parks they helped to build. The skills the 'boys in green'
learned cannot be measured, but they are still evident in
the public facilities they left for posterity; neither can
the pride and teamwork, but both were displayed in their patriotic
commitment during World War II. The Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC) legacy reminds us of the capacity for good that
can come from an enlightened government policy, which invests
in the development of human resources and protects the environment.
"This excellent documentary records the
beneficial, and often unappreciated impact of the CCC on the
lives of West Virginians not only in that time of economic
need but ever since - an uplifting story well told."
- Ronald L. Lewis, Ph.D., West Virginia University
Co-produced by Robert
C. Whetsell and Gerald Milnes. Feature film (30 minutes) plus
Bonus Features. Color
DVD - $25
 
AUGUSTA MASTER SERIES DVD
That
Old-Time Sound
Old-Time Music and Old-Time Ways of Central West Virginia
Featuring Lester & Linda McCumbers
Central
West Virginia – particularly the four-county area of Braxton,
Clay, Calhoun and Gilmer – has always been known as a hot-bed
of traditional music and traditions. It has produced numerous
outstanding musicians of note, including French and Ernie
Carpenter, Ward Jarvis, Harvey Sampson, Melvin Wine, Emory
Bailey, Phoeba Parsons, and dozens more. Lester McCumbers,
from Nicut, West Virginia, is one of the last fiddlers to
have had direct contact with that older generation of legendary
players.
Some rare film shot at the West Virginia State Folk Festival
at Glenville in 1973 adds an historical glimpse of some of
the film’s older musical performers. Linda McCumbers sings
on stage at Glenville and at recent visits to the Augusta
Heritage Workshops and Concerts. Neighbor Homer Sampson (filmed
by Augusta in 1996) contributes an Old-World gem of a ballad.
A portion of the film intertwines the music with the strong
tradition of fox chasing and coon hunting, adding context
to the lives of people who are otherwise known solely for
their musical accomplishments.
From public dancing in the street at Glenville to music played
and sung on porches and in kitchens, this film presents folk
traditions within a rich cultural context. Production and
DVD authoring by Gerald Milnes for Augusta Heritage Center.
Cover photo by Dave Savage; cover design by Sam Linkous.
DVD - 60 minutes.
$20.
 
The
Cliff-Scaling Soldiers of West
Virginia
A Documentary Film by
Robert C. Whetsell
In
August 1943, while American and Allied Forces were embroiled
in a titanic struggle against Axis powers in Europe and the
Pacific, thousands of US Army troops began converging upon
northeastern West Virginia's Allegheny and Potomac Highlands.
The backbone of the Appalachian Mountains, this expansive
untamed area, noted for its savage beauty and rich traditional
culture, unwittingly played host to the US Army's most unique
World War II training ground until July 1944 - the West Virginia
Maneuver Area.
Set
amidst the backdrop of West Virginia's most visited scenic
recreation areas, The Cliff-Scaling Soldiers uses rare
photographs, film footage, letters, and firsthand accounts
from participants to recount this forgotten chapter in the
nation's history. Witness the brutal conditions and unforgiving
hardships endured by Maneuver soldiers
as they scale the dizzying heights and sheer rock walls of
Seneca and Champe Rocks, ford the raging waters of Blackwater
Canyon, and negotiate treacherous mountain roadways. Experience
their triumph and tragedy, humorous and colorful insight,
and impacts on the landscape, people, and folklore of the
region. Edited by Robert C. Whetsell and Gerald Milnes.
Photography by Gerald Milnes. Music by Jesse Milnes, Gerald
Milnes, and Woody Simmons. 20
minutes, Color DVD - $20
 
"One More Time"
The Life and Music of Melvin Wine
Melvin
Wine was never without a song to sing, a story to tell, or
a tune to play, and his familiar "one more time"
still rings in our hearts. He was born in 1909 at the mouth
of Stouts Hollow in Braxton County, West Virginia. Melvin's
chiseled smile was a very familiar sight around many West
Virginia music events for the 40 years leading up to his death
in 2003. How appropriate that he was laid to rest on the first
day of spring just a stone's throw from his birthplace.
Hundreds of fiddlers have
learned about playing tunes and living life from Melvin, and
through this project, many more will have opportunities to
continue learning from him.
The interactive
CD-ROM contains many tunes, stories, and photos,
plus biographical information from Melvin's remarkable life.
A tune can be slowed down or stopped to allow you to study
his playing, his bowing techniques, or simply to catch the
melody. The DVD contains
four films from periods of Melvin's life: "Melvin Wine:
Old Time Music Maker;" a film made on his porch at home;
a Copen Community Center jam and dance; and Melvin's last
Augusta concert.
Melvin
Wine won many distinctive awards and honors and traveled widely
because of his music to events in Washington, Illinois, New
Mexico, New York, and many other places. It wasn't the places
he remembered; it was the people he met. They, and we, will
always remember him. Finally in 1991, he was honored as a
National Heritage Fellow. The awards weren't as important
to Melvin, as were his many friends. We're sure he's still
humming "In a Land Where We'll Never Grow Old."
In memory of Melvin Wine: 1909-2003. Executive Producers:
Margo Blevin and Gerald Milnes. Produced by Jimmy Triplett
and Marilyn Palmer Richards with assistance from many.
DVD and CD-ROM, 2-disc set $30.
(CD-ROM
is available for Windows only)
 
AUGUSTA MASTER SERIES DVD
Fiddlin’ Leo Herron
Leo
Herron, a native
of Barbour County, made his mark in West Virginia’s early
country music scene through
playing fiddle and guitar with various bands on live radio.
These shows were produced at WMMN
in Fairmont during the early 1940s. Leo accepted an
offer to perform at the Augusta Heritage Center’s Old-Time
Fiddlers' Reunion, and later at Augusta’s Old-Time Week in
1997. The film from this performance is the only visual documentation
of his considerable talent. That performance is presented
here along with some audio tunes recorded at Leo’s home, plus
photographs and biographical information.
Not long before Leo succumbed to cancer in 1998, he accepted
an apprentice through Augusta’s Folk Art Apprenticeship Program.
Chris Haddox made a half dozen or so treks to Leo’s home before
Leo’s death, learning his style and as many of Leo’s tunes
as possible. Chris plays three of Leo’s tunes on this DVD.
He is perhaps the only person to have learned some of Leo’s
musical secrets.
Augusta hopes that this DVD will add to that legacy by giving
others access to one of West Virginia’s true master players. Production
and DVD authoring by Gerald Milnes for Augusta Heritage Center.
Cover photo and design by Sam L. Linkous.
- 60
minutes, plus music audio clips.
DVD - $15
 
INSPIRED
FOLK - Outsider
Artists Of West Virginia
This
hour-long film and interactive DVD examines the lifelong work
often exceptional West Virginia artists — their motivations,
inspirations, obsessions and their world view — artists whose
work is so unique that it makes us question all the ways we
define art. To find answers the film takes the viewer deep
into the artists' creative spaces and their minds.
The
ten artists were found in such unlikely places as prisons,
senior centers, remote West Virginia hollows, and the streets
of Baltimore. The art includes the work of a "lifer"
in prison, a paranoid schizophrenic, a reclusive chair maker,
expressive wood carvers, an obsessive-compulsive collector,
a race-car driver/artist, a junk sculptor, a believer in faith-healing
and more.
A
nationally recognized authority on the subject helps put the
work into the context of folk art in general and specifically
outsider art. The resulting film is a fascinating glimpse
into motivations unlike any in the generally accepted genres
of artistic expression.
Co-produced
2004 by Gerald Milnes and Mary Rayme. 57
minutes.
DVD - $20
 

Helvetia: The Swiss of West Virginia
From the making of Helvetia
cheese to Fasnacht and the burning of Old Man Winter - experience
the Old-World Swiss traditions as they thrive today in the
remote mountain community of Helvetia, West Virginia.
Descendents of nineteenth-century
Swiss immigrants share and discuss their music, dance, yodeling,
foodways, crafts, customs and celebrations. Produced
by Gerald Milnes. 60 minutes - color.
DVD - $20
 
VHS Videotapes

Fiddles, Snakes,
and Dog Days
Old-Time Music and Lore in West Virginia
"They
say the fiddle is the devil's music instrument..."
Fiddle music weaves through a fabric of tales, beliefs, and
seasonal observances handed down from generation to generation.
This film, first in a series of three, offers a glimpse into
the living folk culture of West Virginia, presented in its
natural setting.
The video features the
wisdom and artistry of more than 30 of West Virginia's "state
treasures" -- fiddlers, ballad singers, flatfoot dancers,
and artisans. Included are both established and previously-undocumented
artists, filmed amid the haunting beauty of the Appalachian
terrain. Produced by Gerald Milnes. 60 minutes - color.
VHS -
$5 while supplies last
Click
HERE
for Dirty Linen review.
 

Old-Time
Music Maker
Melvin Wine
Discover the life and
music of master fiddler, master teacher, and National Heritage
Award Winner...Melvin Wine. Visit him at his home in the majestic
Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Enter another world
as you listen to his compelling stories of "times-gone-by."
Tap your feet to his joyful sounds as they weave their way
throughout this insightful program. Rejoice with others as
you watch how Melvin's unique fiddling style and philosophy
of life are passed down from generation to generation. Discover
the Old Time Music Maker...Melvin Wine.
27 minutes - color. VHS
- $5 while supplies last
 

Twisted
Laurel
- Click
HERE
for details
Folk Art, Folklore &
Music from the West Virginia Woods Twisted Laurel captures
the relationship between the land and the people to whom a
rare legacy of art and lore has been passed down. Tales
and beliefs, folk art and functional objects, nature's own
remedies, and the natural beauty of wood are all woven together
like an oak basket, held tightly by a strong thread of ballads
and banjo tunes.
Produced by Gerald Milnes. 30 minutes, color.
VHS - $5
while supplies last
 
NEW
(as of 7/09)
ELMER
RICH
Tunes from Sanford
& Pap
Elmer
Rich is a very competitive contest fiddler and tends to pull
out his flashiest pieces for contests and at festival performances.
But the tunes he learned in his youth from his father and
his uncle Sanford have always remained favorites in his repertoire.
This project started from Tom Gibson’s and my desire to have
a record of these interesting tunes we'd sometimes hear Elmer
play. The tunes presented here include some of the more unusual
pieces that Elmer learned from the playing of his father and
his Uncle Sanford, plus a sampling of the standard fiddle
tunes that were played by his family. I've noted tunes that
Elmer particularly relates to either his father or uncle,
but in general Elmer thinks that most of the less common tunes
came into the family via his Uncle Sanford. We’ve also included
4 tracks of Sanford Rich and members of the Rich family (including
16-year-old Elmer) that were recorded by Charles Seeger in
Arthurdale, West Virginia, in 1936.
– Mark Crabtree
AHR 029
CD
- $15
 
Double Geared Lightning
The Story of Legendary West Virginia Fiddler Wood Simmons
This
60 minute audio documentary brings you the life and music
of one of West Virginia's most celebrated mountain fiddlers.
Woody Simmons played music - and played it superlatively well
- from the time he first took up the banjo at the age of eight
until a few weeks before his death at age 93 in June 2005.
You'll hear from Woody - and more than twenty other musicians
whose lives he touched. Although he was almost universally
acknowledged by those who heard him as a genius on the fiddle,
he never sought fame and fortune, preferring to live out his
life in the rural area where he was born. As his old friend
and admirer Buddy Griffin put it: "Woody may not have
wanted to be famous. If you're famous, everybody knows you,
knows what you do. But if you're legendary, it's just hearsay,
but they know it's true. It's better for people to say, 'you
ever heard of this fiddler?', and if they never heard of him,
you can tell them things that's not true. But Woody actually
lived up to those things. Few legendary fiddlers do."
CD -
$15
 
20
Years of Irish Music at Augusta
- 1983 to 2002
Irish Week concerts recorded live at Augusta Heritage Center
Irish
Week at Augusta started in 1982. It was a modest beginning,
just three instructors. Liz Carroll, Billy McComiskey
and Mick Moloney taught about 40 students the rudiments of
style on fiddle, accordion, mandolin and tenor banjo.
It ended up being so popular that Irish Week became an integral
part of the Augusta program, and has grown to become a major
institution in the world of Irish traditional culture in the
United States, attracting enthusiasts from all over
the nation. The tunes on this double CD were all selected
from 20 years of
concert recordings housed in Augusta's
archives in the Booth Library of Davis and Elkins College.
Please consider this as just a sampler - a taste of Augusta
that offers a glimpse into the delightful musical evenings
that have been enjoyed by thousands over the years.
Produced by Flawn Williams, original recordings by Flawn Williams
and Bill Dudley. Mick Moloney, Consultant. Margo
Blevin, Executive Producer.
2-disc set
- $20
 
Foggy
Valley
Traditional
Fiddling of Randolph County, WV (From
Field Recordings)
Click
here to read all of the liner notes and credits.
Randolph County fiddling
embraces a style and repertoire commonly found in the southern
Appalachians with some traces of a more localized, West Virginia
Style. Several tunes presented here
have old-world sources. Some are from family
repertoires that probably date to the frontier era. Some are
more widely known, regional pieces from the golden age of
early country music on the radio.
Continuing for over two hundred years, dancing
to live music gives purpose and necessity to Randolph County
fiddling traditions. Over the years it took many fiddlers
to fill the bill demanded by active dancing communities.
This anthology presents the current state of
traditional, old-time fiddling in Randolph County. Whether
they are hoe-down tunes, waltzes, hymns, or song melodies,
these tunes celebrate life and commemorate valued subjects
in different ways.
Produced
by Gerald Milnes from field recordings made 1994-1997, with
production assistance from Rachel Nash Law and Susan Rudisill.
Mastering by Flawn Williams. Cover photo by Gerald Milnes.
Graphic design by Mary Rayme. Margo Blevin, Executive
Producer. CD
- $15
 
Israel
Welch - Tearin' Down the Laurel
Click
HERE
for Dirty Linen Magazine review.
A journey up dry run in rural Mineral County, West Virginia,
leads to an unpaved road up a hollow, eventually topping up
at an old-time mountain farm. Electric power and telephone
lines have never made the trip, but many a fiddle player and
old-time musician find the hilltop farm enticing. Thousands
of fiddle tunes have drifted into the area from the old log
homestead that has been home and hearth to the Welch family
since the 1830's.
Israel Welch, born in
1912, currently holds dominion over the farm and survives
as the last of several fiddling brothers. Israel's strong
bowing style with clear, delicate, noting complements his
amazing repertoire of reels, hoedowns, waltzes, hornpipes,
clogs, swings, and jigs. These tunes exemplify music
he has performed at hundreds, perhaps thousands of old-time
dances in the upper Potomac Valley. Production and guitar
backup by Gerry Milnes. Field recording and mastering
by Flawn Williams. CD
- $15
 
BANJO
LEGACY- Traditional Music of West Virginia
For
more than two centuries West Virginia musicians have quietly
passed on their music and traditions to the coming generations.
This album represents only a moment in that process.
The banjo arrived in what is now West Virginia before the
Civil War, brought by touring minstrel shows and the slave
trade. While derived from African ancestors, the five-string
American banjo was truly a new instrument. In the hills,
its arrival brought about a virtual musical revolution.
Listen and enjoy. That, after all, is what West Virginia's
banjo legacy is all about. - Produced by Larry
Rader and Doug Hill, originally issued on LP in 1989.
CD reissued 2001 - $15
 
Melvin
Wine - Hannah at the Springhouse 
Melvin Wine is was born
on April 20, 1909 in Braxton County, West Virginia.
His great uncle, Jack Wine, is remembered by county musicians
as a top notch fiddler, and Bob wine, his father, was a respected
fiddler and is the source of a large part of Melvin's repertoire.
Melvin says that most of his older, unusual tunes have come
down from his great grandfather, Smitty Wine. Originally produced
by Larry McBride and Gerry Milnes, Executive Producer Margo
Blevin. Recorded at Copen, West Virginia in 1989 by
Larry McBride. Ron Mullennex, banjo and Gerry Milnes,
guitar, and banjo on tracks 2, 14, 19. This recording
was originally issued by Marimac Recordings in 1989.
This reissue is made possible through the courtesy of Marimac
Recordings. -
CD - $15
 
FOLK
MUSIC & LORE OF THE CIVIL WAR
Great
numbers of popular sentimental, maudlin, and romanticized
songs and verses were composed after the Civil War. But this
collection of folk music exhibits the rough edges of real
life. It captures the disposition of soldiers, the true brutality
of the conflict, and the wry humor of the subjects. The people
who have contributed their songs, tunes, and stories to this
project represent the folk culture of the West Virginia region.
They have dept this material in their memories because of
their connection to the people and events in the stories,
songs, and tunes. The affection for the people from whom they
learned the songs adds endearment and meaning. Field recordings
of songs, tunes, and stories featuring Melvin Wine, Maggie
Hammons, Mose Coffman, and others. -
CD
- $15
 
CASSETTES
VO
MINE BARGE, Music of Helvetia
Augusta Heritage Recordings
continues the tradition of preserving music of the past with
the release of From My Mountains - The Music of Helvetia.
Helvetia is a small Swiss-American community, first settled
in 1869 deep in the mountains of central West Virginia.
The people of Helvetia have sustained many of their traditional
folkways along with a simple agricultural lifestyle and keen
sense of heritage. From My Mountains features
songs that are a part of Helvetia's rich heritage. The
cassette is packaged with an illustrated booklet that offers
a continuing look at the history and folklore of Helvetia.
- Cassette
$3
 
FOLKSONGS
AND BALLADS, Volumes 1 - 4
This anthology runs from the
Child ballads with ancient mythological themes from Europe,
all the way to Primitive Baptist hymns and topical songs of
the 20th century, as sung in the central Appalachian region.
-
Volume
1
Everett White sings 16 unaccompanied
songs from family and community sources. -
Cassette - $3
while supplies last
-
Volume
2
Phyllis Marks presents 25
songs, ditties, recitations, and poems which highlight
the wit, humor, and family repertoire of this Gilmer County
singer. - Cassette
- $3
while supplies last
-
Volume
3
16 ballads and folksongs
by singers Holly Hundley, Wavie Chappell, Homer Sampson,
Hazel Stover. -
Cassette
- $3
while supplies last
-
Volume
4
Bonnie McKinney, William
May, Jim Knicely, Clyde Case present 15 traditional songs.
-
Cassette
- $3
while supplies last
 
WEST
VIRGINIA HILLS - TRADITIONAL DULCIMER MUSIC
From dance tunes to hymns,
20 tunes by West Virginia mountain dulcimer masters Walter
Miller, Reva Fincham, Carl Davis, Freeman McKinney, and Dena
Knicely. - Cassette
- $3
Two of Augusta's original LP recordings are still available
on cassette. The following cassette tapes are reissued from
LPs, produced by Augusta Heritage Recordings during the 1980s
from studio recordings. A limited number of these historic
titles in LP format are still available at a special price
while supplies last.
BACK MEMORIES
virtuoso fingerstyle
guitar by Randolph County guitarist Blackie Cool.
-
Cassette - $3
while supplies last
JUST A DREAM
by blues singer and
guitarist Nat Reese, with Ralph Gordon and Howard Armstrong
on bass & fiddle. -
Cassette
- $3
while supplies last
 
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
"PASSING
IT ON"
- individually signed and numbered limited-edition print
of watercolor painting of Master fiddler Melvin Wine
by West Virginia artist Jeffrey Barner.
Unmounted (17.5” high
by 23” wide) - $35
(CLICK ON PICTURE FOR
LARGER VERSION)
 
BOOKS
"THIS IS WHERE MY TEETH LANDED"
Tales
from the Augusta Experience
This
title story is only one of many intriguing stories sent to
us for this publication. Released last summer, This
is Where My Teeth Landed is full of great stories
that will evoke many emotions for those of you who are part
of the Augusta family, and hopefully remind you of your own
fun times at Augusta.
Edited by long-time friend of Augusta, Dave Shombert, this
book was a labor of love by Dave and has received great reviews
by everyone who has read it.
Whose teeth were they? Where did they land?
Why was Joe Fallon contemplating jumping?
Who was referred to in the “Naked Dentist” story?
Who almost got swallowed by a snake, and how?
Read about the “Ghost of Darby.”
Who said to Ira Bernstein, “If you lie down and lie very still,
I can tie your tie for you. I’m a mortician.”
Learn the answers to these perplexing questions and much more
while reading your own personal copy of this collection of
Augusta stories. Collected and edited by Dave Shombert.
Book - Sale
price $3.00 while supplies last
 
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