North Carolina – Kentucky – Virginia – West Virginia – Tennessee – Georgia – Alabama – Mississippi – Ohio – Pennsylvania
(follow the links on names of players to see a list of playable audio on the Slippery Hill website)
North Carolina
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, NC
(1882 – 1973)
Biography
He organized America’s first folk festival in Asheville NC in 1928, “The Mountain Dance and Folk Festival” which still runs every year.
The first ever video of Appalachian music (1928) – -Doggett Gap- – Bascom Lamar Lunsford [RESTORED]
Tommy Jarrell, NC
(1901 – 1985)
Biography
Tommy Jarrell in concert Pt 1 of 2
Tommy Jarrell in concert Pt 2 of 2
My Old Fiddle – Tommy Jarrell – video
ROUND PEAK STYLE BANJO
Round Peak Banjo Players
Dix Freeman and the Toe-Nail Gap Band
Charlie Lowe – Fred Cockerham – Kyle Creed
Marcus Martin, NC
(1881 – 1974)
Biography
Shove The Pigs Foot A Little Further Into The Fire (Slippery Hill)
Marcus Martin – Legendary Fiddler from North Carolina – video
Charlie Poole, NC
(1892 – 1931)
Biography
Charlie Poole – Leaving Home – video
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down (Slippery Hill)
Kentucky
Ed Haley, KY
(1885 – 1951)
Biography
Ed Haley 2015 West Virginia Hall Of Fame Induction Vignette – video
Clyde Davenport, KY
(1921 – 2020)
Biography
Clyde Davenport 1994 Tape 2 – video
Hiram Stamper, KY
(1893 – 1992)
Biography
Hiram Stamper was the last known living representative of what might be called a “classic” eastern Kentucky style of fiddling.
Hiram Stamper – Sally Goodin‘ – video
Art Stamper, KY
(1933 – 2005)
Biography
A Visit with Kentucky Fiddler Art Stamper – video
Art Stamper – Kansas City Railroad Blues – video
Dick Burnett and Leonard Rutherford, KY
(1883 – 1997) (1898 – 1951)
Biography
Ladies On A Steamboat (Slippery Hill)
Virginia
Henry Reed, VA
(1884 – 1968)
Biography
Library Of Congress Resource
The Henry Reed Legacy – video
Alan Jabbour Performs and Talks about Henry Reed at CLIFFTOP 2013 – video
Kyle Creed, VA
(1912 – 1982)
Biography
Kyle Creed plays Roustabout (clawhammer banjo) – video
Emmett Lundy, VA
(1864 – 1953)
Emmett Lundy Article .pdf
Belle Of Lexington (Slippery Hill)
Hobart Smith, VA
(1897 – 1965)
Biography
Pretty Polly (Slippery Hill)
Dock Boggs, VA
(1898 – 1971)
Biography
Oh Death – video
Floyd Country Store, Floyd VA
The Earl White Stringband plays “Hickory” on The Floyd Radio Show – video
West Virginia
Hammons Family
Pete, Paris, and Neal (Cornelius)
Edden Hammons, WV
(1875 – 1955)
Biography
Edden Hammons – Digging Potatoes
Edden Hammons – Fall Of Richmond
Edden Hammons – Queen of the Earth and Child of the Skies
Sherman Hammons Story
Sherman Hammons interview – WV Public Broadcast – video
The Hammons Family: A Study of a West Virginia Family’s Traditions (pdf)
French Carpenter, WV
(1899 – 1965)
Biography
Camp Chase story
Camp Chase tune (Slippery Hill)
Ernie Carpenter, WV
(1907 – 1997)
Biography
Ernie Carpenter & Gerald Milnes play Elk River Blues – video
Melvin Wine, WV
(1909 – 2003)
Biography
Melvin Wine and friends – video
Wilson Douglas, WV
(1922 – 1999)
Biography
Wilson Douglas – Old Aunt Jenny with Her Night Cap On – video
Tennessee
John Lusk, Murphy Gribble & Albert York, TN
(1886 – 1969) (1888 – 1950) (1817 – 1953)
Biography
Murphy Gribble, John Lusk and Albert York play Pateroller’ll Catch You – video
Where are all the black fiddlers?
Black Fiddlers: The Story
Arthur Smith, TN
(1898 – 1971)
Biography
Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith – Evening Shade (Slippery Hill)
Uncle Dave Macon, TN
(1870 – 1952)
Biography
Uncle Dave Macon – Take Me Back To My Old Carolina Home – video
Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy – video
Uncle Dave Macon – Old Plank Road – video
G.B. Grayson, TN
(1887 – 1930)
Biography
Grayson & Whitter – Rose Conley – video
Short Life of Trouble- The Legend of GB Grayson (Trailer 2021) – video
Georgia
John Carson, GA
(1868 – 1949)
Biography
He recorded the first commercially successful country music song featuring vocals and lyrics.
Fiddlin’ John Carson The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane – video
Clayton McMichen & The Georgia Wildcats
(1900 – 1970)
Biography
The band included long time Pittsburgher Slim Bryant.
Clayton McMichen – Fire In The Mountain, Ida Red, & Sally Goodin’ – video
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers, GA
(1885 – 1960)
Biography
Back Up And Push – Gid Tanner
Gid Tanner – 1955 – rare video footage
Earl Johnson, GA
(1886 – 1965)
Biography
Green Mt Polka (Slippery Hill)
Alabama
Paisley Hagood, AL
(1905 – 1977)
Paisley Hagood – When to start and when to quit
Paisley Hagood – Old Abbott (Slippery Hill)
Charles Stripling, AL
(1896 – 1966)
Biography
Stripling Bros. – Wolves a Howling (Slippery Hill)
Ralph Whited, AL
(1919 – 1994)
Biography
Ralph Whited – Willow Creek (Slippery Hill)
Mississippi
Enos Canoy, MS
(1909 – 1970)
Biography
Pickin’ the Devil’s Eye by Enos Canoy – video
Hoyt Ming, MS
(1902 – 1985)
Biography
Hoyt Ming & His Pep Steppers – Indian War Whoop – video
John Hatcher, MS
John Hatcher – Farewell to Whiskey (Slippery Hill)
Leake County Reveler, MS
Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs From The 1930s – video
Ohio
Ward Jarvis, OH
(1894 – 1982)
Tunes and Interview
Ward Jarvis – Tomahawk – video
Jimmy Wheeler, OH
(1917 – 1987)
Jimmy Wheeler Article
Jimmy Wheeler – Pumpkin Vine (Slippery Hill)
Pennsylvania
Jim Bryner, PA
People Just Don’t Whistle No More – video
Jim Bryner, Jonah Hughes & Dave Krysty – video
A. J. Hogg, PA – Old Number Third
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