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Collection Number: 20029

Collection Title: Tom Carter and Blanton Owen Collection, 1948-1974 (bulk 1970-1974)

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Abstract The Tom Carter and Blanton Owen Collection primarily consists of audio recordings, 1948-1975, created and compiled by folklorists, Tom Carter and Blanton Owen. The majority of the collection consists of field tapes, 1973-1974, created by Carter and Owen as part of their joint fieldwork project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Titled, "Traditional Instrumental Music From Southwest Virginia: A Field Collection and Oral History," the fieldwork project comprised of documenting the traditional music found in one region of the Southern Appalachians through recorded music, interviews, and photographs. The collection contains dubbed copies of the original field recordings that Carter and Owen created as part of the grant-funded project, as well as a copy of the original grant proposal with handwritten notations. The recordings primarily feature traditional instrumental music, mainly fiddle and banjo played in the old-time style, from southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina, including Carroll, Patrick, Grayson, and Floyd counties, Va., and Alleghany and Surry counties, N.C. Included are performances of ballads, early country music, gospel songs, bluegrass music, dance calls, and tin pan alley, as well as interviews, telling of legends, and other spoken material. The music is performed on fiddle, banjo, piano, hammered dulcimer, Appalachian dulcimer, accordion, guitar, harmonica, jew's-harp, autoharp, steel guitar, and Hawaiian guitar. Performers include Huston Caudill, Luther Franklin Davis, Armstead Roscoe Parrish, Dan Tate, Fred Cockerham (1901- ), Estil Cortez Ball, Albert Hash, Kyle Creed, Taylor Kimble (1892- ), Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985), and Virgil Craven (1902-1980). The collection also includes additional dubbed audio recordings, circa 1948-1949, featuring the Shelor Family, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners, Ernest Stanley Band, Dudley Spangler, and J.W. (John Watts) Spangler (1882-1970), as well as field notes created by Tom Carter, Blanton Owen, and staff of the Southern Folklife Collection. The field notes correspond to the audio recordings found in the collection and may include notes on performers' names, technical information about the field tape, a brief description of contents, song titles, and tunings.
Creator Carter, Thomas, 1949-

Owen, Blanton, 1945-1998.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Language English
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Encoded by: Anne Wells, April 2016

Archival processing of the Tom Carter and Blanton Owen Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Updated: May 2019

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Tom Carter is an emeritus professor of architectural history in the University of Utah's College of Architecture and Planning. He has a degree in history from Brown University and studied folklore at both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Indiana University. His chief research interest has been the building traditions of the western United States. His publications include Images of an American Land: Vernacular Architecture Studies in the West, and (with Betsy Cromley) the text Invitation to Vernacular Architecture: A Guide to the Study of Ordinary Buildings and Landscapes.

Blanton Owen (1945-1998) was a folklorist, musician, and photographer. He studied folklore at Indiana University and for nearly three decades engaged in the documentation of folklore and music in Appalachia, other sections of the South, and in the West.

From 1973 to 1974 Carter and Owen conducted fieldwork in Southwest Virginia that was funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities. The purpose and significance of the project, titled "Traditional Instrumental Music From Southwest Virginia: A Field Collection and Oral History," was to document with recorded music, interviews, and photographs the traditional instrumental music found in one region of the Southern Appalachians, while also illustrating the viability of folklore study as an intermediary between community and scholastic life. The original NEH-funded field tapes created by Carter and Owen reside at the Library of Congress, while copies were made and deposited at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The field tapes were also used as source material for the two-volume LP, Old Originals: Old-Time Instrumental Music, which was released by Rounder Records in 1976.

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The Tom Carter and Blanton Owen Collection consists of 117 open reel audio recordings, 1948-1975, the majority of which correspond to Carter and Owen's 1973-1974 joint fieldwork project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Titled, "Traditional Instrumental Music From Southwest Virginia: A Field Collection and Oral History," the fieldwork project comprised of documenting the traditional music found in one region of the Southern Appalachians through recorded music, interviews, and photographs. The collection contains dubbed copies of the original field recordings that Carter and Owen created as part of the grant-funded project, as well as a copy of the original grant proposal with handwritten notations. The audio recordings primarily feature traditional instrumental music, mainly fiddle and banjo played in the old-time style, from southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina, including Carroll, Patrick, Grayson, and Floyd counties, Va., and Alleghany and Surry counties, N.C. Included are performances of ballads, early country music, gospel songs, bluegrass music, dance calls, and tin pan alley, as well as interviews, telling of legends, and other spoken material. The music is performed on fiddle, banjo, piano, hammered dulcimer, Appalachian dulcimer, accordion, guitar, harmonica, jew's-harp, autoharp, steel guitar, and Hawaiian guitar. Performers include Huston Caudill, Luther Franklin Davis, Armstead Roscoe Parrish, Dan Tate, Fred Cockerham (1901- ), Estil Cortez Ball, Albert Hash, Kyle Creed, Taylor Kimble (1892- ), Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985), and Virgil Craven (1902-1980).

The collection also includes 3 dubbed open reel recordings, circa 1948-1949, featuring the Shelor Family, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners, Ernest Stanley Band, Dudley Spangler, and J.W. (John Watts) Spangler (1882-1970), as well as field notes created by Tom Carter, Blanton Owen, and staff of the Southern Folklife Collection. The field notes correspond to the audio recordings found in the collection and may include notes on performers' names, technical information about the field tape, a brief description of contents, song titles, and tunings.

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117 items.

Arrangement: Original tape order has been maintained.

Processing information: Titles and descriptions compiled from original containers and field notes. Titles include performers names, location of recording, and date of recording.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1003

Joe Caudill, Tom Carter, Bertie Caudill, Twin Oaks, Allegheny County, N.C., 21 January 1973; Mrs. Clarice Shelor, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 5 May 1973 ; Williams family reunion, Stuart, Patrick County, Va., 7 May 1973; Abe Horton, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Va., October 1972

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 1

Several recording sessions in 1972 and 1973 recorded on the same tape. Joe Caudill performing old-time fiddle tunes, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo and his sister, Bertie Caudill on banjo. Recorded by Tom Carter. ; Mrs. Claris Shelor on piano and vocal; Williams family reunion with numerous musicians; Abe Horton on fiddle and banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1004

Abe Horton, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Va., October 1972

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 1

Continued from FT-20029/1003. Abe Horton on fiddle and banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1005

Joe Caudill, Tom Carter, Bertie Caudill, Ennice, Allegheny County, N.C., 28 September 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at Joe Caudill's home near Ennice. N.C.

Original tape number: 2, 3

Joe Caudill performing old-time fiddle tunes, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo. Recording includes Caudill discussing tunes, tuning, and older musicians from the area.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1006

James Spencer Caudill, Baywood, Grayson County, Va., 21 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at James Spencer Caudill's home in Baywood, Va.

Original tape number: 4

Banjo solos performed by James Spencer Caudill, including both clawhammer and two-finger picking styles.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1007

Clell Caudill, Edmonds, Alleghany County, N.C., 8 April 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at Clell Caudill's home near Edmonds, N.C.

Original tape number: 5, 6

Clell Caudill performing old-time fiddle tunes, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo. The tunes are interspersed with interview material and discussions of older musicians and making music with his family.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1008

Huston Carl Caudill, Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C, 14 July 1973, 11 September 1973, 4 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Huston Caudill in Sparta, N.C.

Original tape number: 7, 8

Series of recordings featuring Huston (Hus) Caudill on fiddle and occasionally on banjo. His tunes are sometimes backed by Tom Carter or Blanton Owen on banjo. Interspersed in the tape are discussions of other old-time musicians in the area, origins of tunes, etc.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1009

Huston Carl Caudill, Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C, 14 July 1973, 11 September 1973, 4 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Huston Caudill in Sparta, N.C.

Original tape number: 9, 10

Series of recordings featuring Huston (Hus) Caudill on fiddle and occasionally on banjo. His tunes are sometimes backed by Tom Carter or Blanton Owen on banjo. Interspersed in the tape are discussions of other old-time musicians in the area, origins of tunes, etc.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1010

Huston Carl Caudill, Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C, 14 July 1973, 11 September 1973, 4 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Huston Caudill in Sparta, N.C.

Original tape number: 11, 12

Series of recordings featuring Huston (Hus) Caudill on fiddle and occasionally on banjo. His tunes are sometimes backed by Tom Carter or Blanton Owen on banjo. Interspersed in the tape are discussions of other old-time musicians in the area, origins of tunes, etc.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1011

Huston Carl Caudill, Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C, 14 July 1973, 11 September 1973, 4 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Huston Caudill in Sparta, N.C.

Original tape number: 13, 14

Series of recordings featuring Huston (Hus) Caudill on fiddle and occasionally on banjo. His tunes are sometimes backed by Tom Carter or Blanton Owen on banjo. Interspersed in the tape are discussions of other old-time musicians in the area, origins of tunes, etc.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1012

Huston Carl Caudill, Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C, 14 July 1973, 11 September 1973, 4 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Huston Caudill in Sparta, N.C.

Original tape number: 14

Series of recordings featuring Huston (Hus) Caudill on fiddle and occasionally on banjo. His tunes are sometimes backed by Tom Carter or Blanton Owen on banjo. Interspersed in the tape are discussions of other old-time musicians in the area, origins of tunes, etc.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1013

Luther Davis and Huston Caudill, Dalhart, Grayson County, Va., 8 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Luster Davis near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 15, 16

Old-time fiddling by Luther Davis and Huston Cuadill. The two men each play solos and on many of the tunes play twin fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1014

Luther Davis, Dalhart, Grayson County, Va., 8 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Luster Davis near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 17, 18

Old-time fiddling by Luther Davis.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1015

Luther Davis, Dalhart, Grayson County, Va., 12 September 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 19, 20

Old-time fiddling by Luther Davis, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on banjo. Also included are discussions of tunes, music making, and musicians from the Galax, Va. area.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1016

Luther Davis, Dalhart, Grayson County, Va., 12 September 1973, 30 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 21, 22

Two sessions of old-time fiddling by Luther Davis, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on banjo. Also included are discussions of tunes, music making, and musicians from the Galax, Va. area.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1017

Luther Davis, Dalhart, Grayson County, Va., 30 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 23, 24

Old-time fiddling by Luther Davis, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on banjo. Also included are discussions of tunes, music making, and musicians from the Galax, Va. area.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1018

Fred Wilson, Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., 1974; Glen Nichols, Baywood, Grayson County, Va., 29 April 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen in Wytheville, Va. and at the home of Glen Nichols in Baywood, Va.

Original tape number: 25, 26

Side 1 contains an interview with old-time fiddler Fred Wilson in which he discusses musicians and tunes from around Galax, Va. Side 2 contains fiddling and interview material from Glen Nichols of Baywood, Va. Both interviews were conducted by Blanton Owen.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1019

Gold Blevins, Baywood, Grayson County, Va., 23 September 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Gold Blevins near Baywood, Va.

Original tape number: 27, 28

Fiddle solos by Gold Blevins interspersed with discussion of other old-time musicians.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1020

Haywood Blevins, Ennice, Allegheny County, N.C., 29 April 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Haywood Blevins near Ennice, N.C.

Original tape number: 29, 30

Haywood Blevins playing old-time fiddle tunes on the piano. Contains interview material about his music and how he learned it.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1021

Howard Joines, Pine Swamp, Ashe County, N.C., 21 September 1973; John Patterson, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 5 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Howard Joines recorded by Tom Carter at Joines' home in Pine Swamp, N.C.; John Patterson recorded by Blanton Owen at Patterson's home near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 31, 32

Side 1 contains fiddle tunes performed by Howard Joines. Side 2 contains fiddle tunes performed by John Patterson

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1022

John Patterson, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 3 March 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at the home of John Patterson near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 33, 34

Fiddle tunes performed by John Patterson. Contains interview material and discussion about his music and how he learned it.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1023

Armstead Roscoe Parish, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 5 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Roscoe Parish near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 35, 36

Fiddle tunes performed by Armstead Roscoe Parish.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1024

Armstead Roscoe Parish, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 5 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Roscoe Parish near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 37, 38

Fiddle tunes performed by Armstead Roscoe Parish.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1025

Roscoe Parish, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 27 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at Parish's home near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 39, 40, 41

Banjo tunes performed by Roscoe Parish. Contains interview material and discussion about his homemade banjo, where he learned certain songs, and school.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1026

Roscoe Parish, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 9 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at Parish's home near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 42

Banjo tunes performed by Roscoe Parish. Contains interview material and discussion about where he learned certain songs.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1027

Dan Tate, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Va., 14 June 1970

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 43, 44

Banjo tunes performed by Dan Tate.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1028

Calvin Cole, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Va., 13 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 45, 46

Banjo tunes performed by Calvin Cole.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1029

John Rector, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 31 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter, Ann Carter, and Blanton Owen at the home of John Rector in Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 47, 48

Old-time tunes played by John Rector on the fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo. A few comments are interspersed between tunes, mostly comments about where or from whom tunes were learned.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1030

John Rector, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 31 January 1974, 28 June 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

First session recorded by Tom Carter, Ann Carter, and Blanton Owen at the home of John Rector in Galax, Va.; Second session recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Rector

Original tape number: 50

Two sessions of old-time tunes played by John Rector on the fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1031

John Rector, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 28 June 1974; William Marshall, Calvin Cole, and Howard Hall, Hillsville, Carrol County, Va., 16 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

John Rector recorded by Blanton Owen at Rector's home in Galax, Va.; William Marshall, Calvin Cole, and Howard Hall recorded by Blanton Owen at Marshall's home near Hillsville, Va.

Original tape number: 49, 52

Two distinct recordings. The first includes old-time tunes played by John Rector on the fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo. The second includes old-time tunes played by the trio of William Marshall on fiddle, Calvin Cole on banjo, and Howard Hall on banjo. All three men lived in the same region of Carrol County, Va. , between Hillsville and Fancy Gap.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1032

William Marshall, Tom Carter, Hillsville, Carrol County, Va., 10 December 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at the home of William Marshall near Hillsville, Va.

Original tape number: 53, 54

Old-time tunes played by William Marshall on fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1033

William Marshall, Hillsville, Carrol County, Va., 10 December 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at the home of William Marshall near Hillsville, Va.

Original tape number: 55, 56

Old-time tunes played by William Marshall on fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1034

Corbett Tipton, Dugspur, Carroll County, Va., 27 April 1974; Henry Hurt Stillwell, Dugspur, Carroll County, Va., 26 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Corbett Tipton recorded by Tom Carter at Tipton's home in Dugspur, Va.; Henry Hurt Stillwell recorded by Tom Carter at Stillwe's home in the Panther Creek section of Dugspur, Va.

Original tape number: 57, 58

Two separate recordings featuring clawhammer banjo players from Carrol County, Va.. The first includes old-time tunes played by Corbett Tipton on banjo, sometimes accompanied by his nephew on guitar, although the accompaniment is barely audible. Short interview segments come between tunes, and includes discussion about tune sources and old-time musicians in the area. The second includes old-time tunes played by Henry Hurt Stillwell on banjo. He plays 13 tunes in low base, high base, and Cumberland Gap tunings. Interview segments mention tunings, tune sources, and musicians in his family.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1035

Dorothy Rorick, Buck Quesenberry, Dugspur, Carroll County, Va., 7 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at the home of Dorothy Rorick in Dugspur, Va.

Original tape number: 59, 60

Old-time tunes, songs, and ballads performed by Dorothy Rorick on fiddle, and accompanied by her father, Buck Quesenberry, on banjo. A note within the SFC Field Notes Collection suggests that this recording may also contain earlier dubs of recordings made by Ralph Rorick in the 1960s.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1036

Dorothy Rorick, Buck Quesenberry, Dugspur, Carroll County, Va., 7 March 1974; Abe Horton, Clyde Horton, Calvin Cole, Howard Hall, William Marshall, Jake Lewis, Maybelle Lewis Harris, Henry Stillwell, Zane Horton, Fancy Gap, Carroll County,Va., circa 1970

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Dorothy Rorick recorded by Tom Carter at Rorick's home in Dugspur, Va.; Abe Horton et al recorded by Abe Horton at his home near Fancy Gap, Va.

Original tape number: 61, 62

Two distinct recordings. The first includes old-time tunes, songs, and ballads performed by Dorothy Rorick on fiddle, and accompanied by her father, Buck Quesenberry, on banjo. The second includes dubbed recordings of old-time tunes and songs played by Abe Horton on banjo or fiddle in combination with other local string musicians. This session is a dub made by Blanton Owen in 1974 of recordings made by Abe Horton from 1969 to 1973.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1037

Abe Horton, Clyde Horton, Calvin Cole, Howard Hall, William Marshall, Jake Lewis, Maybelle Lewis Harris, Henry Stillwell, Zane Horton, Fancy Gap, Carroll County,Va., circa 1970

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Abe Horton

Original tape number: 63, 64

Dubbed recordings of old-time tunes and songs played by Abe Horton on banjo or fiddle in combination with other local string musicians. This session is a dub made by Blanton Owen in 1974 of recordings made by Abe Horton from 1969 to 1973.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1038

Abe Horton, Clyde Horton, Calvin Cole, Howard Hall, William Marshall, Jake Lewis, Maybelle Lewis Harris, Henry Stillwell, Zane Horton, Fancy Gap, Carroll County,Va., circa 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Abe Horton

Original tape number: 65, 66

Dubbed recordings of old-time tunes and songs played by Abe Horton on banjo or fiddle in combination with other local string musicians. This session is a dub made by Blanton Owen in 1974 of recordings made by Abe Horton from 1969 to 1973.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1039

Pine River Boys with Walter Morris, Abe Horton, Howard Ball, Jake Lewis, and Maybelle Harris, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Va., 27 April 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Abe Horton in Fancy Gap, Va.

Original tape number: 67, 68

Walter Morris on fiddle, Abe Horton and Howard Ball on banjo, and Jake Lewis and his sister, Maybelle Harris, on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1040

Pine River Boys with Walter Morris, Abe Horton, Howard Ball, Jake Lewis, and Maybelle Harris, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Va., 27 April 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Abe Horton in Fancy Gap, Va.

Original tape number: 69, 70

Walter Morris on fiddle, Abe Horton and Howard Ball on banjo, and Jake Lewis and his sister, Maybelle Harris, on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1041

Pine River Boys with Walter Morris, Abe Horton, Howard Ball, Jake Lewis, and Maybelle Harris, Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Va., 27 April 1974; Edward Clyde Isaacs , Galax, Va., Carroll County, Va., 13 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Pine River Boys recorded by Blanton Owen at Abe Horton's home in Fancy Gap, Va.; Edward Clyde Isaacs recorded by Blanton Owen at Isaac's home in the Coal Creek section near Galax, Va.

Original tape number: 71, 72

Two distinct recordings. The first includes the Pine River Boys with Walter Morris on fiddle, Abe Horton and Howard Ball on banjo, and Jake Lewis and his sister, Maybelle Harris on guitar. The second includes Edward Clyde Isaacs on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1042

Raymond Melton, Blanton Owen, Woodlawn, Grayson County, Va., 20 November 1973; James Fulton Myers, Raymond Melton, Blanton Owen, Woodlawn, Grayson County, Va., 20 November 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Raymond Melton near Woodlawn, Va.

Original tape number: 73, 74

Two sessions. First session includes Raymond Melton on dulcimer, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on Banjo. The second session includes James Fulton Myers on fiddle, Raymond Melton on dulcimer, and Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1043

James Fulton Myers, Raymond Melton, Blanton Owen, Woodlawn, Grayson County, Va., 20 November 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Raymond Melton near Woodlawn, Va.

Original tape number: 75, 76

James Fulton Myers on fiddle, Raymond Melton on dulcimer, and Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1044

James Fulton Myers, Blanton Owen, Five Forks, Woodland, Grayson County, Va., 13 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of James Fulton Myers in Five Forks, Woodland, Va.

Original tape number: 77, 78

James Fulton Myers on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1045

James Fulton Myers, Blanton Owen, Five Forks, Woodland, Grayson County, Va., 13 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of James Fulton Myers in Five Forks, Woodland, Va.

Original tape number: 79, 80

James Fulton Myers on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1046

Enogh Anderson, Grant, Grayson County, Va., 1 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Enogh Anderson near Grant, Va.

Original tape number: 81, 82

Enogh Anderson on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1047

Gilbert Ray Anderson, Blanton Owen, Troutdale, Grayson County, Va., 12 January 1974; Pearl Elizabeth Trent Creed, Independence, Grayson County, Va., 17 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Gilbert Ray Anderson recorded by Blanton Owen at Anderson's home near Troutdale, Va.; Pearl Elizabeth Trent Creed recorded by Blanton Owen at her home in Independence, Va.

Original tape number: 83, 84

Two distinct recordings. The first includes Gilbert Ray Anderson on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo. The second includes Pearl Elizabeth Trent Creed on vocals and banjo, accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1048

Worley Gene Hash, Independence, Grayson County, Va., 18 January 1974; Clyde P. (Dooney) Dodson, Speedwell, Wythe County, Va., 16 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Worley Gene Hash recorded by Blanton Owen at Hash's home in Independence, Va.; Clyde P. Dodson recorded by Blanton Owen at Dodson's summer home in Speedwell, Va.

Original tape number: 85, 86

Two separate sessions. The first session includes Worley Gene Hash on banjo. The second session includes Clyde P. Dodson on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1049

Stuart Elius Carrice, Independence, Grayson County, Va., 17 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Stuart Ekius Carrice near Independence, Va.

Original tape number: 87, 88

Stuart Elius Carrice on banjo, fiddle, and vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1050

Jont Blevins, White Top Mountain, Grayson County, Va., 14 December 1973, 26 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen and Matt Cliett at the home of Jont Blevins in White Top Mountain, Va.

Original tape number: 89, 90

Two separate sessions of Jont Blevins on banjo and fiddle. First session includes both banjo and fiddle, while the second session includes just banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1051

Jont Blevins, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 26 March 1974; Corbit Stamper, Thornton Spencer, Blanton Owen, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 11 November 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Jont Blevins recorded by Blanton Owen at Blevin's home near Whitetop, Va.; Corbit Stamper recorded by Blanton Owen at Stamper's home near Whitetop, Va.

Original tape number: 91, 92

Two distinct recordings. The first includes Jont Blevins on banjo. The second includes Corbit Stamper on fiddle and Thornton Spencer on guitar, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1052

Corbit Stamper, Thornton Spencer, Blanton Owen, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 11 November 1973; Corbit Stamper, Blanton Owen, Raymond, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 28 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Corbit Stamper near Whitetop, Va.

Original tape number: 93, 94

Two separate sessions of Corbit Stamper on fiddle. The first session includes Corbit Stamper on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Thornton Spencer on guitar and Blanton Owen on banjo. The second session includes Corbit Stamper on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo and Raymond (last name unknown) on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1053

Corbit Stamper, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 28 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Corbit Stamper near Whitetop, Va.

Original tape number: 95

Corbit Stamper on fiddle and banjo. Includes some tale telling by Stamper.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1054

Albert Hash, Thornton Spencer, Dean Sturgill, Paul Spender, Jones Baldwin, Blanton Owen, Spencer's Trading Post, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 22 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at Spencer's Trading Post near Whitetop, Va.

Original tape number: 96, 97

Albert Hash on main fiddle, Thornton Spencer on fiddle and guitar, Dean Sturgill on fiddle, Paul Spender on banjo and guitar, and Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1055

Albert Hash interview, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 26 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Albert Hash near Whitetop, Va.

Original tape number: 98, 99

An interview with Albert Hash. A transcript of the interview can be found in Folder 303 within the SFC Field Notes Collection.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1056

Albert Hash, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 19 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Albert Hash near Whitetop, Va.

Original tape number: 100

Albert Hash on fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1057

Albert Hash, Whitetop, Grayson County, Va., 19 May 1974; Estill Cortez Ball, Orna Ball, Wayne Henderson, Bugby, Grayson County, Va., 15 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Albert Hash recorded by Blanton Owen at Hash's home near Whitetop, Va.; Estill Cortez Ball et all recorded by Blanton Owen at Ball's home near Bugby, Va.

Original tape number: 101, 102

Two distinct recordings. The first includes Albert Hash on fiddle. The second includes Estill Cortez Ball on guitar and vocals, Orna Ball on accordion and vocals, and Wayne Henderson on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1058

Estill Cortez Ball, Orna Ball, Wayne Henderson, Bugby, Grayson County, Va., 16 May 1974; Estill Cortez Ball et al, Bugby, Grayson County, Va., circa 1955-1958

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of Estill Cortez Ball near Bugby, Va.

Original tape number: 103, 104

Two distinct recordings. The first is a field recording with Estill Cortez Ball on guitar and vocals, Orna Ball on accordion and vocals, and Wayne Henderson on guitar. The second recording is a dub made by Blanton Owen in 1974 of E.C. Ball et all playing circa 1955-1958. The dub includes E.C. Ball on guitar, Walter Henderson on fiddle, Wade Reedy on banjo, and Blair Reedy on mandolin.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1059

Estill Cortez Ball, Orna Ball, Wayne Henderson, WKSK Studios, Jefferson, Ashe County, N.C., 18 May 1974; Munsey Gaultney, Walt Eller, Jefferson, Ashe County, N.C., 1 October 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Estill Cortez Ball et al recorded by WKSK in Jefferson, N.C.; Munsey Gaultney recorded by Blanton Owen at Gaultney's antique store in Jefferson, N.C.

Original tape number: 105, 106

Two distinct recordings. The first is a studio recording of E.C. Ball on vocals and guitar, Orna Ball on vocals and accordion, and Wayne Henderson on guitar. The second recording is a field recording with Munsey Gaultney on fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Walt Eller on fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1060

Fred Cockerham, Tom Carter, Blanton Owen, Belews Creek, Forsythe County, N.C., 15 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Fred Cockerham in Belews Creek, N.C.

Original tape number: 107, 108

Fred Cockerham on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on guitar and Blanton Owen banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1061

Fred Cockerham, Tom Carter, Blanton Owen, Belews Creek, Forsythe County, N.C., 15 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Fred Cockerham in Belews Creek, N.C.

Original tape number: 109, 110

Fred Cockerham on fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on guitar and Blanton Owen banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1062

Fred Cockerham, Tom Carter, Blanton Owen, Belews Creek, Forsythe County, N.C., 15 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Fred Cockerham in Belews Creek, N.C.

Original tape number: 111, 112

Fred Cockerham on fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on guitar and Blanton Owen banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1063

Fred Cockerham, Tom Carter, Blanton Owen, Belews Creek, Forsythe County, N.C., 15 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Fred Cockerham in Belews Creek, N.C.

Original tape number: 113

Fred Cockerham on fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on guitar and Blanton Owen banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1064

Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 10 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 114, 115

Tommy Jarrell on fiddle and vocals and Fred Cockerham on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1065

Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Ernest East, etc, Pine Ridge, Surry County, N.C., 10 April 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 116, 117

Tommy Jarrell on fiddle and vocals, Fred Cockerham on banjo, Ernest East on fiddle, Scotty East on guitar, Mack Snow on guitar, and Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1066

Tommy Jarrell, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 4 September 1973; Tommy Jarrell, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 11 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at Tommy Jarrell's home near Mt. Airy, N.C.

Original tape number: 122, 123

Two separate sessions of Tommy Jarrell on fiddle, sometimes with vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1067

Kyle Creed, Blanton Owen, Coleman Community, Galax, Carroll County, Va., 4 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 124, 125

Kyle Creed on fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1068

Tommy Jarrell, Charlie Lowe, Ernest East, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 1952; Southern Broadcast 78's featuring Ben Jarrell, De Costa Woltz, Frank Jenkins, late 1920s; Pine Ridge Boys, Pine Ridge, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 9 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Tommy Jarrell et al recorded by Benjamin Franklin Karrell; Pine Ridge Boys recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at Ernest East's home in Pine Ridge, N.C.

Original tape number: 126, 127

Three distinct recordings. The first recording is a dubbed recording of Tommy Jarrell on fiddle, Charlie Lowe on banjo, and Ernest East on guitar. The second recording is dubbed 78s made for Gennett in the late 1920s, featuring Ben Jarrell on fiddle, De Costa Woltz on banjo, and Frank Jenkins on banjo. The third recording includes the Pine Ridge Boys, featuring Ernest East on fiddle, Mac Snow on guitar, Scotty East on guitar, and Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1069

Pine Ridge Boys, Pine Ridge, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 9 April 1974; Williams Family and Friends, Stuart, Patrick County, Va., 7 September 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Pine River Boys recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at Ernest East's home in Pine Ridge, N.C.; Williams Family and Friends recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at Dudley Williams' home in the Rye Cove section outside Stuart, Va.

Original tape number: 128, 129

Two distinct recordings. The first recording includes the Pine Ridge Boys with Ernest East on fiddle, Mac Snow on guitar, Scotty East on guitar, Blanton Owen on banjo, and Patsy East on vocal. The second recording includes Williams Family and Friends, featuring Doc Williams on harp, Dudley Williams on banjo, Clyde Williams on fiddle, Johnny Joyce on guitar, and Bobby Hughes on bluegrass banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1070

Williams Family and Friends, Stuart, Patrick County, Va., 7 September 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at Dudley Williams' home in the Rye Cove section outside Stuart, Va.

Original tape number: 130, 131

Doc Williams on harp, Dudley Williams on banjo, Clyde Williams on fiddle, Johnny Joyce on guitar and vocals, Bobby Hughes on bluegrass banjo, Larry Hughes on guitar and vocals, Tom Carter on guitar and fiddle, and Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1071

Cabell Hylton, Patrick Springs, Patrick County, Va., 8 January 1974; Clyde Pilson Band, Stuart, Patrick County, Va., 29 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 132, 133

Two distinct recordings. The first includes Cahell Hylton on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on guitar. The second includes Clyde Pilson on fiddle, Edgar Roberson on banjo, and John W. Terry on guitar, who are collectively known as the Buffalo Ridge Clodknockers.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1072

Clyde Pilson Band, Stuart, Patrick County, Va., 29 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 134, 135

Clyde Pilson on fiddle, Edgar Roberson on banjo, and John W. Terry on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1073

Delmar Pendelton, Woolwine, Patrick County, Va., 14 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 136, 137

Delmar Pendelton of fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1074

Delmar Pendelton, Woolwine, Patrick County, Va., 14 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 137, 138

Delmar Pendelton of fiddle, Ronald Pendelton (son) on guitar, and Tom Carter on banjo and guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1075

Delmar Pendelton, Woolwine, Patrick County, Va., 26 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 139, 140

Delmar Pendelton of fiddle, Ted Boyd on banjo, Charlie Woods on fiddle and banjo, Calvin Pendelton on banjo and vocals, Ron Pendelton on guitar and mandolin, Elva Pendelton on guitar, and Tom Carter on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1076

Thomas "Cap" Ayers, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 26 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 141

Cap Ayers on banjo and jew harp, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1077

Frank Dalton, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 20 October 1973; Frank Dalton, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 14 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 142, 143

Two separate sessions featuring Frank Dalton on banjo, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on fiddle and guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1078

Grover Cockram, Marvin Cockram, Darrell Cockram, Mrs. Cockram, Meadow's of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 13 May 1974; Hammie Davis Cockram, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 4 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Cockrams recorded by Tom Carter; Hammie Davis Cockram recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 144, 145

Two distinct recordings. The first includes Grover Cockram on banjo and vocals, Marvin Cockram (son) on guitar, Mrs. Cockram on vocals. The second includes Hammie Davis Cockram on banjo, clawhammer style.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1079

Dubs of 78s featuring Shelor Family, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners, and Ernest Stanley Band

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Original tape number: 146, 147

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1080

Mrs. Claris Shelor, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 1 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 148, 149

Mrs. Claris Shelor on piano and vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1081

William E. [Bill] Shelor, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 2 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 150, 151

Bill Shelor on fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1082

Laurence Bolt, Joe Shelor, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 5 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 152, 153

Laurence Bolt on fiddle and Joe Shelor on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1083

Dub of audiodisc featuring J.W. "Blind Babe" Spangler, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 21 October 1949

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Originally recorded in Mt. Airy, N.C. in 1949

Original tape number: 154

John Watts "Babe"Spangler on fiddle and Maggie Wood on guitar and vocals

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1084

Dub of audiodisc featuring Dudley "Babe" Spangler, Danville, Va., 10 July 1948, 29 October 1948; Charles "Tump" Langhorn Spangler, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 27 October 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

originally recorded on Audiodisc machine at a record store in Danville, Va.; Charles "Tump" Langhorn Spangler recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 155, 156

Two distinct recordings. The first are dubs featuring Dudley "Babe" Spangler on fiddle, Maggie Wood on guitar, and Harry Pendelton on banjo. The second includes Charles Langhorn Spangler on fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1085

Charles "Tump" Langhorn Spangler, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 27 October 1973, 3 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 157

Tump Langhorn on fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1086

Charles "Tump" Langhorn Spangler, Tom Carter, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 24 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 158, 159

Tump Langhord on fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1087

Charles "Tump" Langhorn Spangler, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 3 May 1974; Eunice Yeatts McAlexander, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 1 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 160, 161

Two distinct recordings. First includes Tump Langhorn on fiddle. The second includes Eunice Yeatts McAlexander on vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1088

Eunice Yeatts McAlexander, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 1 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 162

Eunice Yeatts McAlexander on vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1089

Taylor Kimble, Stella Kimble, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 10 September 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 163, 164

Taylor Kimble on fiddle and Stella Kimble on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1090

Taylor Kimble, Stella Kimble, Ivery Kimble, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 15 September 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 165, 166

Taylor Kimble on fiddle, Stella Kimble on banjo and vocals, and Ivery Kimble on guitar and vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1091

Taylor Kimble, Stella Kimble, Hazel Stancil, Pearl Richardson, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 19 September 1973 ; Taylor Kimble, Stella Kimble, Tom Carter, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 11 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 172, 173

Two distinct recordings. The first includes Hazel Stancil on autoharp and vocals, Pearl Richardson (Stella's sister) on vocals and piano, and Stella Kimble on banjo and vocals. The second includes Taylor Kimble on fiddle, Stella Kimble on banjo, and Tom Carter on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1092

Stella Kimble, Pearl Richardson, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 24 September 1974; Stella Kimble, Taylor Kimble, Pearl Richardson, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 2 February 1974, 12 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 174, 175

Two distinct recordings. The first includes Stella Kimble and Pearl Richardson on vocals. The second includes two sessions featuring Stella Kimble on banjo, Taylor Kimble on fiddle, and Pearl Richardson on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1093

Stella Kimble, Taylor Kimble, Pearl Richardson, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 12 May 1974, 2 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 176, 177

Two sessions featuring Stella Kimble on banjo, Taylor Kimble on fiddle, and Pearl Richardson on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1094

Meadows of Dan Concert, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 18 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 178, 179

Recordings of a Puritan Club sponsored concert featuring a program of old time music from the Meadows of Dan area. Artists on this recording include Mrs. Eunice Yeats McAlexander, Tom Carter, Grover Cockram, Frank Dalton, Thomas Ayers, Darrell Cockram, George Wood, and The Kimbles (Taylor Kimble, Stella Kimble, Ivery Kimble, and Pearl Richardson).

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1095

Meadows of Dan Concert, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 18 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 180, 181

Recordings of a Puritan Club sponsored concert featuring a program of old time music from the Meadows of Dan area. Artists on this recording include The Kimbles (Taylor Kimble, Stella Kimble, Ivery Kimble, and Pearl Richardson), Williams Family Band (Doc Williams, Clyde Williams, and Dudley Williams), Doc Williams, Delmar Pendelton, and Tom Boyd.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1096

The Kimbles with Elva Phillips, Archie Ross, Bill Gregory, and Rorrer Brothers, Mayberry Trading Post, Meadows of Dan, Patrick County, Va., 1 September 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 182, 183

Recording of the Kimbles playing with Elva Phillips on fiddle, Archie Ross on mandolin, and Bill Gregory on guitar, followed by the Kimbles playing with Kinny Rorrer on banjo, Doug Rorrer on guitar, Archie Ross on mandolin, and Dick Gregory on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/910

Blue Ridge Buddies, Mayberry Trading Post, Patrick County, Va., 5 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at the Mayberry Trading Post in Patrick County, Va.

Original tape number: 184

An informal session of mountain music played on fiddle, Bluegrass banjo, and guitar with vocals by Robin Dalton. The Blue Ridge Buddies were a string band from Reidsville, N.C.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1097

The Weddle/Clower Band, Floyd, Floyd County, Va., 15 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 186, 187

Ivan Weddle on fiddle, Willard Clower on banjo, George Slusher on harmonica, Freeman Slusher on guitar, and Glenn Wilson guitar

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1098

Ivan Weddle, Willard Clower, Floyd, Floyd County, Va., 28 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 188, 189

Ivan Weddle on fiddle and Willard Clower on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1099

Samuel Henry Connors, Blanton Owen, Copper Hill, Floyd County, Va., 18 February 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 190, 191

Samuel Henry Connors on fiddle and banjo, sometimes accompanied by Blanton Owen on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1100

Dennis O. "Dent" Wimmer, Paynes Creek section, Floyd County, Va., 27 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at the home of Dennis Wimmer in Paynes Creek, Va.

Original tape number: 192, 193

Banjo tunes and some interview material with Dennis O. Wimmer.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1101

N.H. "Nicky" Mills, Boones Mill, Franklin County, Va., 25 October 1973, 30 June 1972

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

October 1973 session recorded by Tom Carter, Blanton Owen, and Arwin Barnett at the home of N. H. Mills in Boones Mill, Va.; June 1972 session recorded by Arwin Barnett at the home of N. H. Mills in Boones Mill, Va.

Original tape number: 194, 195

Two sessions of N.H. Mills on fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1102

Sherman Wimmer, Boones Mill, Franklin County, Va., 22 December 1973, 27-28 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at the home of Sherman Wimmer in Boones Mill, Va.

Original tape number: 196, 197

Fiddle tunes and interview material with Sherman Wimmer.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1103

Sherman Wimmer, Boones Mill, Franklin County, Va., 22 December 1973, 27-28 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter at the home of Sherman Wimmer in Boones Mill, Va.

Original tape number: 196, 197

Fiddle tunes and interview material with Sherman Wimmer.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1104

Sam McNeil Terry's Fork Section, Floyd County, Va., 28 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 200, 201

Sam McNeil on banjo and fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Tom Carter on fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1105

Sam McNeil Terry's Fork Section, Floyd County, Va., 28 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 202, 203

Sam McNeil on banjo and fiddle.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1106

S.M. "Solly" Lynch, southwest Roanoke, Va., 10 May 1974; Ben Dalton, Floyd, Floyd County, Va., 23 March 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 204 [?], 205

Two distinct recordings. The first includes S.M. Lynch on fiddle. The second includes Ben Dalton on electric Hawaiian steel guitar, guitar, and vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1107

service at the Little River Primitive Baptist Service, Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C., 19 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 206, 207

Service lead by Elder Evans.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1108

service at the Little River Primitive Baptist Service, Sparta, Alleghany County, N.C., 19 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen

Original tape number: 206, 208

Service lead by Elder Evans.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1109

George Payne, Richard Blaustein, Guitar, Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tenn., 4 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Blanton Owen at the home of George Payne near Sulphur Springs, Tenn.

Original tape number: 209, 210

George Payne on banjo, sometimes accompanied by Richard Blaustein on guitar.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1110

George Payne, Richard Blaustein, Guitar, Sulphur Springs, Washington County, Tenn., 4 May 1974; Benjamin Franklin Jones, Elk Park, Watauga County, N.C., 12 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

George Payne recorded by Blanton Owen at Payne's home near Sulphur Springs, Tenn.; Benjamin Franklin Jones recorded by Blanton Owen at Jones' home near Elk Park, N.C.

Original tape number: 211, 212

Two distinct recordings. The first includes George Payne on banjo, sometimes accompanied by Richard Blaustein on guitar. The second includes Benjamin Franklin Jones on vocals, unaccompanied.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1111

Howard Litton, Glade Spring, Washington County, Va., 2 December 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Howard Litton in Glade Spring, Va.

Original tape number: 213, 214

Howard Litton on guitar and vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1112

Otis Thompson, Andy Anderson, Ben Andrew Thompson, Rocky Point Community, Buchanan, Botetourt County, Va., 11 May 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 215 [?], 216 [?]

Otis Thompson on fiddle, Andy Anderson on banjo, and Ben Andrew Thompson on guitar and vocals.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1113

Virgil Craven, Fred Olson, Glenn Glass, Cedar Falls, Randolf County, N.C., 20 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 217, 218

Virgil Craven on hammered dulcimer and fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Fred Olson (of Asheboro, N.C.) on guitar and Glenn Glass (of Asheboro, N.C.) on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1114

Virgil Craven, Fred Olson, Glenn Glass, Cedar Falls, Randolf County, N.C., 20 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter

Original tape number: 219

Virgil Craven on hammered dulcimer and fiddle, sometimes accompanied by Fred Olson (of Asheboro, N.C.) on guitar and Glenn Glass (of Asheboro, N.C.) on banjo.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1142

The Kimbles with Taylor Kimble, Stella Kimble, Ivery Kimble, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 19 September 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of the Kimbles in Laurel Fork, Va.

Original tape number: 220

Field recordings of the Kimble Family, an old-time string band from Laurel Fork, Va., featuring Taylor Kimble on fiddle, Stella Kimble on banjo, and Ivery Kimble on guitar. Occasional vocal accompaniment by Stella.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1143

The Kimbles with Taylor Kimble, Stella Kimble, Ivery Kimble, Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Va., 19 September 1973

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of the Kimbles in Laurel Fork, Va.

Original tape number: 221

Field recordings of the Kimble Family, an old-time string band from Laurel Fork, Va., featuring Taylor Kimble on fiddle, Stella Kimble on banjo, and Ivery Kimble on guitar. Occasional vocal accompaniment by Stella.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1144

Tommy Jarrell, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 2 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Tommy Jarrell near Mt. Airy, N.C.

Original tape number: 222

Tommy Jarrell on fiddle, vocals, and occasionally on the banjo. Banjo accompaniment is provided by Blanton Owen for much of the recording.

SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20029/1145

Tommy Jarrell, Mt. Airy, Surry County, N.C., 2 January 1974

1/4" Open Reel Audio

7" reel

Recorded by Tom Carter and Blanton Owen at the home of Tommy Jarrell near Mt. Airy, N.C.

Original tape number: 223

Tommy Jarrell on fiddle, vocals, and occasionally on the banjo. Banjo accompaniment is provided by Blanton Owen for much of the recording.

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Approximately 100 items.

Processing information: Folder 1 was originally found within the Tom Carter and Blanton Owen Collection control file. Folders 2 through 17 were formerly in Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025), folders 482, 498-511, 514.

Papers include a grant proposal for Tom Carter and Blanton Owen's joint fieldwork project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), as well as field notes that correspond to select audio recordings found in series 1. Field notes may include performers' names, technical information about the field tape, a brief description of contents, song titles, and tunings. Select field notes also include transcripts.

Folder 1

Grant Proposal: "Traditional Instrumental Music From Southwest Virginia: A Field Collection and Oral History," 1973

Tom Carter and Blanton Owen's Youthgrants Application (NEH/OPA-72-1, O.M.B. No. 128-R0030) to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Includes handwritten notations.

Folder 2

Field notes: FT-20029/910

Formerly folder 482 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 3

Field notes: FT-20029/1003-1004

Formerly folder 498 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 4

Field notes: FT-20029/1015-1020

Formerly folder 499 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 5

Field notes: FT-20029/1021-1028

Formerly folder 500 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 6

Field notes: FT-20029/1029-1038

Formerly folder 501 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 7

Field notes: FT-20029/1039-1048

Formerly folder 502 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 8

Field notes: FT-20029/1049-1059

Formerly folder 503 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 9

Field notes: FT-20029/1060-1070

Formerly folder 504 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 10

Field notes: FT-20029/1071-1078

Formerly folder 505 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 11

Field notes: FT-20029/1079-1081

Formerly folder 506 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 12

Field notes: FT-20029/1082

Formerly folder 507 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 13

Field notes: FT-20029/1083-1088

Formerly folder 508 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 14

Field notes: FT-20029/1089-1096

Formerly folder 509 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 15

Field notes: FT-20029/1097-1103

Formerly folder 510 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 16

Field notes: FT-20029/1104-1114

Formerly folder 511 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Folder 17

Field notes: FT-20029/1142-1145

Formerly folder 514 within Southern Folklife Collection Field Notes (#30025)

Card File CF-20029/1-2

CF-20029/1

CF-20029/2

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