Muncy Gaultney - Traditional Music from Ashe County, NC

Muncy Gaultney – Traditional Music from Ashe County, NC – FRC753

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Muncy Vance Gaultney (July 7, 1906-March 20, 1988) was an old-time fiddle and banjo player from Ashe County, NC. His influences included local musician, Nancy Blevins Baker, on fiddle and her daughter, Ida Francis, on banjo. He was also heavily influenced by the playing of local fiddle legend, Gilliam Banmon Grayson. He played shows with Gilliam’s musical partner, Henry Whitter, and also played in a group called the Carolina Ridge Runners with brothers Fred and William Worth Taylor. Muncy spent time working in a cotton mill and on the railroad. He eventually opened a small antique shop in Ashe County and also wrote regular articles for a regional newspaper called “The Plow”. He is well remembered for being an all-around character and for preserving several rare fiddle tunes, some of which are included on this disk. These rare tunes are still played in northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia due to his influence.

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Muncy Gaultney – Traditional Music from Ashe County, NC – FRC 753

  1. Sally Goodin 00:59
  2. Talk about where Muncy learned 00:27
  3. Down in the Willow Garden 01:17
  4. Talk about Grayson & Whitter 00:36
  5. Love’s Cheating Lie 01:00
  6. Talk 00:50
  7. Rosin the Bow 01:12
  8. Talk about the last tune 00:35
  9. Intro to the Walls of Jericho 01:29
  10. The Walls of Jericho 01:17
  11. Discussion of the Walls of Jericho 01:02
  12. Cluck Old Hen fragment (banjo) 00:17
  13. Eighth of January (finger style banjo) 00:36
  14. Talk about banjo 00:27
  15. Train 45 01:14
  16. Talk about visiting Grayson 00:22
  17. Talk about fiddle 00:10
  18. Uncle Pen 01:02
  19. Talk about playing dances 00:44
  20. Flop Eared Mule 00:50
  21. Talk 00:11
  22. Unclouded Day 01:40
  23. Shoot the Turkey Buzzard 00:58
  24. Chicken in the Bread Tray 00:59
  25. Talk 00:17
  26. I Don’t Love You Anymore 01:36
  27. Paddy on the Turnpike 01:09
  28. Leather Britches 00:58
  29. Blue Eyed Gal (1940s acetate) 00:50
  30. Johnson Boys (1940s acetate) 00:57
  31. Frank Weston Interview Part 1 25:22
  32. Frank Weston Interview Part 2 03:19
  33. Frank Weston Interview Part 3 07:20

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