Description
Despite having produced well-known fiddlers such as Guy Brooks, Art Wooten, and Tim Smith, Alleghany County’s rich old-time fiddling tradition has remained largely out of the spotlight. As with other mountain musical communities, the common threads of tradition have met the innovative touch of the musicians to create a complex and powerful sound. The 5 fiddlers, Lawn Brooks, Mack Brooks, Kilby Reeves, Cleave Andrews, and Howard Joines, offer a slice of Alleghany fiddling that covers a range of styles – from traditional to early bluegrass, from simple and driving to complex and progressive, sometimes within a single fiddler’s repertoire. – Lucas Pasley
Additional Notes: “Old Time Music of Alleghany County, NC” by Lucas Pasley
Track List
FRC712 – Old Time Fiddle Music of Allegheny County, NC
- Bullhead Rag (2:27)
- Cumberland Gap (1:46)
- Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe (1:21)
- Forks of Sandy (1:36)
- Twinkle Little Star (2:34)
- Fortune (1:57)
- John Brown’s Dream (2:39)
- Old Joe Clark (2:02)
- Paper Thin (1:01)
- Walking in the Parlor (1:19)
- Wabash Cannonball (1:02)
- Raincrow Bill (1:36)
- Pretty Cuckoo Bird (1:25)
- Back Up and Push (1:36)
- Panhandle Country (1:59)
- Highway of Sorrow (3:03)
- Lonesome Road Blues (2:37)
- Billy in the Lowground (1:31)
- Forked Deer Solo (1:39)
- Katy Hill solo (1:00)
- Old Dad (1:07)
- Sally Gooden (1:29)
- Sourwood Mountain (1:53)
- Leather Britches (2:26)
- Tampa Rag (3:00)
- Dance All Night (2:17)
- Doodle Dee Doo (2:02)
- East Tennessee Blues (2:04)
- Up Jumped the Devil (4:48)
- Get Out and Get Under the Moon (3:15)
- Richmond (3:29)
- Watermelon on the Vine (2:58)
- Cricket on the Hearth (2:25)
- Lost Indian (2:23)
- Rocky Pallet (1:54)
- Forked Deer (2:38)
