UnionGrove - FRC114

Union Grove 1969 – FRC114

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A recorded time capsule snapshot of various players at the 1969 Union Grove, NC Festival.

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Description

(From the collection of Ray Alden)

During Easter Week of 1969, my wife Diane and I took a two-day trip down then incomplete Interstate 81 to smaller roads leading to the small town of Union Grove, North Carolina. We arrived late at night to the last Fiddler’s Convention to be held at the old school house. On stage in the school gym was an older man fiddling up a storm and wriggling his body to his music. It turned out to be the legendary Clark Kessinger, heard here on four tracks. The next day we recorded the remarkable Buffalo Ford Boys, from Asheboro North Carolina, with Glenn Davis picking a top tension Mastertone banjo in a bouncy Charlie Poole style. We then wandered over to Bob Douglas, from southern Tennessee and who in 1928 had worked with the Allen Brothers, playing some lovely fiddle music. I then had a pleasant discussion with Wade Ward. This was followed by recording a succession of musicians, including fiddler H.A. Harold of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a group of old time musicians from whom I neglected to get names. I felt I had landed in southern old time music paradise, causing me a hard time when I returned back to teaching in New York. – Ray Alden

Buffalo Ford Boys (Archie Clark-fiddle, Glenn Davis–banjo, Fred Olson-guitar, Roland Brady-bass, tracks 1-15) , Clark Kessinger-fiddle and Gene Meade-guitar (tracks 16-18), Bob Douglas-fiddle and James Sullivan-guitar (tracks 19-27), H.A. Harold-fiddle with band (tracks 28-31), unknown old time string band featuring two-finger style banjo (tracks 32-45).

Additional Notes: Union Grove Musicians

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Track List

FRC114 – Union Grove 1969

  1. Back to the Old Smokey Mountains (2:29)
  2. Silly Bill (0:46)
  3. When You and I were Young Maggie (1:00)
  4. Peacock Rag (1:59)
  5. Heartaches (1:25)
  6. Over the Waves (2:44)
  7. Goodbye Booze (1:22)
  8. Flop Eared Mule (1:35)
  9. Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister (1:51)
  10. Nobody Knew My Name (1:14)
  11. Tune? Buffalo Ford Boys (1:08)
  12. Silver Threads among the Gold (2:13)
  13. Because Just Because (2:21)
  14. Peacock Rag (1:33)
  15. Wreck of the Old 97 (2:17)
  16. Wednesday Night Waltz (2:29)
  17. Sally Goodin’ (0:56)
  18. Bull at the Wagon (2:10)
  19. Tune? Kessinger-Meade (0:13)
  20. Fiddler’s Dream (0:24)
  21. Mississippi Sawyer (0:52)
  22. Bill Bailey (2:36)
  23. Shoot the Turkey Buzzard (0:52)
  24. Ragtime Annie (2:02)
  25. Sally Goodin’ (1:37)
  26. Rachel (1:24)
  27. Blues (2:09)
  28. Tune? (1:26)
  29. Tune? (2:24)
  30. Mississippi Sawyer (1:54)
  31. Fire on the Mountain (0:48)
  32. Flop Eared Mule (2:39)
  33. Paddy on the Turnpike (3:46)
  34. Wild Horse (1:34)
  35. Liberty (1:44)
  36. Black Mountain Rag (1:37)
  37. Bonaparte’s Retreat (1:34)
  38. June Apple (1:45)
  39. Fortune (1:10)
  40. Foggy Mountain Top (2:04)
  41. Old Joe Clark (1:40)
  42. Tune? (0:58)
  43. Orange Blossom Special (1:22)
  44. Arkansas Traveler (1:29)
  45. Mississippi Sawyer (1:33)
  46. Florida Blues (1:03)
  47. Sally Goodin’ (1:10)

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