5/13/23: Surry!!! Those are my people, my Scots-Irish clan: McEachain/McCaughan/McKaughan/McCoin! Crissman, too! Any other kinfolks reading this? Pick away!🪕🎻
Great documentary! Being a 42 year old violin student I'm exploring all sorts of ways to play this instrument. And if it weren't for pandemics and all that, I would really love to visit NC just to learn more, and listen to this great form of music!
It was called ‘old time music’ back in the 20s because it was. A lot of these songs and reels were brought over from Britain and Europe by the earliest settlers.
This is a great documentary! If anyone knows of any good sources for OTM on film or compact disc / cassette, please PM me and let me know. I've used Field Recorders' Collective, Document Records, Bear Family, County, Yazoo, BACM, and the Internet - what are some niche labels, like the Appalshop (Whitesburg, KY) with June Appal? I'm particularly interested in field recordings or homemade recordings, like with the LOC and Berea's 'Digital Library of Appalachia,' and would prefer not to rely on digital-only MP3 downloads alone/ Subscribed
A shout out to Chester and Nick McMillian that appear in this video. They have spent their lifetime dedicated to preserving and sharing the art of Round Peak Old Time Music.
Does anyone know the name of the song that starts playing at the 24:49 mark in this video ? I have been wanting to listen to it fully for months now lol
![Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham (1971, Blanton Owen) [with subtitles]](/img/n.gif)
I've traced my dads line back to Surry in 1780. Love the old folk sound. Scots-irish!
5/13/23: Surry!!! Those are my people, my Scots-Irish clan: McEachain/McCaughan/McKaughan/McCoin! Crissman, too! Any other kinfolks reading this? Pick away!🪕🎻
Sat with Tommy Jarrell on a pick up truck tail at Galax in about 1979. He was GOOD!!
Tommy was one of the best. He and my grandma were the same age. He had a bow arm on him! And could make good biscuits and gravy.
Great stuff ! SurryCounty is the Sliabh Luachra (Ireland) of America !!!!
Thanks for the memories!
My Dad used to play Dobro,
there should be more of these Folkways programs on YT,they go back to the early 80's
That's Kenny Jackson (fiddle), Marianne Kovatch (banjo), with Bobb Head and Nancy Mamlin (guitars) at the beginning of the video. Good playing!
Thanks so much for making this great music available to people all over the world. Your work will not go unrewarded.
Thanks for sharing. I wonderful video about music in Surry County.
Enjoyed this very much.
Great video, thank you for uploading.
This was very good, thanks from Virginia, not too far from Surry County.
Wow....what an education I just got!!
Extremely well done. Thank you David Holt.
This is a great documentary. Thank you!
Great documentary! Being a 42 year old violin student I'm exploring all sorts of ways to play this instrument. And if it weren't for pandemics and all that, I would really love to visit NC just to learn more, and listen to this great form of music!
The old fiddlers conventions in Surry County and adjacent Galax Virginia are both excellent
Spectacular! Surry County rocks!!
It was called ‘old time music’ back in the 20s because it was. A lot of these songs and reels were brought over from Britain and Europe by the earliest settlers.
beautiful - thank you
Well done.
This puts the pieces together for me.
Thanks
What i would not give to go back in time and spend one evening at Tommy Jarrell's house.
A brilliant documentary...As a clawhammer player my self, I'm always interested in learning....you got some amazing players here !...
This is a great documentary!
If anyone knows of any good sources for OTM on film or compact disc / cassette, please PM me and let me know. I've used Field Recorders' Collective, Document Records, Bear Family, County, Yazoo, BACM, and the Internet - what are some niche labels, like the Appalshop (Whitesburg, KY) with June Appal? I'm particularly interested in field recordings or homemade recordings, like with the LOC and Berea's 'Digital Library of Appalachia,' and would prefer not to rely on digital-only MP3 downloads alone/
Subscribed
A shout out to Chester and Nick McMillian that appear in this video. They have spent their lifetime dedicated to preserving and sharing the art of Round Peak Old Time Music.
Does anyone know the name of the song that starts playing at the 24:49 mark in this video ? I have been wanting to listen to it fully for months now lol
"June Apple" th-cam.com/video/7A6L1n2WT9U/w-d-xo.html
WOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I found meca.
I loved it. Reminds me of past life.
Paul Sutphin I have a feeling he's related to Kirk Sutphin.
What a treasure of history!
Funny how much Ben and Tommy and Wayne all sound durn near identical lol
wish i coulda met mr jarrell. god damn i was born too late
Oh, man, I hope you' ve caught up. Don't throw away that heritage.
13:31
5:23