My Classic Bluegrass/Mountain Music Story Starring The Real People Of Appalachia
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- Bascom Lamar Lunsford. The great folk music and dance collector. Appalachian mountain man historian. Dedicated his life to mountain music and dance in poetry and storytelling. Created the Asheville Mountain Folk Festival in 1929. A visionary.
This is my complete 1989 documentary film on Bascom Lamar Lunsford. It explores what drove him to fight so hard to honor and protect Appalachian mountain culture.
I was just 23 years old when I made my first documentary in the area around Asheville. In 1965. Bascom took me around the counties of the mountains of North Carolina including Buncombe County, Wilkes County, and Madison County, rich areas for mountain clog dancing, banjo picking, old-time country Mountain music, great storytelling, and great people.
I got the chance to go back and present for a National Television audience what motivated Bascom to do what he did. This film has shows many of what Bascom felt with the greatest mountain music, old-time music, country music, bluegrass music, authentic real-people performance. Each performer in this film was personally selected by Bascom to appear.
As I have done with other clips from my films in the Appalachian Mountains, I want to thank and honor the people who participated most all of whom have passed on now. Without their joyous cooperation I could not have recorded these wonderful scenes.
If you enjoyed this, I would appreciate your clicking on the Super Thanks button below the video screen. Your support makes it possible for me to continue to present my films on TH-cam. I am not a rich man and I am attempting to make a living from my TH-cam creations.
Thank you
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Less than 7 years after I made this documentary, I got to make a 90 minute documentary on the great banjo picker Earl Scruggs. Here is that complete film available for the first time. If you love bluegrass/mountain/country, you will like this - th-cam.com/video/OlneqC0mVsk/w-d-xo.html
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Clogging 8:38
Have you ever seenclogging that is the type of dancing that was at first look was way long about a fiddle and banjo we used to dance around the house anyplace that give us a little space😊😊😊😊😊
Bluegrass music
I am an Australian and I just love the Applachian music, the people are solid gold, and it is now 2021 and I'm waiting to go home to be with Jesus, and I'm just so excited about meeting all these Born Again Saints... , see yall soon Brother!!
Did you see Jesus yet?
Creepy. All you religious fanatics obsessed with death and waiting to die. Let's hope nobody puts you in control of any planes. At least some of us are committed to build a better world.
These mountains are my home and they will stay that why. This music is the sound of my ancestors and I can feel the soul played straight through this music, it chills my bones everytime.
Agreed:)❤️😍❤️💃💃💃
Love the video, i'm English but it stirs something in my soul, a relative had a message from a woman in America on an ancestry site, it turns out i have relatives who settled the Appalachians.
I found my ancestors traced back to early to mid 1800’s! They’re originally from Ireland! They all moved here and lived all over the Appalachian Mountains! From Alabama and Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia, etc…
@@donaldharrill6265 It's a possibility.
History says many that settled in Applachia were Scots & Ulster Irish (not the famine group that came later and settled in city). Some New York Dutch from Catskills thrown in.
@@hermanmunster714 That's not what the 1790 -1810 census say's, the majority of households were English, followed by Scottish, some households stating English and Scottish, 10 Welsh households some stating English and Welsh, 8 German Households, 1 French, no Irish, Scots Irish, refers to the the English and Scottish planters who went via Northern Ireland.
Sup cuz lol
Thank God we have these videos to learn the roots of the music. Thank God we had people like Mr. Lunsford and Mr. Hoffman that brought this goodness to the world.
I watched every minute of this video, after going down a "rabbit hole" of others,, and I cannot express how much this has changed my perception of musical culture. Mind blowing.
Thank you for what you have said.
David Hoffman filmmaker
That is just amazing how any person on this universe can remember over 500 songs straight from the top!!!
Mr. Hoffman, as a man who grew up in Appalachia Kentucky, I would like too thank you on behalf of all mountain folk for shedding light on our slice of heaven.
As a Kentuckian we get stereotyped way too much. Whether it's how we talk or dress, we've always been a go to for making fun of.
But not from you. You sir are what we in the south call, "A professional."
Sincerely, Jason Ryan Wilson. You're a good man, Mr. Hoffman.
Jason Ryan an Irish name, I love the appalachia and the music because the Irish settled there too and brought the Irish music with them and over time the music evolved ,bluegrass, blessing to all my brothers and sisters in the hills of America amen 🙏
@@peteflute2817don't forget Scottish people settled there too
Most of Appalachia was settled by Scots Irish people (what we call them in the U.S.). In Great Britain they were called Ulster Scots, settled in Ireland by King James the 1st of Great Britain (aka James IV of Scotland. Since I have roots in Appalachia, I like to think that, rather than oppressing Catholics, my fore-bearers moved on to America. I assume there was some intermarrying in Ireland so that many are of actual Irish heritage as well, and not just Scots from Ireland. Have not done the genealogy quite that far back.
I'm reminded to thank my parents for taking me through West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina when I was a boy. That's America and it's awesome.
I wish people were that cool now. These people were cool before there was even a word for it. You are very lucky to have had the chance to experience this firsthand.
Heck yeah
Well now you have "slap mountain" truly a pinnacle of culture.
Don’t forget that there’s plenty of interesting people out there today, and even more stories worth preserving than ever. Everything current and uninteresting eventually becomes old and reverent with time!
@@UnwelcomeGuestVideos I've had the chance in the last few years to hitchhike the west coast and then as far east as Oklahoma so i can agree with you there. As of now a lot of the old greats are falling off and the young greats are being predated by gangs and brainwashed people trying to drug them with fentanyl and flokka/meth. If people realized those drugs and mind control comes from China maybe we could all agree to nuke them before it's too late and no one's left. On the streets the women that are left are haggard and schizophrenic and that includes the young ones and the men are the dominator ego brain gang member methhead types or gay transvestite methhead type. It's getting worse too and lots of human trafficking. This stuff is real i can't even believe im seeing it. Like no normal people anywhere and entire towns and cities with no one there. Seemingly. I know theres a mass exodus out of California. The illegals from somalia, haiti and the gangs from south America M13 are moving in and the violence and robberies are going up. Thank god i have family and a home in the forest now. I pray things get better for the world.
My thoughts exactly!
Never thought I would find a movie about Appalachian Folk Music so entertaining.
I knew id love it an i do
Thank you, Mr. Hoffman. Both my parents were descendants of Appalachian mountain folks, dating back to pre-Revolution Virginia and Carolinas. There were musicians on both sides. This is my heritage. It’s a great legacy to carry on.
my family in Tennessee also everbody had either a piano, an organ, guitars, in their house all my family members knew how to play some type of instrument
I lived in Appalachia NC & SC, for many years. Asheville in NC and Oconee in SC. People were all the same....WONDERFUL!! It made no difference if you were s moonshiner or school teacher; you were what your parents instilled. . A good, honest person. I am so lucky. I married a SC mountain gal...and she is as wonderful today as she was 40 or 50 years ago!!
That precision clogging scene at Bascom' house is classic, and it comes up as a short so often. David did such a good job, lingering on close-ups to connect things personally, while pulling in the whole group too.
I'd bet that lots of those kids are still around, and wouldn't it be great if David (or somebody) got them together to talk about what they were doing and feeling back then. I'd also bet that they've lived interesting lives.
Imagine the things and characters his old floorboards have seen!
I’m from the hills of Tennessee and I grew up with this music! My daddy played the banjo and my momma played guitar! Every weekend out back porch was filled with these songs and you could hear them it seemed from miles around! Even from our back porch! Thank you for posting this documentary you did! I can feel the music in my soul! Spectacular ♥️
Love old mountain music
The Bascom episode was the reason I first watched David's Channel, I haven't missed one since.
This is a Masterpiece that never was and can never be duplicated.
Thank you David
Thank you as well Kurt.
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Same here .. This is how I found David's Channel.
There is nothing wrong with Bascom unashamedly representing his culture only, at his events. He was preserving it naturally.
Growing up in the Ozark Mountains i fell in love with mountain music. The people the life....sure miss back home.
My dad's side of the family is from a tiny mountain gap in western virginia. This is pretty much the music I heard back on the farms and hills. The Carter family is still down there making music and dancing
Near Abingdon and Bristol? White top?
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@@sademccall6838 that's pretty close
I remember going to a bluegrass festival when I was a teenager. It was one of few times that my grandfather actually got out of his chair and went somewhere. He was born and raised in Knoxville and he knew this man. I will never forget my gramps listening to the hill folks music(that's what he called it) I watched him tap his feet and his hand clawed his thigh as a single tear rolled his cheek and he looked at me and said "boy ..that's real music there". It was the only emotion I ever seen from my grandpa and I won't forget that. His name was Calvin Luther McClung . for some strange reason this music strikes a cord deep inside me and I wonder if this connection is inherently distilled in my own DNA.
He grandpa joe’d you from charlie and the chocolate factory
It shows the power of memories. That one time a man you respected showed you something vaueable to him imparted that value to you.
I feel the same way about this music. I can feel it in my bones.
Lol. Is it "instilled in your DNA"? I like "distilled in your DNA" too!!
Good ole Rocky top Tennessee!
David Hoffman is amazing American treasure! Legend-status
Thank you Preston. Very kind.
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Agreed
Yes!
I agree ❤️
Would love to see YOUR work preserved in an archive, if it's not already!
I love this documentary. As a West Virginia girl, I can appreciate the older folks and Appalachian lifestyle. I live near Harper's Ferry which was mentioned in your film. It's absolutely beautiful here. Amazing work! Very entertaining.
Ulster Scots.
David you are truly an amazing person. As a young 20 year old being able to see historical videos and documentaries like this from such a kind presenter is really amazing. Thanks you!
Kind presenter.That perfectly fits David Hoffman.
I'm into all the old bluegrass music.
Really love the sounds the Banjo,Mandolin, and Fiddle. Yes I'm the only Hillbilly out of 4 brothers. They always made fun of me talking and told me I was born on the other side of the creek. I got my ways from my Elders that they never wanted to be around.
Thanks for this video. I will download it so I can listen anytime.
@Channel 6 Sorry not saying he is related to the term. Just what my family related me to for listening to his type music and enjoying the music. Not trying to offend.
Love it too thanks for sharing
Yep. Breaks my heart that Dave Macon Days festival hasn't met for 2 years now. It isn't just Covid. The older people who were running it need younger people to help, but we're still working.
Hold on to that tight and keep being you. You rock
Dee Ray White was another legend. The flat foot legend of the virginiars!
Little piece of cornbread layin on the shelf!
7:50....Bascom was shuffle dancin in 1927 before shuffle dancin was shuffle dancin......a true legend in many many ways...
I am 72 and grew up in Indiana, but, I can remember my Mother singing some of these songs to my siblings and me when I was young. My Mother's Mother was a Kerr. I truely enjoy the history, the music and the people.
To me these people are the heart & soul of America. My dad got me music lessons when i was a kid & if it has strings I'll get a tune out of it eventually.
This is great, I watched this last night. I learned a few things here. Particularly, the part of Sam Honeycutt? My Grandpa sang a few times like that for me. I remember being totally amazed by that. Never heard anything like it. This brought me back to the memory of my Grandpa, and brought me to tears.
I never cared for the Lil Abner mentality the people were tagged with. It was not fair . A proud ,decent folk that were the backbone of America and it's true ideals. Cheers for Bascom ,a true one of a kind who was proud and comfortable with his history at a time when it wasn't fashionable.
Through mainstream culture, mountain folks have always been given a bad rap. This video tells who the fine folks really are. They are loving, caring, and have a dignity and solidity that simply cannot be matched by the refinement of city life! Thank you once again, David, for posting this!
Mister Grandpa's Bakery..Yes indeed..this is REAL
MUSIC...Lots more than just BANGING on drums...
No stories...No FEELINGS...No nothing. Thank you,
David, for preserving this past history upon which our great country was established! 👌👏🎼🎶🎵🌹❤
It seems anything that comes through mainstream media is mostly the opposite to what its saying.
Take it from a man who was born and raised in the city, most city people are much less than refined.
The real roots of mountaineers has been hidden by mainstream history. It's a story never taught in the classroom because its just another hush crime.. The folks derided as Hillbillies today are the posterity of indentured SLAVES. Many brought to America against their will, press ganged into transport for some petty crime after European nobles enclosed the commons (Kicked tenant farmers off The kingdom's public lands and forced them into squalid city ghettos) so that they could re-appropriate the public lands into private estates for their own heirs.
During their seven years of forced servitude, most faced the prospect of the taskmaster's whip at their back, while facing the Indian arrows from the front. This is because they had the most arduous duty in the colonies, - breaking the forest and clearing the rocky soil - for the plantation corporations. The attrition rate was astronomical, especially for females unused to the subtropical climate. After the land was cleared, they were unceremoniously cut loose to scratch out a living in the wilderness of the eastern mountains as a buffer against the indigenous tribes that might threaten the coastal plantations profits. They have been privately and publicly demonized by the gentry and upper class ever since. African slaves were brought in to work the cleared plantations and economically displace these folks so there would little prospect of lawful work for them. Even the fresh waves of destitute European immigrants would get in on the act to demonize them. ..Never mind that these hill folk made up the largest single portion of the continental Army (and still do). Now we have vicious bigots in the White house and Joint chiefs of staff who want to disarm them, jail them indefinitely without trial, Throw them in internment camps, or attack them with F15's and contaminate the hills with new-clear explosions . They actually say that last part out loud.
@@kylebradley2988 you dogg on right there,Mr.Bradley. 🐶
I’m from Scotland and 56 years old. I love traditional music and fell in love with “Cajun” music when I watched southern comfort ( which I watched because of ry cooder but loved the film too)
After finding out it was the Balfa brothers I got more into it. Now I’m here watching this excellent bit of history
Pure unadulterated G.O.L.D. .. we love our mountains .. that's for sure. God, this video is pure gold. Thank you David. 💞
Hello Linda, how are you?
You are a great film maker sir.
Thank you Stanislaw.
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My brother plays old time banjo and has heard of Bascum, lovely music very very skilled.
In 1983, i went on a vacation. Originally, we were for daytona.instead, we decided to visit my friends mother and aunt in columbia, south carolina. I had the opportunity to see south carolina as a "ground pounder" not as a tourist. Thirty seven years and counting, it was the BEST vacation i have ever had. The people i hung out with were appalachians, but they definitely wete country!!!!
I'm from South Carolina and Im one of the few people left in my area who lives by the good ol ways I believe in helping folks as much as possible
Hey Hoffman Suzy here. I am a big history nerd and I always hold some documentaries close to my heart. But today only ever so few documentaries have a captivating storytelling way but Maybye because I am not interested in their subject but you documentary style is really engaging and am thankful for your archive and TH-cam channel. Stay safe Hoffman. You are still needed
Thank you Suzy.
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Its really nice to learn something about my southern culture that isnt about racists.
@@thelanecampbell you just proved the commenters point. By wiping an entire culture with such a negative judgement.
I’ve lived all over the country. What I’ve found is that no one area is more racist than any other area. Also, no race owns the market when it comes to racism. White, black, hispanic, etc are just about the same. Most are good and decent with a few outliers.
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@@traditionalfascists3303 what will happen when racismis not part of our culture?
@@michaelmichael2382 a dream to be sure
Mr. Hoffman thank you so MUCH for uploading these incredible works you've accumulated!
I FRICKIN LIVE HERE. In WNC, and I play folk music, and this film touched me on so many levels.
You're amazing, this work is amazing, thank you so much for documenting this priceless stuff! From a 28 year old musician/chef/father/history lover/fan of this stuff!
I also wanted to say is what's cooler is I was on your channel for completely unrelated reasons; checking out your other interviews and stuff that I stumbled on, when this was recommended. Just feels like such a small world that this was your early work and here I am, living right around where you filmed [which much of it looks the same today!] and just blown away. Cheers!
This is a real eye-opener in 2021. Americans have so much to be proud of, speaking as a Canadian. Well done, David Hoffman.
So thankful you had the foresight to document Lunsford and Old Time music back then (and later) Old Time is THRIVING here in the Pacific Northwest and beyond because of folks like Lunsford and you, David!
A truly fascinating man, we owe a lot to men like him who preserved music and culture for future generations.🖤🇨🇦
We’re still here, living just the same way. I love it.
God bless the fiddlers , dansers and singers of the Appalachian mountains
Congratulations to the late Mr. Lunsford and to you for preserving his legacy in a beautiful documentary.
It’s real funny to know that Asheville has never changed, also being from buncombe county myself, I’m real proud that this Lunsford fellow was from there, gives it worth in my eyes
Reminds me of growing up and listening to my great aunt Dort play her fiddle! She and her sister used to play for barn dances and she said people would come from miles away to hear them play. Boy do i miss her, she is long gone now.
Fascinating foray into a key part of American history. As a European I find documentaries like this to be really interesting, how the American culture(s) came to be and became what they were, the people.
The United States is so large, States bigger than many European countries. So much history created in such a short time span. When I read about Cowboys it sometimes sounds like it was hundreds of years in the past, like when reading about European history, but it wasn't! It was barely 150 years ago! My great grandfather was alive and kicking when the West hadn't yet been conquered fully.
There's something very endearing about this documentary, the easy-going, wholesome and genuine feeling. People just like you and me, living a simple yet fulfilling life.
I've been going through the documentaries uploaded to this channel, a treasure of human history and culture.
I wonder if in 50 years I'll see the world more like they do.
Cowboy culture still exists, somewhat codified, it was still active into the 1920s in usa and parts of Canada. Trucks and railways took the drovers role, big 0astures had been ruined by thr end of 1900s through overgrazing, public wanted fat beef which were/arebest produced in feedlots not on grass.
I love this David! This is the real America The heart and the soul
Thank you for your films and still photos. I enjoy your art and your affinity for Americans. Thank you to you for presenting West Virginia in a positive light.
My husband is the grandson of JE Mainer and nephew of Wade Mainer. He will be so excited to see your films!
Thank you for your work!
A lovely film. This is the second time I've viewed it. I introduced Appalachian regional culture for a course I designed for "international students" (mostly from China) back in 2015 and Fulbright students. They were astounded and pleased at the same time to discover such depth of historical lived-experience in America. A full-scale grassroots revival would be welcome right about now. Thank you for sharing your important heritage films.
David, I just began viewing your work in Appalachia and I am so fascinated at the personal and intimate lens that you are able to give your viewers into this now mostly lost world, and you captured these films just in time. What unique niches of American life like the Appalachian culture in these videos exists today? I would argue that there are none, or nearly none that persist in the face of the modern world. These dancers are fantastic. The music and the lives are like nothing. They have roots going back far into American history. I love the tap dancing too. I was born and raised in Kentucky and spent time in southeast ky when I was young and saw something disappearing. These films really are an important part of the history of the US, and Appalachia
Thank you for your comment, Brandon.
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A beautiful epilogue to one of the most beautiful films I’ve witnessed in my 70 years.
Thank you Mr. Hoffman once again.
Great film David ! I've heard the "Mountain Dew" song played by others all my life, it was really cool to learn who wrote it. I can't wait to go through your past videos, and films, Thank you once again !
Appalachian people are the Greatest musicians, singers, dancers and story tellers. 😂 They have the best surviving skills and can build, carve , cook and make the best moonshine. Easy going and work hard. Just a FYI the south still has the National clogging contest 💜
Bascom Lunsford must have been satisfied with his efforts in keeping the culture and music alive. This film will certainly help. Thanks for showing us this connection to the past. Very interesting to see the people and the places.
Thanks David, he is the best! My favorite of his recorded songs -
I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground - “Let your hair roll down and your bands curl round. Oh Capie, let your hair roll down.”
Italy - “I asked that girl to marry me, and I don’t give a dern, I’ll do my best to treat her right and give two kids to her. I sure’d we’s all gonna freeze to death enduring that last cold spell, had nothing but green pine cones that wouldn’t burn in Hell, I’m going to Italy before long go see that gal of mine.”
Mr.Garfield - “If the worst should come to the worst, and you shouldn’t get well, would you be willing for me to marry again? He looked up with a smile on his face, and give her something sorta like this: Don’t you never let a chance go by, Oh Lord, don’t you never let a chance go by!”
Dry Bones - “ I saw, I saw the light from
Heaven shining all around. I saw the light come shining, I saw the light come down.”
Swannanoa Tunnel - “Some of these days I’ll see that woman. That’s no dream, baby! That’s no dream!”
I have never been so happy to have a commercial interrupt my viewing of a youtube program! The reason being I remember you telling viewers how you wanted to support your family through your channel. Maybe the commercials are one step closer to your goal. Lord knows, your guality films and pictures are worth monetary gain.
Thank you so much, Cynthia.
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The range of content you've covered over the years is astounding, and your work is deeply appreciated! I grew up in a small town outside of Memphis, Tennessee and the old timers used to reminisce about the days when family and friends would randomly gather for music and dancing. I never got to experience like they did, only got to hear the stories, but watching these old recordings makes me feel like I'm home again. Thank you, Mr. Hoffman!
Never why blue grass music was so called .now I do.🎻
Bascom Lunsford is a legend forever memorialized in your films You give so many people a platform so that time doesn’t forget about their stories . Highest test for you a caring human being . Thank you David Hoffman- filmmaker
Highest respect - not test . We are way beyond tests once we leave school
@@intensivemanagement Actually, a whole new series of tests begin then.
I’m so glad and proud I was born in NC. These are my people. I feel sorry for anyone that wasn’t born Southern. They absolutely missed a blessing.
some of the BEST content i've ever seen on youtube, been here for 13 years, thank you sir !!!
Thank you, David, for preserving this piece of NC heritage!
Every single David Hoffman movie is beautifully filmed and put together ❤ perfectly. Ive never seen anything like Mr Hoffman. He puts himself right there. You can tell the passion he has. Being right there at that moment in time. Ron Howard cant do with film what Mr.Hoffman can.
Thank you so much. Your comment brings joy to my heart.
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videos like this make me wonder if it was you who videoed my dad and me in late 60's-early 70's. I remember my dad saying a "talent scout" was coming to film us, I had gotten very good at the Scruggs style banjo and was very young and I remember a guy with a reel to reel tape recorder and video camera recording us but never heard anything from it or him again. we played square dances and barn dances all over the state. we lived in a place called Camden on Gauley in Webster county back then and never knew what ever happened to the guy that recorded us. thanks for sharing this!
I know that you already know this but it was certainly not me. I would never have called myself a "talent scout."
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hope u find him and that recording!
Some of the most honest and hard working people you will ever meet.when the rest of the country struggles they will survive in
At 28:00 you can really see how much Bascom cares about the people. This guy is kinda shy about playing, but Bascom starts dancing to encourage him on. What a sweet guy.
Thank you, David Hoffman, for all that you bring to the screen. These are precious and the music is always so uplifting.
love all your films! gives the youth of today a fresh perspective of life. MUCH needed
The real art of Blue Grass dancing I.m 65 and my dad played and to that out of Kentucky. He was born there
god bless the south, and its awesome music
Thank you for capturing this amazing peice of culture, the amazing people in it.
I'm an Englishman but was lucky enough to spend a summer or 2 in West Virginia ack in the late 90s, it's been in my soul ever since. The music and traditions the fine people of Appalachia and the mountains create is incredible, thanks for capturing and helping preserve these fine pieces 😍
Thank you for your comment. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that TH-cam is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts.
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Well Lunsford is an English name.A lot of people from the North of England were early settlers and took their music etc with them there so maybe deep down it rang a bell🤣!
This makes me miss the old ways. I'm a tennessean and I've never even heard of bascom. A true legend I wish I could have met him and learned the old heritage but sadly I was born in the late 90. Mr. David Hoffman is a film legend as well.. I'm so glad I came across the video and your TH-cam channel.
I am from Australia, and way way back this reminded me of a time in my childhood. I loved this show 100% thank you for broadcasting it.
I am an Australian... I have done a lot of research about the Appalachian region. There is so much fascinating history there.
Thank you for posting this! I live in Leicester NC and can tell you that some of those houses are still there on South turkey Creek. I've heard old timers talking about Bascom before, but unfortunately most younger people around here have never heard about him. As far as I know there is still a bluegrass festival named after Bascom Lunsford in Mars Hill.
Shindig on the Green on Saturdays @ Pack Square is an evolution of his festivals..
Love this story! I grew up in a small mill town in Northern Ontario. My Mother’s people from Northern Sweden and my Granpas from the Shetlands off the coast of Scotland. The families were “settled” in the Ottawa Valley and worked in the first cut of the first growth trees. I was born in the 50’s and loved the music my family made. The people in your film are real. Unfortunately the Industry used the culture of the Appalachians and the simple and hardworking people for their own gain...money, Thanks to the historians for recording and speaking of this History. Blessings to all
It’s nice to know that Asheville was once a decent place, would love to know what it looked like back then
At 27:20 the Square dance, danced to the Scottish Reel "Miss McCleod", is almost identical to the "Full Set" (8) still danced here in Ireland. Thanks for this marvellous bridge over time that brings us all together.
David, thank you so very much .. I love this documentary enough to have purchased 2 DVD’s several years ago. I am thrilled you are making this available for the world to enjoy, what a gift you have given us. Ron /WA. State
What a wonderful spirit this man had !
I,m English i loved this doc, thank you David
It reminds me of old Australian music.
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I agree.Some did migrate here,to the goldfields and after war etc etc
Well both come from England and Scotland.
I remember seeing bits of this on PBS :) Absolutely love the full documentary. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Much gratitude for your beautiful films, David, showing complete respect for the people you learn from and then we learn from you. All the best!
His is a breath of fresh air. I started going to the mountains of Western NC 16 years ago to hunt. I have since purchased my retirement home there.
Just like My husbands family! They were musical, we even have a violin from his gggradfather. His grandmother told me how they used to gather and sing. They were from mountains to Kentucky to Tenn, where his immediate family from last few generations.
You may have been young when you filmed this David, but your excellent work and talent have preserved a wonderful musical culture. I have seen your film before and it was a pleasure to watch it again. My heritage is Irish, Welsh and Scottish, and the Blue Mountain music has a familiarity I recognize. My grandmother was an Irish-Scot and she taught me how to do the sword dance and other Celtic dances. She loved the castanets or would slap her knee, playing the rhythm and singing old songs while I danced. I'm 73 now. I grew up in England, lived most of my working years in the US, but now live in northern Italy. I have learned from Italians that some say the Celts originated in the area where I live, in addition to areas north of here. Perhaps I was drawn back by the very deep songs of my ancestors in these Italian hills haha. Thank you for your wonderful work. You are a true blessing.
So beautiful! Really great piece.
I really can't find any words for what a wonderful story this is....
Outstanding video.
I’m from Ireland , have a lot of distant cousins from that part of America, interesting place
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Thank you for sharing. The culture of my people is so rich but often misunderstood. You take me back many years remembering my grandparents and locals I grew up around in the mid-late 70's and even early 80's. Just hearing them speak in their unforgettable dialect and cadence is incredibly heart warming. Thank you so much for sharing.
I come back to this video every once in a while to remember why I got interrested in bluegrass to begin with. This is the music that birthed bluegrass. This ought to be in the Smithsonian, along with so much that David Hoffman has filmed. I have a Facebook friendship with Linwood Lunsford,I believe his grandson.
I've always been drawn to the Appalachian music way of life and Southern Virginia. I often wonder if I experienced a past life in that era...beautiful documentary. Thank you so much Mr. Hoffman.
What a coincidence! just minutes ago i was downloading e-books about Appalachia.
Thank you for sharing this- heck you been a real blessing this past year.
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I just love this . Blue Grass is killer music.
Always have I'm 62.
I just started watching it and I already love it.Keep up the good work :)
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