User contributions for RodStradling
A user with 481 edits. Account created on 10 March 2007.
2 April 2007
- 12:4312:43, 2 April 2007 diff hist +664 N Vernon Judd New page: '''Vernon and Zora Judd''' were an elderly farm couple from Irvine, KY, who still plowed with mules. They were good friends of Asa Martin's and would come over to his house regularly... current
- 12:4312:43, 2 April 2007 diff hist +12 American Traditional Players No edit summary
- 12:4112:41, 2 April 2007 diff hist −21 North American Source Singers No edit summary
- 12:4012:40, 2 April 2007 diff hist −1 North American Source Singers No edit summary
- 12:3712:37, 2 April 2007 diff hist +380 N Roger Cooper New page: '''Roger Cooper:''' learned the fundamentals of his fiddle style from a close association with the great Buddy Thomas (Rdr 0034) and Roger has probably now become the greatest living maste... current
- 12:3712:37, 2 April 2007 diff hist +531 N Snake Chapman New page: The late '''Owen ‘Snake’ Chapman''' was one of the most talented and likable musicians I've had the privilege to meet. He represented an abundant treasury of all sorts of Souther... current
- 12:3612:36, 2 April 2007 diff hist +850 N Manon Campbell New page: '''Manon Campbell:''' fiddle. Roscoe Holcomb had directed us to Manon as “the best fiddler around here.” Unfortunately, we arrived in the midst of a birthday party for a gr... current
- 12:3412:34, 2 April 2007 diff hist +990 N Henry Hurley New page: '''Henry Hurley:''' a friendly gentleman who lived in Flatwoods near Bert Garvin. Henry was mainly a guitarist, but he also played a fine two finger style banjo. He used to com... current
- 12:3412:34, 2 April 2007 diff hist +868 N Asa Martin New page: '''Asa Martin:''' was an important recording artist during the ‘Golden Age of Hillbilly Recording’, working both as a solo and as a member of a large number of different aggregations -... current
- 12:3312:33, 2 April 2007 diff hist +1,310 N Ray Hilt New page: '''Ray Hilt:''' fiddle. Ray grew up on isolated farm outside Portsmouth, Ohio where the land was poor and subsistence meager. His father, who apparently emigrated from Pennsylv... current
- 12:3112:31, 2 April 2007 diff hist +641 N Bert Garvin New page: '''Bert Garvin:''' banjo. A retired railway worker from Flatwoods, Kentucky, close to the big Russell yards where a number of good musicians used to work. In his youth, Burt he... current
- 12:3112:31, 2 April 2007 diff hist +1,199 N Blanche Coldiron New page: '''Blanche Coldiron:''' banjo. John Harrod introduced me to Blanche in the course of compiling our ''Kentucky Old-Time Banjo'' project (Rdr 0394), for which Blanche supplied many ste... current
- 12:3012:30, 2 April 2007 diff hist +867 N Van Kidwell New page: '''Van Kidwell:''' In the 1920s, Van had been a formidable contender in the fiddle contests of the region (see Walter McNew's reflections in his Berea College cassette), but had moved to M... current
- 12:2712:27, 2 April 2007 diff hist +412 N Abe Keibler New page: '''Abe Kiebler:''' was a retired steel worker from the Portsmouth, Ohio region who had belonged to a celebrated musical family, his uncle John having the reputation of having been one of t... current
- 12:2612:26, 2 April 2007 diff hist +568 N Earl Barnes New page: '''Earl Barnes:''' is from Richmond, Kentucky and usually did not play with Asa's group, although they were all friends. One of the aggregation's regular members, Gilbert Thomas, had... current
- 12:2512:25, 2 April 2007 diff hist +435 N Perry Riley New page: '''Perry Riley:''' was Buddy Thomas' cousin and a fine country fiddler in his own right (an instrumental performance appears on volume 4 and several more can be found on Rdr 0376). A... current
- 12:2412:24, 2 April 2007 diff hist +3,877 N Annadeene Fraley New page: '''J P and Annadeene Fraley:''' were born in the early depression to small town families during an era when traditional music could be readily encountered locally, although its character w... current
- 12:2312:23, 2 April 2007 diff hist +787 N Dixon Sisters, The New page: '''The Dixon Sisters:''' (Faye Ginn, Wanda Rhodes, Carol Foster, Geneva Boyd, Mildred Tucker). I was introduced to this remarkable group of harmonizing sisters by Wally Wallingford, ... current
- 12:2212:22, 2 April 2007 diff hist +1,124 N Nimrod Workman New page: '''Nimrod Workman:''' became familiar to the outside world through his involvement with the struggle to obtain better benefits for Black Lung victims in 1970s (Nimrod had the disease himse...
- 12:2012:20, 2 April 2007 diff hist +1,627 N Roscoe Holcomb New page: '''Roscoe Holcomb:''' Roscoe probably represents the best known performer in our collection, thanks to the energetic advocacy of John Cohen. I first met Roscoe when he came to Cambri... current
- 12:1812:18, 2 April 2007 diff hist +2,739 N Buell Kazee New page: '''Buell Kazee'''. I first met Rev Kazee when I was an undergraduate and sponsored several of his concerts out in the Pacific Northwest (through the proceeds of a film club I then ra... current
- 12:1812:18, 2 April 2007 diff hist +1,691 N Margie York New page: '''Margie and Gene York:''' As a young girl, Margie was raised in the little hamlet of Beef Hide in Pike County, Kentucky where she heard a good deal of traditional music. Her people... current
- 12:1712:17, 2 April 2007 diff hist +743 N Nova Baker New page: '''Nova Baker and Elsie Vanover:''' On my first visit to Stallard's Branch in 1973, I did not encounter Nova's sister Elsie, although Annadeene later told me about the excellent duets they... current
- 12:1612:16, 2 April 2007 diff hist +1,005 N Jim Garland New page: '''Jim Garland and Sarah Ogan Gunning:''' Without a doubt one of the most enjoyable recording sessions I have supervised was the several day period that I spent with Jim Garland and Sarah ... current
- 12:1412:14, 2 April 2007 diff hist +1,125 N Mary Lozier New page: '''Mary and John Lozier:''' who both passed away a few years ago, were quite well known as folk performers in the Portsmouth, Ohio region and were good friends with Annadeene. They w... current
- 12:1012:10, 2 April 2007 diff hist +1,604 N Wash Nelson New page: '''Wash Nelson:''' Annadeene Fraley met fellow musician Orin Nelson in Ashland while working at Jean Thomas' festival. His father Wash was a fine traditional singer with a repertory ... current
- 12:0812:08, 2 April 2007 diff hist +737 N Debbie and Pennie Davis New page: '''Debbie & Pennie Davis:''' two of the youngest singers that I have recorded, singing (and clearly enjoying) the old ballad of ''Barbara Allen''. We made the recording in their pare... current
- 12:0712:07, 2 April 2007 diff hist +491 N Alice Francombe New page: '''Alice Francombe:''' We went to see Alice so that we could record her version of the local ''Wassail Song''. This we did, but I must say that I was really happy when she came out w...
- 12:0612:06, 2 April 2007 diff hist +444 N Jacquey Gabriel New page: Jacquey Gabriel was active in the Cotswold folk circuit when we met. As a girl in Suffolk she had learnt a number of songs from her father who would encourage her to sing in local pu...
- 12:0612:06, 2 April 2007 diff hist +498 N Archer Goode New page: Archer Goode - ‘Goode by name and good by nature’ - was originally from Abergavenny, where he had worked with horses on rural farms. He had befriended the Warwickshire Morris dan...
- 12:0412:04, 2 April 2007 diff hist +507 N Ray Driscoll New page: '''Ray Driscoll:''' was also from a musical family, his Irish grandmother teaching him such songs as ''Rocking the Cradle''. Ray also picked up songs from the streets of south London...
- 12:0312:03, 2 April 2007 diff hist +632 N George Fradley New page: '''George Fradley:''' had been raised in a musical family. Most of the family were entertainers in one way or another and the family ran a troupe of performers that sang and performe...
- 12:0212:02, 2 April 2007 diff hist +615 N Fred Jordan New page: The late '''Fred Jordan''' must be one of the best-known English country singers today. He was ‘discovered’ by the BBC in 1952 and, for the rest of his life, he continued to deli...
- 11:5811:58, 2 April 2007 diff hist −24 Charlie Bridger No edit summary
- 11:5511:55, 2 April 2007 diff hist +601 Charlie Bridger No edit summary
28 March 2007
- 10:2310:23, 28 March 2007 diff hist +631 N Patrick Lynch New page: '''Patrick Lynch:''' Born in 1954, Nonie’s son is the youngest on these CDs. Originally inspired by an older brother who was renowned for his reciting of ''Dangerous Dan McGrew'',... current
- 10:2210:22, 28 March 2007 diff hist +35 Story telling →Story Tellers
- 10:2110:21, 28 March 2007 diff hist +40 Song →Traditional Singers
- 10:1810:18, 28 March 2007 diff hist +544 N Nonie Lynch New page: '''Nonie Lynch:''' At 94, Nonie is still singing with an energy and involvement that is to be envied by singers less than half her age. Until comparatively recently, she sang mainly ... current
- 10:1810:18, 28 March 2007 diff hist +1,262 N Kitty Hayes New page: '''Kitty Hayes:''' Now in her 70s, Kitty is among that band of marvelous women singers and musicians whose talents lay dormant for most of their lives while they married, raised a family a... current
- 10:1710:17, 28 March 2007 diff hist +1,521 N Martin Howley New page: '''Martin Howley:''' of Fanore (1902-1981) was somebody we were able to visit on only three occasions, but each time we received a great welcome. He was a general labourer living in ... current
- 10:1610:16, 28 March 2007 diff hist +615 N Jamesie McCarthy New page: '''Jamesie McCarthy:''' (1898-1977) born in Quilty, was known mainly as a singer of comic songs, though his repertoire did extend beyond these. He came from a farming background, but... current
- 10:1510:15, 28 March 2007 diff hist +1,539 N Austin Flanagan New page: '''Michael Flanagan''' (born 1920) and '''Austin Flanagan''' (born 1924). We visited the Flanagans only twice, so the information we have about them is somewhat skimpy. Two bac... current
- 10:1410:14, 28 March 2007 diff hist +607 N Vincie Boyle New page: '''Vincent (Vincie) Boyle:''' a native of Mount Scott, Mullagh, grew up on a farm, but left in 1978 to live in Miltown Malbay. Now in his fifties, he has sung all his life and comes ... current
- 10:1410:14, 28 March 2007 diff hist +1,323 N Pat MacNamara New page: '''Pat MacNamara:''' (1895-1977) a retired farmer and widower, living in a council cottage with his son, he was a small, wiry man with a great sense of humour and an infectious laugh. ... current
- 10:1310:13, 28 March 2007 diff hist +1,061 N Martin Reidy New page: ''Martin Reidy:''' (1901 - 1985), a bachelor, lived with his dog and cat, in the foothills of Mount Callan. His small farmhouse had neither running water nor electricity when we firs... current
- 10:1210:12, 28 March 2007 diff hist +1,314 N Michael 'Straighty' Flanagan New page: '''Michael ‘Straighty’ Flanagan:''' (1893 -1987) a lean, tallish man, lived with his older brother and sister-in-law in their farmhouse just outside Inagh village. In the early d... current
- 10:1210:12, 28 March 2007 diff hist +479 N Martin Long New page: '''Martin Long:''' (1903-1981) was a retired farmer who lived at Cloontysmarra, between Miltown Malbay and Inagh, and we know little about him. We met him on just two occasions and r... current
- 10:1110:11, 28 March 2007 diff hist +665 N Nora Cleary New page: '''Nora Cleary:''' (1924-1988) Nora's small house at The Hand, some 5 miles from Miltown Malbay, now stands deserted and almost out of sight behind the bushes and undergrowth that have spr... current
- 10:1110:11, 28 March 2007 diff hist −166 Tom Lenihan No edit summary current