Ted Boyd

Ted Boyd: in his early-seventies, was sitting on the veranda of his home when I arrived.  He quickly agreed to let me record him and, as he began to play, a younger neighbour, ‘Junior’ Shivley, walked over to join us, guitar in hand.  Ted lived at Endicott, a place visited by Cecil Sharp on 21st August, 1918.  Sharp collected 27 songs and ballads that day from the Cannady family.  A photograph taken by Sharp shows Mr and Mrs Charles Cannady sitting on the steps of their log-cabin.  There were still Cannadys living in the area sixty years later, though none that I spoke to claimed to be a singer.

Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs Far in the Mountains (MTCD321-4)