Appalachian Music Part A

[MidnightWriter8210]

And I suggest that Planet Hollywood is the biggest perpetrator of lies and misconceptions of Appalachia.

[MidnightWriter8210]

I am a Yankee; soon to move to Appalachia and I am excited about it. Thanks for the history and music.

[MidnightWriter8210]

So very beautiful.

[lv4ev5]

Great docu always been interested in the history of the blue ridge and the music since watching The Waltons.

[MrValovinorovich]

I love the jaw harp in the beginning.

[Thebanjofellah]

I recognise the song Raymond Fairchild plays on 1.54, but I forgot what name it has, can any one remind me? I am goin' to learn me that song!

[americanmale2011]

Letter' wind blow===>> on high

[americanmale2011]

awww boy. ain't it cool

[botabatiki]

SHUT THE FCK UP LOMAX LET HER SING

[CaintuckHillbilly]

We are a very misunderstood people, and maybe one day we will cease being treated like a third world country.

[lv4ev5]

@CaintuckHillbilly I hope so to i am from England for a time believed the dreadful stereotype that the liberal media protrayed the mountain people hillbillies dumb and racist . Thanks to Earl Hamner jr and his great show the Waltons and docus like this it made me question the stereotype and my what a interesting culture and history so rich and needs to be taught to the schools in my opinion.

[jasavak]

@lv4ev5

I also have learned not to believe the fascist left wing propaganda that tries to tell us which people are approved and which people are not .

[BradBrassman]

The famous English folk song collector, Cecil Sharp, went to America after he'd finished in Britain and travelled the Appalachian Mountains extensively and came back with a well-known local folk song, the Derby Ram.

[StudebakerHawk57]

I'd forgotten just how great Don Stover really was. He is missed...

[BLUEMOONGRASS]

luv the history and I  met Raymond in 1977 at Greens recording studio Newport Tennessee..great video.

[colindominy]

Goddamn .. I thought I recognised that mouth-bow .. why of course, it's Bob Eller. I've got a fantastic LP from the late 70s .. featuring The Eller Brothers & Russ Brown.

[MrChiRockk]

this is pure music from the soul....

[llandod77]

again you forgot wales, the welsh pride themselves on songs and hymns and are probobly the best singers per ratio in the western world

[OzzInter]

@MrMeddled

Appalachian music is a mix of English balads, Irish and Scottish reels, jigs and even hymns all blended together making it uniquely American

A lot of old British folk tunes that were lost in Britain survived in the Appalachian mountains.

[llandod77]

@OzzInter you forgot the welsh, a nation that prides its self on songs and hymns, happens all the time.

[ctw1966]

It came from England, Ireland and Scotland.

[llandod77]

Respond to this video...  and wales

[EliCosper85]

This is

impossibly beautiful

[LillyDrumeva]

Very informative and beutiful music many thanks for sharing this with me.

[appalachianbanjer]

Check out my playlist Appalachia

[appalachianbanjer]

I'm in the heart of appa-lat-cha Southwest Virginia and these songs are a part of my every day life. These songs come from many diffrent cultures,Scots,Irish, English,Whales,Cherokee, and German, but when the came to the mountains they were reborn in a new light, with a new sound. The people of the mountains added the fiddle to the old style ballad songs,later to be accompanied by the African banjo,and the spanish guitar. In this melting pot of culture this new music evolve to be Appalachian

[brianlowdown1]

whats that movie at the end from ive scean it .dont remember the name

[generalreef]

This stuff makes me proud to be Appalachian

[vcp430]

@generalreef You should be proud. The Appalachians is the prettiest place in the world, and I'm suprised that not a lot of people take advantage of the mystery and majestic beauty of the mountain tradition and feel, as well as the Appalachian ballads have a powerful sound, and it sends chills up my back to hear those a capella ballads, be cause they are so lonesome and pretty. Dellie Norton is definitely legendary for singing those old songs, and I learned quite a few from her.

~Craig

[generalreef]

@vcp430 no kidding, i wish more people that lived here felt that way.

[generalreef]

@vcp430 no kidding, i wish more people that lived here felt that way.

[EGrdneck]

being from Rosman NC (pop 450) i know this music like the back of my hand.......still got my great great great grandma's old cat gut banjo too....

[nightfrailer]

TONS of great videos like this on folkstreams website. Lots of traditional music and Appalachia stuff. The full version of a documentary on Steven Wade's "Catching the Music". Hell even a documentary on noodling, or handfishing. Heaven. Tell me why the hell I live in New Jersey?

[sanjeevzn]

I am preety surprised. But this music so sounds like old traditonal Nepalese music. Listen old nepali folk song :) wow !!

[GodStarRevisited69]

great history here, thanks

[yahoochiewatchie]

That noise at the start sounds like a duck being raped by a cat!

[TheBrowndawg]

@yahoochiewatchie spoken like a man with experience. :-)

[ArkRed1]

Where can I get plans for making that crow call that Stanley Hicks made?

[afewtube]

Thanks for posting this, I always feel an affinity with this kind of music, and the people, maybe because I'm from the British Isles, it kind of strikes a response in me.

[therapynorth]

thank goodness for alan lomax otherwise a lot of this beautiful music would hve been lost.

[sisterray17]

Alan Lomax! Hero!

[shal0mnurh0me]

What is the song called that the leading is singing, about Dinah and the rain pouring?

[FancyGapClawhammer]

It's just "Dinah". Depending on where you're from, the title could be a line from the song, but in general it's just "Dinah"

[pickinwright]

The lady singing is Sheila Kay Adams of Madison County North Carolina.

[goinghomesomeday1]

The lady singing at 3:20 seems to be singing in an old Scottish/Irish style called sean-nós or ("old style"). It is heartfelt to watch this video clip and to think how "modern life styles and living" is eroding the true Appalachian lifestyle which is now seems to be slipping away but for a few true blue blooded mountain men and their kinfolk.

Keep the faith - Keep on living - Keep on "pickin" and singing.

[Boldten]

Who's the woman singing at 5:45

[salolialawidisgi]

Where can I find the full documentary? I love this! It makes me real proud of my Blue Ridge heritage!

[Durandal1717]

All knees bow to the legendary line of Lomax.

[TheRedneckdb]

proud my family came from appalachia thank god i been exposed to my heritage!

[kstarBAM]

Alan Lomax! I love him! he always finds the best music that's either dyin out, out isn't so much heard of.

[wolfman49er]

i'm proud to be a banjo player

and i dont care what you say about it

[willrichardsonmusic]

The host is Alan Lomax. He and his father John Lomax were two key figures in the exposure and evolution of music in America. Look them up, there's a lot to know.

[wolfman49er]

Boone is in watauga county

[wolfman49er]

hey

i used to live in watauga county

north carolina

family's from mt. airy

and greensboro

[mobilechief]

I like it around there, been there many times I am a O.T.R. driver and see a lot of places there is one of my favorites

[williebrown01]

Thank you for posting this, its makes me proud of may heritage in the Blue Ridge.

[Rattachatrat]

Very informative. Thank you for this! I feel as though many people are ignorant as to where this music came from, and I value this bit of education! Thank You!!

[travisafx]

I really enjoyed that film. The ballad at 316 sent chills down my back. Great upload