FRC 710 - Dean Sturgill: The Spencer Branch Fiddler (Jerry Smith & Kilby Spencer collections) | Dean Sturgill

FRC 710 - Dean Sturgill: The Spencer Branch Fiddler (Jerry Smith & Kilby Spencer collections)

by Dean Sturgill

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of FRC 739 - Eunice Yeatts McAlexander, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 1: From British Tradition, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 2: A Musical Melting Pot, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo-African Exchange, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 3: Songs of Melancholy and Sorrow, Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 5: Grown on American Soil, FRC 749 - Robert "Strawberry" McCloud - Bloomington Breakdown, FRC 750 - Luther Davis & Hus Caudill - Old-Time Galax-Style Twin Fiddling recorded by Tom Carter & Blanton Owen, and 114 more. , and , .

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	1.	Trot Along 02:13
	2.	Sally Was a Poor Gal 02:05
	3.	High Country 03:16
	4.	Grey Eagle 02:45
	5.	Lost Train Blues 03:06
	6.	Ebenezer 02:39
	7.	Katy Hill 04:24
	8.	Pretty Polly Ann 02:03
	9.	Cacklin' Hen 03:30
	10.	Dance All Night 02:12
	11.	Tennessee Wagoner 01:38
	12.	Bonaparte's Retreat 02:10
	13.	Ride Old Buck to Water 03:05
	14.	Fire on the Mountain 01:18
	15.	Ragtime Annie 03:06
	16.	Diggi Liggi Li 03:30
	17.	Lost Indian 02:38
	18.	Walking In My Sleep 02:40
	19.	Scotland 01:50
	20.	Cotton Eyed Joe 03:07
	21.	Poor White Folks 02:02
	22.	Over the Waves 02:45
	23.	Sugar Hill 01:36
	24.	John Brown's Dream 02:35
	25.	Little Brown Hand 03:20
	26.	Run Old Booger 02:01
	27.	The Fees Branch Fiddler (poem) 02:12
	28.	Little Willow (poem) 02:03
	29.	Scritch Owl Pie (poem) 01:56

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Dean Sturgill was born in 1934 in the Spencer Branch section of Ashe County, North Carolina, where he still lives today. His father played clawhammer banjo, autoharp, and organ. His primary musical influences were his older brother Breece, cousin Paul Spencer, Esker Hutchins, Kenny Baker, and Albert Hash. Dean played with the Grayson Highlands Band for many years, frequently winning ribbons at local contests and entertaining dancers throughout the Blue Ridge. Dean is also a writer, poet, and storyteller. He has published three books of his poems about hunting, fiddling, and life in the mountains of Western North Carolina (available as PDFs in this download). – Kilby Spencer

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released September 28, 2015

Tracks 1-24: Dean Sturgill-fiddle, Dee Dee Price-banjo, Jerry Smith-guitar, Max Henderson-mandolin, Jo Ann Reed-autoharp, Freel Taylor-bass, recorded by Jerry Smith in the early 1990s. Track 25: Dean Sturgill-fiddle with unknown musicians, recorded in the 1970s. Tracks 26-29: Dean Sturgill-fiddle/poems, Jeremy Stephens-banjo, Kilby Spencer-guitar, recorded 2006.

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