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FRC 112 - The Shelor​-​Blackard Family: Recordings from the collections of Ray Alden and Dave Spilkia

by The Shelor-Blackard Family

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Susanna Gal 02:25
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Susanna Gal (1927) 03:11
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Sandy River Belle 01:44
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Sandy River Belle (1927) 02:57
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Flying Indian 01:52
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Coon Dog 02:13
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Western Union 01:17
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Flop Eared Mule 01:24
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Rachel 01:20
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Ten Thousand Charms 03:12
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Billy Grimes the Rover 01:51
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Billy Grimes the Rover (1927) 02:44
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Talk (The family band) 01:39
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Callahan 01:14
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Rich Mountain 01:35
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Yellow Rose of Texas 01:10
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In the Shadow of the Rock 02:52
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Old Aunt Katie 01:16
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Yellow Cat 00:54
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Put Your Foot Down 01:34
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Big Ben Gal (instrumental) 00:44
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Big Ben Gal (Clarice singing) 01:34
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Big Ben Gal (1927) 02:47
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Old Joe Clark 00:52
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Arkansas Traveler 01:08
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Whistling Rufus 01:14
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Iowna (Clarice singing) 01:53
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Sally Ann 02:15
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Whistling Rufus 01:18
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Clog Dance 01:25
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Sourwood Mountain 00:39
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Fire on the Mountain 00:33
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Billy Grimes the Rover III 01:07
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Flop Eared Mule 01:00
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Sally 01:47
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There Was an Old Woman 01:44
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Iowna (piano version) 01:09
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Talk 01:08
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Sweet Sixteen 00:44
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Sweet Sixteen (words) 00:10
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Birdie 02:02
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Mississippi Sawyer 02:23
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Callahan 01:16
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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed 02:09

about

In 1918 Cecil Sharp found Joe Blackard a rich source as he collected songs for his book English Folksongs from the Southern Mountains. Joe Blackard’s daughter Clarice learned to play piano by listening to her father play banjo and, after her marriage to fiddler Jesse Shelor, they formed a family band. In 1927, along with Jesse’s brother Pyrhus, the band traveled to Bristol, Tennessee to record four songs for the famous session that has been described as the “big bang of country music.” In the summer of 1975, Dave Spilkia and I rented a house in Meadows of Dan, Virginia to spend time with this marvelous family. On Sundays, Jesse and Clarice’s children Joe, Paul, Jimmy along with nephew Bill and granddaughter Susan would come for a visit and tunes would result. For more information about this abundantly musical family, read my essay about them at www.fieldrecorder.com – Ray Alden

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released November 12, 2015

Visit www.fieldrecorder.org for more information!

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