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FRC 205 - Kilby Snow: Recordings from the collection of the Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music

by Kilby Snow

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1.
Intro 00:31
2.
Rain and Snow is Falling 02:41
3.
John Henry 01:53
4.
The Gambler's Confession 02:50
5.
Cackling Hen 01:44
6.
Careless Love 03:35
7.
Wildwood Flower 01:35
8.
East Virginia 03:39
9.
Autoharp Chimes 03:07
10.
This World Can't Stand Long 02:32
11.
You Are My Flower 03:59
12.
Yakety Sax 00:52
13.
Down Yonder 01:30
14.
My Conscience is Clear 05:04
15.
Galax Rag 02:11
16.
The Ages Roll On 04:16
17.
Under the Double Eagle 02:38
18.
No Hiding Place 02:46
19.
Reuben 01:21
20.
The Wind and Rain 03:35
21.
Sunny Side of the Mountain 01:47
22.
See You When Your Troubles Are Just Like Mine 02:12
23.
My Friends Gonna Be Strangers 01:39
24.
Little Maggie 01:11
25.
Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow 01:34
26.
Lonesome and Lonely Too 02:06
27.
Deep Elem Blues 02:29
28.
Old Time Cindy 01:07
29.
Knoxville Girl with Raymond Melton 01:57
30.
May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister? 01:41
31.
White House Blues with Raymond Melton 01:15
32.
Chinese Breakdown 01:39

about

John Kilby Snow was born on May 28, 1905 near Independence, Virginia. At age 3, his family moved to nearby North Carolina where his father bought him an autoharp. At the age of five he taught himself to play. At the age of six, he was blinded in his left eye by a stone chip. Despite his disability, he went on to become a leading virtuoso and innovator of the autoharp. He married his wife Lillie in 1925 and began performing on the autoharp in live shows and on radio throughout the South. In the late 1950s Kilby moved north and by the early 1960s was living in Nottingham, PA. Kilby became friendly with Mike Hudak, who was one of the co-founders of the Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music. Mike became his protege, and the two would perform together regularly. Kilby and Mike became regular performers at the Brandywine Mountain Music Convention, from which these songs and tunes are taken.

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released November 10, 2015

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