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FRC 408 - Aunt Jenny Wilson: Recordings from the collection of Fred Coon

by Aunt Jenny Wilson

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1.
Georgia Buck 02:05
2.
Shady Grove - Banjo 00:40
3.
Shady Grove - verses 01:25
4.
The Lone Indian 02:00
5.
The Soldier and the Lady 03:42
6.
How Aunt Jenny learned 01:07
7.
Elk River Boys 02:27
8.
Witch Story #1 03:16
9.
Jaybird 01:30
10.
I'm All Alone Tonight 02:08
11.
The Turkish Revelry 05:09
12.
Bottled in Bond - banjo and verse 01:07
13.
The Roving Gambler 02:17
14.
Square Dances - Bean Stringings - Quiltings 04:13
15.
Shout Lulu 00:55
16.
On the Banks of the Old Guyan 02:47
17.
Warfield - banjo, verses & tuning 02:44
18.
Down in Carolina 04:17
19.
Got No Honey Babe Now 02:53
20.
Witch Story #2 01:53
21.
Canary Bird 02:00
22.
Molly Bonder 03:55
23.
Dinah - banjo and verses 01:50
24.
Roan County Prisoner - story and song 03:59
25.
Wizard Story 01:54
26.
East Virginia 03:04

about

Aunt Jenny was born in 1901 (some say 1900) and grew up in Logan, West Virginia and remained on Peach Creek most of her life. She was a true “Mountain Woman” in every way possible. Her double thumb style of playing on her old store bought “banjer,” combined with her gravely-throated singing offered all who listened a chance to move into another time and place in history as she shared her extraordinary repertoire of ballads, indigenous West Virginia songs and fiddle tunes on her “banjer.” She was a truly remarkable person, a wonderful musician and my friend. – Fred Coon

In the summer of 1972, several years after Fred recorded Aunt Jenny and after eating a hearty lunch of meat loaf and vegetables at the railroad workers cafeteria in Logan, Dave Spilkia and I spent a colorful afternoon with Aunt Jenny. Some of those recordings are included here. – Ray Alden

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released November 10, 2015

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