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FRC 508 - Heywood Blevins: Recordings from the collections of Blanton Owen, Peter Hoover & Carol Holcomb

by Heywood Blevins

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1.
Cacklin' Hen 04:12
2.
Listen to the Mockingbird 02:18
3.
Old Molly Hare 02:04
4.
Fisher's Hornpipe 02:10
5.
Sourwood Mountain 00:43
6.
Goodbye Liza Jane 01:33
7.
Wildwood Flower 01:49
8.
Down Yonder 01:53
9.
Lonesome Road Blues 01:39
10.
Molly Put the Kettle On 00:52
11.
The Old Marine Hymn 01:49
12.
Sally Ann 01:15
13.
Sally Goodin 01:06
14.
In the Sweet Bye and Bye 01:52
15.
Precious Memory 01:10
16.
Sweet Hour of Prayer 01:40
17.
What a Friend We Have in Jesus 01:18
18.
Lonesome Road Blues 01:59
19.
Wildwood Flower 01:30
20.
Dance All Night With a Bottle In Your Hand 02:53
21.
Old Jimmy Sutton 01:17
22.
Molly Put the Kettle On 01:02
23.
Cackling Hen 02:05
24.
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 01:35
25.
Old Joe Clark 01:19
26.
Girl I Left Behind Me 01:19
27.
Casey Jones 01:18
28.
Flop Eared Mule 01:58
29.
The Preacher and the Bear 01:46
30.
Little Liza Jane 01:39
31.
Fisher's Hornpipe 01:35
32.
Roundtown Gals 01:26
33.
Sally Goodin 01:17
34.
Cripple Creek 01:09
35.
Wildwood Flower 01:29
36.
Wabash Cannonball 01:34
37.
Cackling Hen 02:35
38.
Sally Ann 01:38
39.
Liza Jane 01:58
40.
Alabama Gals 02:09

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This recording is an infrequent glimpse into Appalachian Mountain piano playing. Oddly enough, there were more than just a sprinkling of pianos in the mountains, a fact corroborated by Virginia pianists such as Hobart Smith, Clarice Shelor of Meadows of Dan and Mabel Dalton of Galax. John Hoffman, writing about Peter Hoover’s recording trips, described Heywood’s style: “Mr. Blevins, from Baywood, VA, said that he played piano the way that his father played the banjo. The tunes have that banjo bounce bearing some resemblance, or feel, to Hobart Smith’s piano playing. What is interesting about Heywood’s playing is the fact that many of the tunes are played in atypical mountain music tunings, F, E, G#, etc. Peter noted how often Heywood was playing on the black keys.” These recordings come from two other sources beside Peter Hoover, including those of the late Blanton Owen and Carol Holcomb, whose father Howard Joines plays fiddle with Heywood on several tracks of this CD. – Ray Alden

credits

released November 10, 2015

Heywood Blevins (piano all tracks, banjo track 34, vocal track 38), Howard Joines (fiddle tracks 1, 20, 40), Robert Blevins (guitar, tracks 18, 19)

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