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FRC 717 - Ralph Whited: Old Time Alabama Fiddling (Bob White collection)

by Ralph Whited

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1.
Pretty Little Girl 01:30
2.
Eighth of January 02:37
3.
Sally Johnson 02:57
4.
Bill Cheatham 01:50
5.
Leather Britches 02:26
6.
Run Boy Run 01:56
7.
Luther Sanders' Tune 01:59
8.
Sourwood Mountain 01:50
9.
Walking In My Sleep 01:45
10.
Florida Blues 02:40
11.
Cumberland Gap 02:00
12.
Buzzard Wing 01:44
13.
Hesitating Blues 02:02
14.
Hamilton's Special Breakdown 02:19
15.
Arkansas Traveler 02:41
16.
Whistling Rufus 02:51
17.
Shortening Bread 01:29
18.
Dance All Night 01:13
19.
Willow Creek 02:22
20.
Twinkle Star 02:12
21.
Grey Eagle 02:18
22.
Wednesday Night Waltz 02:24
23.
The Girl I Left Behind 02:42
24.
Ragtime Annie 01:42
25.
Sugar Tree Stomp 02:07
26.
Sally Goodin 03:01
27.
Redwing 02:17
28.
Crowfoot 02:04
29.
Katy Hill 01:28
30.
Cripple Creek 01:40
31.
Fireball Mail 01:38
32.
Too Young to Marry 02:09
33.
Shoot That Turkey Buzzard 02:28
34.
Soldier's Joy - Chicken Reel 03:01

about

Ralph Whited (1919-1994) was a farmer who lived his entire life in Oneonta, AL, in the foothills of the southern Appalachian Mountains, below Sand Mountain and north of Birmingham. When he was 18, Ralph heard someone playing the fiddle. “I just thought, ‘I wish I could do that,’ and I ordered a fiddle from Sears and Roebuck. I believe it was $4.85.” Ralph learned many tunes from local fiddlers such as Roy and Luther Sanders, Hugh Allgood, Desso Baker, and Howard Stansberry, and he was a big fan of Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith, too. In the 1980s, several friends and I hosted a traditional music show, “Homespun,” on WLRH public radio in Huntsville. Our friend Tom Jackson urged us to visit Mr. Whited, who “really puts a whole lot of fine fiddling in his tunes!” So, down to Mr. Whited’s house we went and recorded Ralph’s great fiddling! – Bob White

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released September 28, 2015

Ralph Whited-fiddle, Tom Jackson-banjo, Bill McClain-guitar

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