This great North Carolina old-time music artist and clawhammer banjo specialist was the source of the folk chestnut "Tom Dooley" as well as some 50 other traditional songs and banjo numbers. Listeners who cringe at the mention of ...
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This great North Carolina old-time music artist and clawhammer banjo specialist was the source of the folk che...
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Frank Proffitt, Jr. performs Johnson Boys on dulcimer while Stanley and Hattie Hicks buck-dance. Shot by Alan ...
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Frank does a live version of the old ballad in 1961, I believe. His vocal style is pretty much the anti-thesis...
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From the High Atmosphere (1974)...Ballads and banjo tunes from Virginia and North Carolina, collected by John ...
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Here is Jeff with his prized mountain banjo made for him by the legendary Frank Proffitt. In the photo behind ...
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Frank and Anne Warner collected this song from Frank Proffitt in the 1940s. The Kingston Trio had a big hit wi...
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This is my newly completed mountain banjo. I thought I would demo it by playing I Wish I was a Mole in the Gro...
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timeriksenmusic.com By request. There s a better quality version and some notes on my facebook page....
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Frank Proffitt My fretless mountain banjo and her maker, Lawrance Hargis. It s walnut and sacred heart (purple...
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A Tuesday evening murder ballad for you, friends and neighbors. Rendered with love (though not necessarily wit...
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Lew Dite with his mountain banjo. A song Frank Proffitt taught me to love. My mountain banjo was made for me i...
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A song Frank Proffitt taught me to love. Played on my tenor banjo. THE WORDS AND CHORDS TO THIS SONG AT: www.y...
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Bernard Mollberg, 6-string clawhammer Burnin Sun Banjo, Mike Bond (Ellis Mandolin) Mike Fowler (Fiddle) Maliss...
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Unedited-no fade ins/fade oust, no cross fades; just raw footage. This may be the first time anyone has seen t...
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The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina have nurtured many folk musicians over the years, including Doc Wat...
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This song seems to have begun as a fiddle tune, probably adapted from the Irish tune Doran s Ass , which dates...
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We got this song from the singing of Frank Proffitt. It s a local song from the Beaverdam section of Watauga C...
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Going Across The Mountains - Pete Seeger Lyrics : I m goin across the mountains, oh fare ye well Goin cross th...
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Frank Proffitt. One of my all time favorite banjo songs. Curiously, I don t really like most of his other reco...
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It s not commonly known that there were many southerners who fought for the union during the Civil War. Most o...
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Travis Brink on guitar sings a beautiful rendition of this Frank Proffitt song. I m trying to help out on the ...
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Standard G tuning, played on a Frank Proffitt style fretless banjo....
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Drunken Hiccups from Tommy Jarrell, in aAEAC# (well, tuned down a little), the banjo equivalent of Calico tuni...
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Ta Da! Here, in its entirety, is the video given to me by Peter Grudzian of the 1964 Newport and Philly Folk F...
