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Elizabeth LaPrelle (left) and Anna Roberts-Gevalt appear at the Blue Ridge Music Center on Saturday, October 7, 2017. They’re two of the artists spotlighted on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge.

Blue Ridge Music Center

This week’s show brings us a fun listening opportunity in southern mountain fiddling. We hear a couple of great old time fiddlers – Bobby Taylor and Ralph Blizard – and their mentors, Clark Kessinger and Arthur Smith. Hear all four fiddlers on tunes fast and slow, with a couple of fiddle songs thrown in. Plus, a wonderful collection of old time and classic-sounding bluegrass songs in the second part of the show. Then there’s a wrap-up in the third part with fiddler, banjo picker and tunesmith Jane Rothfield, a great song about who’s really the fool from Trevor McKenzie of western North Carolina, and a reach back to early bluegrass with Red Allen. Can’t miss with this show filled with engaging music and conversation.

Playlist

1. Leather Britches

Ralph Blizard & The New Southern Ramblers

Southern Ramble 2. Smith's Rag

Arthur Smith And His Dixieliners

Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners 3. Adieu False Heart

Arthur Smith And His Dixieliners

Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners 4. What Does The Deep Sea Say

Ralph Blizard & The New Southern Ramblers

Southern Ramble 5. Durang's Hornpipe

Bobby Taylor

Pickin' In The Parlor 6. Redbird

Clark Kessinger

The Legend of Clark Kessinger 7. Break 1 - Cherry River Line

The Ale Raisers

Ale Broke Loose In Georgia 8. Liza Up A 'Simmon Tree

Elizabeth LaPrelle

Lizard In The Spring 9. Soldier And the Lady

Elizabeth LaPrelle & Anna Roberts Gevalt

Anna & Elizabeth 10. My Georgia Mountain Home

Hawk Proof Rooster

Got A Little Home 11. Precious Jewel

Frank Bode

Been Riding With Old Mosby 12. I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing

Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners

His Recordings 1938-56 13. I'm Nowhere Bound

Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers 14. Mountain Sally Ann

George Pegram

George Pegram 15. The Herd

Jane Rothfield

Out Of Thin Air 16. Chinquapin Hunting

Hen's Teeth

Off The Cuff And On The Fly 17. Way Down The River

Jane Rothfield

Out Of Thin Air 18. Fools And Babies

Trevor McKenzie

Generational Things 19. Summertime Is Past And Gone

Red Allen

Lonesome And Blue

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atbr #bobby taylor #ralph blizard #clark kessinger #arthur smith #jane rothfield #trevor mckenzie #red allen

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The late Frank Proffitt of Reece, NC is one of the many outstanding artists on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge. He made his own banjos and carried an outstanding repertoire of traditional songs and tunes.

Folk Legacy Records

This week, we celebrate master fiddlers from West Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina with music of the late Clark Kessinger, Buddy Thomas and Benny Jarrell. It’s a grand experience hearing expert fiddlers’ takes on classic and obscure dance tunes. Plus … banjo player Frank Proffitt of the North Carolina mountains, with a lonesome yet serene sound, and a couple of selections from a new album by David Holt and Josh Goforth. These two outstanding musicians breathe some new life into songs and tunes from the old time mountain, ragtime and jazz traditions.

Episode 37 - Playlist

1. Chicken in the Barnyard

Clark Kessinger

The Legend of Clark Kessinger 2. Mississippi Sawyer

Kessinger Brothers

Complete Recorded Works 1928-29 Vol. 1 3. The Blue Goose

Buddy Thomas

Kitty Puss 4. Bed Bug Blues

W.L. Gregory & Clyde Davenport

Monticello 5. Little Old Log Cabin Of My Dreams

Tom, Brad & Alice

Holly Ding 6. My Empty Arms

High Fidelity

High Fidelity 7. Ida Red

Paul Brown

ATBR recording 8. BREAK 1 Cattle In The Corn

Benny Jarrell

Lady Of The Lake 9. Pretty Crowing Chicken

Frank Proffitt

High Atmosphere 10. Leake County Blues

Happy Valley Pals

Happy Valley Pals 11. Hard Luck In Heaven

Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands

The Golden West 12. Love Me One More Time

James King

Bed By The Window 13. Bad Penny

Mipso

Old Time Reverie 14. Lori Ann

Scott Walker

Patuxent Banjo Project 15. BREAK 2 Lost Indian

Kyle Creed

Liberty 16. Stepstone

David Holt and Josh Goforth

Good Medicine 17. Guitar Rag

David Holt and Josh Goforth

Good Medicine 18. Flowers of the Forest

Julie Metcalf

Julie Metcalf 19. Cabin Creek

Adam Hurt

Perspective 20. Fire In The Mountain

Benny Jarrell

Lady of the Lake

atbr #david holt #clark kessinger #buddy thomas #benny jarrell. frank proffitt #josh goforth

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