Down Where the Dogwood Trees Grow
I started writing this post four years ago. Two different things inspired me to write it, well actually I guess…
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Wilson Holler
JCCFS Dance Musician’s Week – David Kaynor standing at mike; Chitter and Chatter at far right of photo It…
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Job’s God
Granny and I were both with Pap when he died. He’d had a terrible rough night and had prayed…
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Whiskey Before Breakfast
The girls learned the fiddle tune Whiskey Before Breakfast from Lynn and Liz Shaw in the spring of last year. Well,…
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Fiddling George Barnes, Last of the Copper Haulers
Today’s guest post was written by Ethelene Dyer Jones. Photo provided by Polk County News Fiddling George Barnes, Last of…
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Oh Little Momma your Daddys got the Deep Elem Blues
After Pap passed away I couldn’t bear to watch any of the videos we’ve filmed over the years. I guess…
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Breaking up Christmas with The Pressley Girls
The Pressley Girls – Morning Song at the JCCFS In the early 1900s, folks living in the mountains of North Carolina lengthened…
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From Brasstown to Vermont and Back
Pap helping Chitter tune before a show My favorite Christmas gift arrived way back in October…but no one noticed it…
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Funerals are sad anytime of the year, but they seem especially sad during the joyous season of Christmas. On Friday…
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Thus Every Beast by Some Good Spell
Steve and Tipper – Christmas 1970-something I grew up hearing Pap sing the Christmas song The Friendly Beasts. He said…
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What Child is this?
I don’t recall hearing the Christmas song What Child Is This? until I was nearly grown. Because of that, I…
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Silent Night
Silent Night is said to be the most recorded of all Christmas songs and it may very well be the most…
