Twenty Years Ago
Since I shared a video of Paul and Chitter in last week’s Pickin’ and Grinnin’ in the Kitchen Spot, I…
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Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
Chitter – ETSU Appalachian Conference 2015 Back before Christmas Paul helped Chitter record the old Bill Monroe song Lonesome Moonlight Waltz…
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When You and I Were Young, Maggie
Granny and Pap Thanksgiving 2015 I’ve always had a great fondness for the song When You and I Were Young,…
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Where No One Stands Alone
Mosie Lister, of Southern Gospel fame, wrote the song Where No One Stands Alone in 1955. Lister wrote, sung, and…
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Like Desperados
Spending any amount of time at the VA Hospital in Oteen makes one think of old men. The hospital certainly…
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Baptizings in Southern Appalachia
Pastor Hoyt Brown with arm raised in prayer; Pastor Aud Brown with head bowed; small child in white Tipper Pressley;…
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Weary Lonesome Blues
After yesterday’s post about being lonesome I thought I’d share a song about being lonesome with you today. I posted…
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Let the Lower Lights be Burning
Pap and Paul have been fooling around with the old song Let the Lower Lights be Burning for the last…
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Spotted Pony
Every Christmas the girls make a dvd of new material for Pap’s Christmas present. They try to do songs he…
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Good Christian Men Rejoice
The last days of the year always seem hopeful to me. I suppose it’s because all those good feelings of…
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Christmas Music from Appalachia all the Way to Argentina
Last Christmas I wrote about the song Jingle Bells twice! First there was the history of the song and Pap…
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Joy to the World!
Joy to the World is one of my favorite Christmas songs. Who couldn’t be inspired by those hopeful peppy cheerful…
