There Ain’t A Thing For A Poor Man In This World
A few weeks ago at our weekly pickin’ & grinnin’ session, I told Pap and Paul I needed a song…
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That Lonesome Valley
My favorite song at the moment is an old traditional song The Lonesome Valley. The Blind Pig gang has been jamming…
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Dance Musicians Week @ the JCCFS
Chitter and her band the Music Mongers This past week Chatter and Chitter attended the Dance Musicians Class at John…
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The Old Homeplace
The Old Homeplace It’s been ten long years since I left my home In the hollow where I was born…
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Until Then
LC and Frankie Chastain A big THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the Martins Creek Community Center…
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Lamp Lighting Time
Our minds takes us all back to different moments in time. Happy times, sorrowful times, bittersweet times-doesn’t matter which-at some…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – The Place Was Full
Sending out a BIG thank you to everyone who came out to see The Pressley Girls last night. And a heartfelt…
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East Virginia Blues
East Virginia Blues is what you call a traditional song, meaning it’s so old no one really knows who wrote it….
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I Never Shall Forget The Day
The Speer Family played a significant role in the early days of Southern Gospel Music. G.T. Speer headed up the…
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Fallen Soldiers
Memorial Day was created to honor fallen soldiers of the Civil War-and was originally called Decoration Day. John L. Logan is…
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Love Lifted Me
James Rowe James Rowe was born in Ireland and worked for the Irish Government before emigrating to the USA…
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Celebrating Appalachia With Song
No Appalachian Celebration would be complete without some picking and grinning. The very word Appalachia brings music to one’s…
