Haunting Songs
Music is huge part of my life-that’s no surprise to anyone who reads the Blind Pig on a regular basis. My…
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Clogging & Singing – What Else Could You Ask For?
This past weekend was the biggest show of the year for the girls-you can tell how nervous Chatter and Chitter were by…
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Midnight Special
Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly was born in the late 1800’s and lived until 1949. He is considered an important…
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Too Late
For this week’s Pickin’ & Grinnin’ In The Kitchen Spot I wanted to share the details of an old song…
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Keep On The Sunnyside
This summer-I’ve tried to keep on the sunnyside-and I’ve had lots of sunshine in the form of: The best crop…
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Just A Touch Of The Past
Seems my mind is always wondering back to days of old, seems I’m always longing for a touch of the…
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Glory Mountain
The girls and I have spent the last week in the mountains of Haywood County NC. We’ve watched Gunslingers battle it…
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Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine
My earliest memory of Tom T. Hall-is his classic song The Year That Clayton Delaney Died. My older brother, Steve,…
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The Mountain Burned With Fire
I’d like to introduce you to one of the most famous Gospel songs ever-Pap even wrote it. Well not really….
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Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow Tree
This is the view from my favorite sitting spot on our front porch. Summer has arrived in Appalachia. I see…
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The Blackberry
Blackberry picking time is almost here-the berries are still green on the brambles around my house-but before long they’ll be…
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day was created to honor fallen soldiers of the Civil War-and was originally called Decoration Day. John L. Logan…
