Spotlight On Music In Appalachia – Ralph Peer, The Bristol Sessions, & Hillbilly Music
Today’s guest post is written by Appalachian Historian Dave Tabler. Ralph Sylvester Peer In 1984, the Tennessee General Assembly recognized…
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LOL In Appalachia – And A Blue Ribbon
I’d like to say a big “THANK YOU” to all the Blind Pig readers who made it to the Young Harris…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn’s 2nd Annual Planting By The Signs Test Results
Summer is winding down and the results from the Blind Pig & the Acorn’s 2nd Annual Planting by the Signs…
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Mountain Folk
Today’s post is a Mountain Folk interview. It’s been a while since I last did one-something I hope too remedy in the…
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Spotlight On Music In Appalachia – Junior Appalachian Musicians
Ever heard of the JAM program for kids? Our local Elementary School has participated in the program for several years. I first…
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Gritted Bread 2
A few of you may remember Pap and me making gritted bread last year. Pap remembers 2 different ways his Mother made what…
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Sinners and Saints
See the gentleman sitting at the end of the couch-that’s was Pap’s Uncle Frank-my Great Uncle Frank. He died when I was…
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Spotlight On Music In Appalachia – Copperhill TN
Photo provided by Polk County News Fiddling George Barnes, Last of the Copper Haulers By Ethelene Dyer Jones A considerable…
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Grape Hull Jelly
The Grapes are ripe and ready for the jars lined up on my kitchen counters. We have an abundant supply of wild…
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Craftmanship And Cultivation Of Beauty – Lingering Legacies Of Early Mountaineers
Craftsmanship and Cultivation of Beauty – Lingering Legacies of Early Mountaineers by Don Casada July, 2010 Susan and Don Casada…
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Spiders
Everyone’s afraid of something, when I was growing up it was spiders for me. I couldn’t stand them. Almost every time…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 22
Time for this month’s vocabulary test-take it and see how you do: Kindly Knee baby Kiver Kilt Knowed Kindly– kind…
