Sugar
In the Gourd
John Salmon's splendid all old-time internet radio station -- Old Time,
All the Time, featuring both recordings from the past and music by the
many great musicians active
today.
Old
Time Music Home Page One of the starting places for old time
music searches. A site rich with links and sources
created and maintained by David Lynch, graphic artist and fiddler
living in Asheville, N.C.
The
Old Time Herald "... but the thrill we've never known / is
the
thrill that'll getcha / when you get your picture / on the cover of
the Old Time Herald." Apologies to Shel Silverstein, Dr. Hook,
and Alice Gerrard. Based a stone's throw from here over in
Carrboro.
Subscribe! And check out the OTH Links
Page .... We're on it!!
Pine
Cone, The Piedmont Council of Traditional Music Promotes all
sorts of traditional music in our area. Ron was one of the three
original organizers in 1984 and an early (first?) president. Mike was
on the
board 1991-1996 and president in 1995. If you live in the Raleigh area,
join!
Article on Old Time Music in Wikipedia,
a user-generated online encyclopedia. We won't say which user started
the article (to which others have since added), but here's a hint: he
drives a green tractor.
A little history of the old time revival in the Durham/Chapel
Hill area: The Hollow Rock String Band, The Fuzzy Mountain String Band, and the
Original
Red Clay Ramblers. It appears that all of the Fuzzy Mountain
recordings (the tunes from both of their albums) are now available on
iTunes, as is much of the original Red Clay Ramblers catalog and the
first Hollow Rock String Band album. Just search on the band name.
The Henry Reed Collection from the
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Online access to all of
Alan
Jabbour's recordings of Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia, made in the
1960s.
Alan
Jabbour has made many rare and wonderful
fiddle tunes accessible to all though his field studies of the music of
musicians like Henry Reed, through his own recordings with the
Hollow Rock String Band and others, and through his teaching and
workshops. Visit
his new website!
Fiddle
and Bow Society Sort of a counterpart to PineCone in the
Winston-Salem/ Greensboro/ High Point area
Old
Hat Records Reissues of great vintage music, an
enterprise of friend and fellow Raleighite Marshall Wyatt.
Juneberry78s.com
Hundreds of traditional tunes and songs from old 78s.
Zepp
Country Music Donald Zepp's acoustic instrument shop
in nearby Wendell hosts a weekly bluegrass jam (Thursdays) and offers
special learning bluegrass jams for beginners. (The old-time jam is
alas no more). Check out Zepp's MP3 tune page. Donald has
recorded over 100 tunes, playing on vintage banjos in his shop, and
posted them
here as MP3 files, with key and tuning notes. Donald calls them "quick
& dirty recordings of no particular importance," but there are fine
and well-played
versions of many, many tunes, and it's a great source.
The Fiddler's Companion
Historical information and lists of recordings for at least a
ZILLION fiddle tunes from North America and the British Isles, compiled
by Andrew Kuntz.
Revel Banjos.
We met Philippe Revel, a banjo craftsman from Lyon, France, when he
stopped by our campsite at Fiddler's Grove, N.C. in May, 2006, to sit in with a music session. His
website has many closeup photos of his superb craftsmanship.
Digital Music
Technology
Audacity
Open source, full-service sound recording and editing software, with
versions avalable for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Make digital recordings
to your computer with a microphone or from your tape deck or turntable.
One function allows you to slow a tune
down without changing the pitch, or you can adjust the
pitch to tune the playback to your instrument. Thus it's like
getting the band to retune to your instrument and then play the tune
slowly so you can catch it.
The
Amazing Slow Downer Another audio file player that lets you
slow down the tune without changing the pitch, or you can make
adjustments to the pitch to match your instrument. The free version
plays the first fourth of a tune.
Good old time
bands and individual perfomers with web sites and
most with sample music: (More
to come)
The Stillhouse Bottom
Band
Another Triangle favorite. Mike has been a fan of A.C. Bushnell since
first hearing him in 1973 at the Endangered Species in Chapel
Hill.
The Hushpuppies Another
fine Piedmont N.C. band with Amy Davis, Jon Newlin, Molly Stouten, and
Steve Terrill.
The Carolina
Chocolate Drops A North Carolina African-American string
band whose three young musicians have a close association with fiddler Joe Thompson
and have picked up and continue an important tradition.
Stewed
Mulligan A great
band in West Virginia, and old friends of Charley's.
Uncle Earl
A fantastic string band -- "the
all female old-time band taking the festival scene by storm." Reel World
String Band A
Kentucky band of five women making great old-time and original music.
Recommended by a visitor to this website.
This Big String Band
A great trio, several good tunes offered as mp3s -- Cousin Sally Brown
is a very nice A modal tune. In Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, or
thereabouts.
The Georgia Mudcats Our
friend Dave was formerly with the Mudcats, and was fiddler on their
very fine CD "Across the Big Pond," which you can order from their
website. And don't
miss the Ten
Commandments of Jamming brought down from the mountain.
Rayna
Gellert A
wonderful fiddler in Asheville, N.C.
Mike Seeger
Mike did more than any other individual to document, record, and
promote the tradtional music of the American South, and was himself a
musical magician of phenomenal
expressive power on many instruments, in many traditional styles. He
died August 7, 2009, at age
75. We hope someone will maintain this website. See also the
tribute at http://folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/mike_seeger.aspx
.
White Top Mountain Band.
Thornton and Emily Spencer's band of Whitetop, Virginia. Thornton
is the brother-in-law of the late Albert Hash, a great fiddler and
luthier, and Emily is the greatest singer on earth.
Bruce
Molsky If you're any better than Bruce, you're from another
planet.
Bob
Carlin Lexington, NC's old time musician, author, and
raconteur. Check out the shirts.
The Jugbusters A great
band based in Blacksburg, Virginia. Their website address is
www.southernstringband.com , which meant we had to take
www.southernstringband.net when we went shopping for an address.
Reeltime
Travelers The best band name in old time music. Can't tell
from the website where they're based. As of 8/23/2009, the website
appears to be down.
The
Improbabillies No, wait! THIS is the best band name in
old time music. In Seattle.
The
Ebony Hillbillies An African
American string band in New York
City. There are a number of videos on YouTube -- just search on Ebony
Hillbillies.
Any Old Time String
Band Another great band name. No longer active as a group,
but CDs are available. Was based in California.
Reed Island Rounders
Hillsville, Virginia. One of this website maker's favorites. Check out
their CDs. Lots of great links on their site.
