Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Appalachian music

Johnny Mull, Fiddler of the Mountains

Author Eva Nell Mull Wike explains how she came to write ‘Fiddler of the Mountains,’ about her talented uncle, Johnny Mull.

Diana Jones discusses the musical/personal influences that led her to record in a traditional style at Museum of Appalachia in December 2012.

The Bristol Sessions were revolutionary, but the Johnson City Sessions recordings reflect more eclectic tastes & a keener sense of humor.

Hilda Downer explores why Appalachian musicians place rattlesnake rattles inside instruments. It had to begin before the 1900s, she says.

Picture little Ed Haley, suffering from measles, stumbling and grasping in an ever-darker world without the words to express himself.

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