Appalachian music Archives - Page 16 of 18

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

Jimmie “The Singing Brakeman” Rodgers was born outside Meridian, MS, but he staked his claim to country music fame in Appalachia.

miner enters the mouth of a low coal underground coal mine

July 23, 2007 Appalachian music / Bluegrass / Coal mining

Dark as a Dungeon

Merle Travis’ song achieved much of its fame when it was performed by Johnny Cash in his Folsom Prison concert on January 13, 1968.

Duncan Carpenter and family at entrance to Carpenter's Cave

June 22, 2007 Backwoodsmen/guides / Fiddlers/fiddling / West Virginia

“I could eat soup even it was made over a lizard”

Shelt Carpenter was an early 20th century fixture as a guide to fisherman on WV’s Elk River. He also entertained at the fishing camps with his fiddle and his tales.

carter family sings together in a parlor

June 4, 2007 Appalachian celebrities / Appalachian music / Bluegrass / Virginia

You’ve been fooling me, baby

Despite dying in relative obscurity, A. P. Carter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

hunter accidently shoots fiance; b&w line art

May 16, 2007 Appalachian music / Bluegrass

The death of Molly Vaughn

Man mistakes fiance for a swan; shoots her by mistake. Her ghost appears at his murder trial to plead his innocence. A ballad of true love.

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