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Category: Appalachian music

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May 9, 2007 Appalachian music / Bluegrass / Virginia

Come All You Virginia Girls

Elizabeth Laprelle attended old time fiddlers’ conventions & sang harmonies with her family, who taught her traditional singing styles.

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bill monroe and the blue grass boys on tour
March 26, 2007 Appalachian music / Bluegrass

My Carolina Sunshine Girl

The term for bluegrass music derives from Bill Monroe’s band, assembled during the 1940’s, “Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys.”

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March 16, 2007 Appalachian celebrities / Appalachian music / Bluegrass / Humor / Tennessee

“How-DEE! I’m just so proud to be here”

The character we know today emerged when 27 year old Sarah Ophelia Colley was producing an amateur musical comedy in Baileyton, AL.

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train brakeman in snowstorm
March 9, 2007 Appalachian music / Coal mining / Ohio

The Dying Mine Brakeman

The young mine train motorman is horrified to discover that, because he could not stop in time, he has run over his brakeman.

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Wade Mainer seated holding guitar
March 8, 2007 Appalachian music / Bluegrass / North Carolina

The Grandfather of Bluegrass

A popular recording and radio personality, Wade Mainer influenced Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley and Doc Watson.

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