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Note from webmaster: Feb 2009
Henceforth, I will make available several hundred mp3s of original fiddle recordings for free download - no strings attached. Click the link above to access complete downloads for 120 original recordings! Enjoy!!

Uncle John Wilder and the Plymouth Old Time Barn Dance Orchestra,
Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers and MORE BELOW!

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Early recorded country music of the 1920's and 1930's, particulary of the southeastern states, is what is commonly referred to as "old time music". The stringband tradition composed often of banjos, fiddles, and guitars flourished for a brief time as the recording industry cashed in on the many country musicians eager to strut their stuff in the recording studio. The industry went on to make millions as the vast majority of these recording artists received very little return for their efforts.

These recordings formed the true backbone of country music today, and in fact inspired the emergence of the Bill Monroe's bluegrass of the 1940's, as well as Texas swing, and early country blues. Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead in their earlier years always had a sprinkling of old time music such as the following selections. I have linked to samples of some of the earliest recorded versions:

Ballad Of Casey Jones
Been All Around This World
Bill Grimes the Rover
Deal (Don't Let The Deal Go Down)
Devilish Mary
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Hold The Woodpile Down
Hop Along Peter
Hungry Hash House
I Truly Understand You Love Another Man
Jennie Jenkins
Little Birdie

(Little) Sadie
Johnson Boys
Keno The Rent Man
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Pig In A Pen
Rabbit Chase
Run Mountain
Sally Goodin
Shady Grove
Take Me Back To The Sweet Sunny South
Uncle Joe
Working on the Building

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AMAZING FACTS
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How to put a skin head on your banjo

by S.S. Stewart

ORPINGALIK, The Netsillk Eskimo
"Songs are thoughts sung out with the breath when people are moved by great forces and speech no longer suffices".

Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers here Extremely Rare Live Footage seen for the FIRST TIME! FIDDLIN' ARTHUR SMIITH
1945-1949 - Orange Blossom Special, John Henry, Lost Train Blues by Arthur as well as great footage of the Callahan Brothers below! PPlease click button right of PLAY to see ALL VIDEO thumbs & POINT
INFO	MP3 RECORDINGS
Rare 1914 Photo! Thanks to Russell McClanahan Courtesy of Rome Area History Museum	ROOTS VOLUME 1 16 Hours of 1920's Old Time Fiddle Bands More Info... $44.95 ROOTS VOLUME 2 7 Hours of 1920's Old Time Fiddle Bands More Info... $29.95 ROOTS VOLUME 3 7 Hours of 1920's Old Time Fiddle Bands More Info... $29.95 JUG BANDS Early Country Blues & Jazz 7 Hours of 1920's Jug Bands More Info... $32.95 Bogstompers Music of the 1920's More Info... $13.95
Early Fiddlers of the 1920's and their stories... CLICK HERE!

The Legend of John Dilleshaw ....who recorded as "Seven Foot Dilly" ... an article by the late Charles Wolfe.
How TALL was Willie Narmur?
BOOK REVIEW America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Links to Other Old Time Music, Banjo, and Fiddle Site	SOFTWARE
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