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| Folklife Festival 2003 > Appalachia> Performers > String Bands > Page 3 |
| string bands | |||
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| OLD-TIME MUSIC STRING BANDS | |||
| The New Ballard's
Branch Bogtrotters Dennis Hall, Galax, Virginia, guitar Eddie Bond, Fries, Virginia, fiddle Dallas Hall, Galax, Virginia, mandolin Jesse Morris, Elk Creek, Virginia, bass Wayne "Peco" Watson, Galax, Virginia, banjo |
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| —Out of the great tradition of old-time string bands from the area around Galax, Virginia, the New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters are one of the hottest bands in the area. They won the Old-Time band competition at the 1999 and 2000 Galax Old Fiddler's Convention. Their name comes from the original Bogtrotters, the famous Galax-area band of the 1930s. | |||
| The New Southern Ramblers
(with Ralph Blizard) Ralph Blizard, Blountville, Tennessee, fiddle John Herrmann, Asheville, North Carolina, bass Gordy Hinners, Weaverville, North Carolina, banjo Phil Jamison, Asheville, North Carolina, guitar John Lilly, Charleston, West Virginia, mandolin |
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| —One of the great
Southern string bands today is Ralph Blizard (born 1918) and the New
Southern Ramblers. Blizard, from Blountville, Tennessee, is an acknowledged
master and one of the great fiddlers playing in the longbow style.
He is the recipient of a National Heritage Award from the National
Endowment for the Arts. www.nea.gov/explore/Heritage02/Blizard.html |
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