Blue Ridge Institute

Blue Ridge Institute
	Title: Publisher: Format: Price:	Blue Ridge Folk Instruments and Their Makers Blue Ridge Institute book, 64 pages $9
Very nicely put together catalog from a 1992 exhibit at the Blue Ridge Institute Museum. Contains a wealth of great photos (140+) and these essays: - "Blue Ridge Folk Instruments and Their Makers" by Vaughan Webb and Bethany Worley - "The Banjo: From Africa to Virginia and Beyond" by Dr. Robert Winans - "Thoughts on the Appalachian Dulcimer" by Dr. Alan Smith - "The Fiddle in the Blue Ridge" by Dr. Alan Jabbour Please note that some copies may have slight rubbing on the cover.
	Artist: Title: Label: Format: Price:	Various Artists Virginia Traditions: Non-Blues Secular Black Music Blue Ridge Institute LP $14
A varied and consistently high quality collection of traditional African-American dance tunes, ballads, and so forth, most of which were recorded by Kip Lornell in 1976-77. Irvin Cook and Leonard Bowles grab the listener right from the start, with Bowles sawing away on the fiddle and Cook growling lines like "See old black Annie down the road she had forty men hanging around / Dirtiest man in the crowd, he had his face all in a frown". Also noteworthy are a couple of skeletal but funky solo accordion pieces from Clarence Waddy (whose singing reminds me of Boozoo Chavis a bit) and Isaac "Uncle Boo" Curry. Fans of traditional black banjo players will also find much to enjoy here, as will fans of the clean, somewhat raggy guitar music often associated with the region. Comes with an 11"x11" booklet containing detailed liner notes by Lornell and great photos. Last vinyl copies available. Track listing: Leonard Bowles and Irvin Cook - I Wish to the Lord I'd Never Been Born Jimmie Strothers - I Used to Work on the Tractor Daniel Womack - Come, Let's March Isaac "Uncle Boo" Curry - Casey Jones Uncle Homer Walker - Cripple Creek Marvin Foddrell - Reno Factory Sanford L. Collins - Buckdance "Big Sweet" Lewis Hairston - Bile Them Cabbage Down John Cephas - John Henry James Applewhite - Fox Chase Turner Foddrell - Railroad Bill John Lawson Tyree - Hop Along Lou John Calloway - The Cuckoo Bird Lemuel Jones - Poor Farmers Jimmie Strothers - Tennessee Dog Clayton Horsely - Poor Black Annie Clarence Waddy - Eve Irvin Cook - Old Blue John Jackson - Medley of Country Dance Tunes Lewis Hairston - Cotton-Eyed Joe