Across the Blue Ridge #150 - Classic Songs and Tunes, New Recordings

This week's show ranges across the southern mountains with some truly wonderful fiddle tunes and songs.  We start with the late North Carolina fiddler Jim Shumate, the first fiddler with Flatt & Scruggs – a consummate artist who fairly quickly decided he'd rather be at home with his family than out on the road.  But his recordings really set much of the template for bluegrass fiddling.  We hear songs and tunes of one of his predecessors in country fiddle entertainment, Arthur Smith … and then songs and tunes from West Virginia, where music traditions continue in strength.  We check out a new duo guitar album from West Virginia native Robin Kessinger and Tyler Grant, and hear the respected fiddler Bobby Taylor and one of his heroes the late Edden Hammons.  This is a great hour of listening, filled with connections across geography and time.

Playlist

1. Blackberry Blossom
   Jim Shumate
   Collection Vol. 2
   Heritage
    
2. Should I Wander Back Tonight
   Jim Shumate
   Collection Vol. 2
   Heritage
    
3. Going To Town
   Jim Shumate
   Collection Vol. 2
   Heritage
    
4. Indian Creek
   Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
   Fiddlin' Arthur Smith &  His Dixieliners
   County
    
5. I'm Bound To Ride
   Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
   Fiddlin' Arthur Smith &  His Dixieliners
   County
    
6. Take Me Back To Tennessee
   Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
   Fiddlin' Arthur Smith &  His Dixieliners
   County
    
7. Whing Ding
   Jim Shumate
   Collection Vol. 2
   Heritage
    
8. Break 1 - Soldier's Joy
   Camp Creek Boys
   Old Time String Band
   County
    
9. Blow Your Whistle Freight Train
   Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller
   Bucking Mule
   Jesse Milnes
    
10. Bucking Mule
    Jesse Milnes
    Bucking Mule
    Jesse Milnes
     
11. Echoes From The Burning Bush
    Val Mindel & Emily Miller
    In The Valley
    Yodel-Ay-Hee
     
12. Lover's Return
    Val Mindel & Emily Miller
    In The Valley
    Yodel-Ay-Hee
     
13. Far Beyond The Blue Skies
    Dykes Magic City Trio
    Dykes "Magic City" Trio
    Old Homestead
     
14. Hook & Line
    Dykes Magic City Trio
    Dykes "Magic City" Trio
    Old Homestead
     
15. Break 2 - Sweet Ellen
    Canote Brothers
    Sugarbaby: Fiddletune Favorites
    Clone Tone
     
16. My Blue Ridge Mountain Home
    Tyler Grant & Robin Kessinger
    Kanawha County Flatpicking
    Grant Central Records
     
17. No Hard Times
    Tyler Grant & Robin Kessinger
    Kanawha County Flatpicking
    Grant Central Records
     
18. Washington's March
    Bobby Taylor
    Kanawha Tradition: From The Country
    Buffalo Skinner
     
19. Let's Hunt The Horses
    Edden Hammons
    The Edden Hammons Collection V.2
    West Virginia Univeristy Press