The first broadcast from an Across the Blue Ridge Muddy Creek Opry show features an exciting trio breathing new life into some great old songs and tunes – and creating new music as well.  The South Carolina Broadcasters – David Sheppard, Ivy Sheppard and Andy Edmonds – have a gritty, unmistakable sound they call “primitive bluegrass”.  Their influences include The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers of Tennessee (from whom Ivy learned “everything”, she says in our interview; North Carolina fiddle master Benton Flippen (a mentor to Andy); and other greats from Flatt & Scruggs to Mississippi John Hurt. Our segment was produced from a live performance at Muddy Creek Music Hall in Winston-Salem, NC.  Also on this week's show: West Virginia master fiddler Bobby Taylor; banjo picker Mac Benford; Heather Berry and Tony Mabe; and The Piedmont Pals house band with host Paul Brown, Terri McMurray and Bob Carlin.

Episode 17 playlist

  1. On the Move – Jason Carter
    On the Move 1997
    Rounder Records
     
  2. Durang's Hornpipe – Bobby Taylor
    Pickin' in the Parlor
    Heritage Records 2012
     
  3. Dunbar – Bobby Taylor
    Pickin' in the Parlor
    Heritage Records 2012
     
  4. Dunbar – Ed Haley
    Forked Deer
    Rounder Records 1997
     
  5. Rebel Raid – Mac Benford
    Half Past Four
    Yodel-Ay-Hee 2004
     
  6. None For Me But You – Heather Berry & Tony Mabe
    Before Bluegrass
    (Label unknown) 2008
     
  7. BREAK 1 New Five Cents – Paul Warren
    Album – America's Greatest Breakdown Fiddle Player
    CMH Records 1957
     
  8. Old Virginia Reel – Piedmont Pals
    ATBR live recording
     
  9. Let Me Fall – The South Carolina Broadcasters
    ATBR live recording
     
  10. Tell Me Truly Little Darling – The South Carolina Broadcasters
    ATBR live recording
     
  11. Bright Crystal Sea – The South Carolina Broadcasters
    ATBR live recording
     
  12. Silence Or Tears -- The South Carolina Broadcasters
    ATBR live recording
     
  13. Lost John – The South Carolina Broadcasters
    Tell Me Truly
    CD Baby 2015
     
  14. BREAK 2  Lost John – The South Carolina Broadcasters
    Album – Tell Me Truly
    CD Baby 2015
     
  15. Medley: Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow/Sally Johnson – The South Carolina Broadcasters
    ATBR live recording
     
  16. Don't Let Nobody Tell You There Ain't No God – The South Carolina Broadcasters
    ATBR live recording
     
  17. Haystack Blues – The South Carolina Broadcasters
    Tell Me Truly
    CD Baby 2015

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