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Across the Blue Ridge #74- A California-based documenter, and some great dance tunes

by Paul Brown

Across the Blue Ridge host Paul Brown (L) and David Bragger jam at The Old Time Tiki Parlour, Bragger’s home and studio in Los Angeles. Bragger is a musician and documenter who is recording as many current roots musicians as he can. Lisa Bragger

The allure of traditional southern music has spread across the U.S. and around the world. Case in point: David Bragger is a Los Angeles audio-video producer and musician. He's energetically documenting performers of music with southern American roots. In a visit with Across the Blue Ridge host Paul Brown, he explains how he's come to be so taken up with music of the southeastern U.S., and we hear some of what he's recorded of other performers at his home studio. Also on the show: some classic old-time and bluegrass songs from current and past performers; and a selection of powerful fiddle tunes for dancing.

Playlist

  1. Mountain Rosalie
    Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
    Lonesome & Blue
     
  2. Careless Love
    Harry & Jeanie West
    Good Old Mountain Dew
     
  3. New Patches
    Lynn Morris Band
    The Bramble & The Rose
     
  4. The Dying Soldier
    Ann Porcella
    Gathering Stones
     
  5. Momma Don't Allow
    Irvin Cook
    Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina
     
  6. Poor Ellen Smith
    Tommy Jarrell
    Come & Go With Me
     
  7. Black Jack Grove
    Adam Hurt
    Earth Tones
     
  8. Break 1 -  Jimmy Sutton
    A. Robic & The Exertions
    Old Time Music Dance Party
     
  9. Ladies Fancy
    Rafe & Clelia Stefanini
    Rafe & Clelia Stefanini
     
  10. Poor Rosie
    Dan Gellert
    Dan Gellert
     
  11. David Bragger Interview
    David Bragger & Paul Brown
    ATBR interview
     
  12. Rainy Day
    Eric & Suzie Thompson
    Eric & Suzy Thompson
     
  13. Look Down That Lonesome Road
    Gaither Carlton
    Classic Old Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways
     
  14. Break 2 - Lonesome Fiddle Blues
    Presley Barker
    Just Ten
     
  15. Dusty Miller
    Joe Green
    Joe Greene's Fiddle Album
     
  16. Hop Light Ladies
    Norman Edmonds & The Old Timers
    Norman Edmonds
     
  17. Nine Mile
    Gene Goforth
    Strike Up The Bow
     
  18. Honeysuckle Blues
    Pate & Leroy Martin
    WPAQ: The Voice Of The Blue Ridge Mountains
     
  19. Paddy On The Turnpike
    Scott Prouty
    No Corn On Tygart

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