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- Identifier:
- 4224.BingDave.AudioInt.6.21.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dave Bing
- Date:
- 2017-06-21
- Creator:
- Bing, Dave, 1955-
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Fiddling, Augusta Heritage Center, woodworking, Fiddle tunes, Musical instruments, Old-time music, and Bing, Dave, 1955-
- Location:
- Roane County (W. Va.)
![["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]](/thumb/4224BingDaveVideo00162117 "Dave Bing plays the fiddle tune \"Waynesboro\"")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BingDave.Video.001.6.21.17
- Title:
- Dave Bing plays the fiddle tune "Waynesboro"
- Date:
- 2017-06-21
- Creator:
- Bing, Dave, 1955-
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Bing, Dave, 1955-, Folk music--West Virginia, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes, Hammons (Family : W. Va.), and Fiddling
- Location:
- Roane County (W. Va.)
![["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]](/thumb/4224BingDaveIntTranscript62117 "Transcript of oral history of Dave Bing")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BingDaveIntTranscript6.21.17
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Dave Bing
- Date:
- 2017-96-21
- Creator:
- Bing, Dave, 1955-
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- woodworking, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Musical instruments, Augusta Heritage Center, and Fiddling
- Location:
- Roane County (W. Va.)
![["Jenny Smith is an old-time fiddler, dulcimer player, banjo musician and clog dancer from Lost Creek, West Virginia. I interviewed her with her mother, Dee Cogar Bright, from Sutton, West Virginia. When she was young, Smith apprenticed with fiddler Melvin Wine through the former Augusta Heritage Apprenticeship Program. In this interview, they speak about their family lore, and the old-time music and square dance traditions, mainly in Braxton and Webster counties."]](/thumb/4224BrightDeeJennySmithIntTranscript121917 "Transcript of oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeJennySmith.IntTranscript.12.19.17
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Smith, Jenny and Bright, Dee Cogar
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folk music festivals, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Wine, Melvin, Square dance music--United States, Apprenticeship programs, Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Banjo, Fiddle tunes, Folk music--West Virginia, Old-time music, and Fiddling
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.011.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 11 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Smith, Jenny and Bright, Dee Cogar
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Apprenticeship programs, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Fiddling, Wine, Melvin, Clog dancing, Square dance music--United States, Banjo, Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Folk music festivals, and Fiddle tunes
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.CostaJim.Music.9.25.17
- Title:
- Jim Costa plays the fiddle tune "Washington's March" on the West Virginia Humanities Council voicemail
- Date:
- 2017-09-25
- Creator:
- Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, and Hammons (Family : W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.) and Summers County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HammonsTrevor.AudioInt.4.19.18
- Title:
- Oral history of Trevor Hammons
- Date:
- 2019-04-19
- Creator:
- Hammons, Trevor
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Banjo, Old-time music, Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, and Folk music--West Virginia
- Location:
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) and Marlinton (W. Va.)
![["Trevor Hammons is a 17-year old banjo player and fiddler from Pocahontas County, and a member of the legendary musical Hammons Family. He is the only member of the Hammons Family who still actively plays music in the familys old-time tradition."]](/thumb/4224HammonsTrevorIntTranscript41918 "Transcript of oral history of Trevor Hammons")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HammonsTrevor.IntTranscript.4.19.18
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Trevor Hammons
- Date:
- 2018-04-19
- Creator:
- Hammons, Trevor
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Fiddling, Folk music--West Virginia, Banjo, Old-time music, and Fiddle tunes
- Location:
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) and Marlinton (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HammonsTrevor.Music.4.19.18
- Title:
- Trevor Hammons plays "Fine Times at Our House," "Five Miles from Town," and "Hawk Shot a Buzzard" on fiddle
- Date:
- 2018-04-19
- Creator:
- Hammons, Trevor
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiddle tunes, Fiddling, Folk music--West Virginia, Hammons (Family : W. Va.), Old-time music, Banjo, and Bing, Dave, 1955-
- Location:
- Marlinton (W. Va.) and Pocahontas County (W. Va.)
