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["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."]

1. Corner of fiddle maker Dave Bing's workshop

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.002.6.21.17
Title:
Corner of fiddle maker Dave Bing's workshop
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Old-time music, woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments, Bing, Dave, 1955-, and Fiddling
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Roger Bryant (b. 1948), is a native of Logan, West Virginia. He is a county musician and songwriter, and is the grandson of West Virginia banjo player Aunt Jennie Wilson. He is the executive director of the Logan Emergency Ambulance Service Authority (LEASA) and is director of the Logan County Office of Emergency Management."]

2. Musician Roger Bryant at his office in Logan, West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.BryantRoger.Photo.002.3.31.16
Title:
Musician Roger Bryant at his office in Logan, West Virginia
Date:
2016-03-31
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Old-time music, Country music, and Bryant, Roger
Location:
Logan (W. Va.)
["Vernon John Burky was born to a Swiss family in Helvetia, West Virginia in 1925. He grew up speaking Swiss on his family farm, where his parents raised animals and managed a sawmill, and his grandparents operated a cheese house. They made Helvetia cheese, a type of Swiss cheese, similar to Emental, that was made throughout the Helvetia community and a staple in the diet of residents. As a child, Burky raised chickens and tapped maple trees on his family farm. As an adult, he was an active winemaker, a common pursuit in the Helvetia community. During his working years, Burky worked as a truck driver for a saw mill and a coal company. He learned to play fiddle as a child and started playing in the Helvetia Star Band, the local dance band for generations and the namesake of one of the villages two dance halls. He still plays in the group, which performs regularly for Helvetia square dances and events. Yeah; just kept that smokehouse full of smoke all day and night. Theyd put a big hunk of wood on it; it wouldnt burn but it--they had fire under it and it would sit there and smoke that little room half as big as this. They just smoked up tight. They had the sausage on rods; nothing could come in or get up on there. There it would sit; it was just dried up real solid and my uncle was--I stayed with my uncle when I was in high school. And he said, hey Vernon; come over here. (Laughs) He had rheumatism and he couldnt move around. He was in bed all winter. Go up there to the smokehouse and get me a link of that sausage. (Laughs) And Id go up and clip one of them off and bring it down. Hed get a hold of one piece and put the rest under the pillow and hed start eating that. He wasnt supposed to have red meat because of rheumatism.This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted with foodways practitioners in Helvetia, West Virginia, as part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/"]

3. Portrait of Vernon Burky at the Helvetia Community Fair

Identifier:
4224.BurkyVernon.001.Photo.9.10.16
Title:
Portrait of Vernon Burky at the Helvetia Community Fair
Date:
2016-09-10
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Old-time music, Square dance music--United States, Waltz, Fiddling, Helvetia (W. Va.), and Fiddle tunes
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

4. Ray Fought among fiddles he made

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.001.9.25.17
Title:
Ray Fought among fiddles he made
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Parkersburg (W. Va.), Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling, Old-time music, and woodworking
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

5. Various fiddles made by Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.004.9.25.17
Title:
Various fiddles made by Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Old-time music, Fiddling, and Bowed stringed instruments
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

6. Corner of Ray Fought's fiddle room

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.005.9.25.17
Title:
Corner of Ray Fought's fiddle room
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Old-time music, woodworking, Fiddling, Parkersburg (W. Va.), and Bowed stringed instruments
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

7. Portrait of fiddle maker Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.006.9.25.17
Title:
Portrait of fiddle maker Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments, and Old-time music
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

8. Electric fiddle made by Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.007.9.25.17
Title:
Electric fiddle made by Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling, and Old-time music
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

9. Ray Fought plays a fiddle he made

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.008.9.25.17
Title:
Ray Fought plays a fiddle he made
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Parkersburg (W. Va.), Fiddling, woodworking, Old-time music, and Bowed stringed instruments
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

10. Ray Fought shows off a fiddle he made

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.009.9.25.17
Title:
Ray Fought shows off a fiddle he made
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bowed stringed instruments, Old-time music, Fiddling, woodworking, and Parkersburg (W. Va.)
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

11. Three fiddles made by Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.010.9.25.17
Title:
Three fiddles made by Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bowed stringed instruments, woodworking, Old-time music, and Fiddling
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)
["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]

12. Geometric fiddle made by Ray Fought

Identifier:
4224.FoughtRay.Photo.011.9.25.17
Title:
Geometric fiddle made by Ray Fought
Date:
2017-09-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Bowed stringed instruments, woodworking, and Old-time music
Location:
Parkersburg (W. Va.)