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["Sam & Joe HerrmannJoe Herrmann (b.1949) and Sam Herrmann (b. 1949), both Maryland natives, are traditional musicians who play together as part of Critton Hollow String Band. They have been a couple since the mid-1970s when they moved to Hampshire County, West Virginia. Joe is a fiddle and banjo player, and Sam is a guitar and hammer dulcimer player. Sam is also a knitter, hand yarn spinner, and owns the knitting kit company Samspun. They live on a piece of land in Paw Paw, WV where they keep sheep."]%

1. Joe and Sam Herrmann play music on their back porch

Identifier:
4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmannSam.Photo.001.7.19.16
Title:
Joe and Sam Herrmann play music on their back porch
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Critton Hollow Stringband, Banjo, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Sam & Joe HerrmannJoe Herrmann (b.1949) and Sam Herrmann (b. 1949), both Maryland natives, are traditional musicians who play together as part of Critton Hollow String Band. They have been a couple since the mid-1970s when they moved to Hampshire County, West Virginia. Joe is a fiddle and banjo player, and Sam is a guitar and hammer dulcimer player. Sam is also a knitter, hand yarn spinner, and owns the knitting kit company Samspun. They live on a piece of land in Paw Paw, WV where they keep sheep."]%

2. Joe and Sam Herrmann play banjo and fiddle on their back porch outside of Paw Paw, West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmannSam.Photo.002.7.19.16
Title:
Joe and Sam Herrmann play banjo and fiddle on their back porch outside of Paw Paw, West Virginia
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folk music--West Virginia, Critton Hollow Stringband, Fiddling, Banjo, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Joe Herrmann (b.1949) and Sam Herrmann (b. 1949), both Maryland natives, are traditional musicians who play together as part of Critton Hollow String Band. They have been a couple since the mid-1970s when they moved to Hampshire County, West Virginia. Joe is a fiddle and banjo player, and Sam is a guitar and hammer dulcimer player. Sam is also a knitter, hand yarn spinner, and owns the knitting kit company Samspun. They live on a piece of land in Paw Paw, WV where they keep sheep."]%

3. Old-time musicians Joe and Sam Herrmann of Hampshire County, West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmannSam.Photo.003.7.19.16
Title:
Old-time musicians Joe and Sam Herrmann of Hampshire County, West Virginia
Date:
2016-07-19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Critton Hollow Stringband, Fiddling, Banjo, Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddle tunes
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Joe Herrman (master artist, b. 1949) of Paw Paw in Hampshire County and Dakota Karper (apprentice, b. 1992) of Capon Bridge are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, studying old-time fiddle. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hollow String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many private students and at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been playing old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music School. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed together previously in 2004 (when Karper was 11) through Augusta Heritage Centers former Apprenticeship Program.See the West Virginia Folklife Program feature on Herrmann and Karper: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/12/03/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-joe-herrmann-dakota-karper-old-time-fiddle/"]%

4. Portrait of master old-time fiddler Joe Herrmann,1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.Photo.012.10.12.20
Title:
Portrait of master old-time fiddler Joe Herrmann,1 of 2
Date:
2020-10-12
Creator:
Elmaleh, Lisa
Subject:
Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs, Fiddling, Folk music--West Virginia, Critton Hollow Stringband, Fiddle tunes
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Joe Herrman (master artist, b. 1949) of Paw Paw in Hampshire County and Dakota Karper (apprentice, b. 1992) of Capon Bridge are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, studying old-time fiddle. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hollow String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many private students and at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been playing old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music School. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed together previously in 2004 (when Karper was 11) through Augusta Heritage Centers former Apprenticeship Program.See the West Virginia Folklife Program feature on Herrmann and Karper: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/12/03/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-joe-herrmann-dakota-karper-old-time-fiddle/"]%

5. Portrait of master old-time fiddler Joe Herrmann, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.Photo.013.10.12.20
Title:
Portrait of master old-time fiddler Joe Herrmann, 2 of 2
Date:
2020-10-12
Creator:
Elmaleh, Lisa
Subject:
Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs, Critton Hollow Stringband, Fiddle tunes, Fiddling, Folk music--West Virginia
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)