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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."]%

229. Fiddle scroll carved by Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.004.6.21.17
Title:
Fiddle scroll carved by Dave Bing
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Fiddling, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Bowed stringed instruments
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."]%

230. Dave Bing's fiddle varnish

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.005.6.21.17
Title:
Dave Bing's fiddle varnish
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Bing, Dave, 1955-, woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments
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."]%

231. Fiddle backs carved by Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.006.6.21.17
Title:
Fiddle backs carved by Dave Bing
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Bowed stringed instruments, Bing, Dave, 1955-, woodworking
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."]%

232. Fiddle back and tools in Dave Bing's workshop

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.007.6.21.17
Title:
Fiddle back and tools in Dave Bing's workshop
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bowed stringed instruments, Bing, Dave, 1955-, woodworking, Fiddling, Woodworking tools
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."]%

233. Dave Bing's fiddle making tools

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.008.6.21.17
Title:
Dave Bing's fiddle making tools
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Woodworking tools, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Bowed stringed instruments, 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."]%

234. Templates for Fiddle Making in Dave Bing's Workshop

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.009.6.21.17
Title:
Templates for Fiddle Making in Dave Bing's Workshop
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling, Woodworking tools, 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."]%

235. Fiddle repair in progress by Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.010.6.21.17
Title:
Fiddle repair in progress by Dave Bing
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Fiddling, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Bowed stringed instruments
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."]%

236. Signature inside the first fiddle made by Dave Bing

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.011.6.21.17
Title:
Signature inside the first fiddle made by Dave Bing
Date:
2017-07-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
woodworking, Fiddling, Augusta Heritage Center, Bing, Dave, 1955-, Bowed stringed instruments
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."]%

237. Fiddle repair on Dave Bing's first fiddle

Identifier:
4224.BingDave.Photo.012.6.21.17
Title:
Fiddle repair on Dave Bing's first fiddle
Date:
2017-06-21
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Bing, Dave, 1955-, woodworking, Bowed stringed instruments, Fiddling
Location:
Roane County (W. Va.)
["Louis Lou Berry Birurakis (b. March 22, 1926) is a native of Liberty, West Virginia in Scotts Run. His parents were Greek immigrants from Crete. His father was a coal miner who was blackballed for his participation in the union and after he was fired, started a business in Scotts Run. Birurakis was a football player at WVU and is an amateur historian and a writer. In the interview, he speaks about his family, growing up in Scotts Run, and his experience on the WVU football team. He also tells a story about his mothers encounter with Eleanor Roosevelt when she visited Scotts Run.This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]%

238. Louis “Lou” Berry Birurakis at the Scotts Run Museum, holding an art book about him created by one of Eve Faulkes' students at WVU

Identifier:
4224.BirurakisBerryLouis.Photo.001.2.23.19
Title:
Louis “Lou” Berry Birurakis at the Scotts Run Museum, holding an art book about him created by one of Eve Faulkes' students at WVU
Date:
4224.BirurakisBerryLouis.Photo.001.2.23.19
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Artists' books, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Community museums, Football players, Greek Americans
Location:
Scott's Run (W. Va.)
["Ron Blanks is the grill master at Dem 2 Brothers and a Grill restaurant on Charleston's West Side. Blanks was photographed by producer Wendel Patrick as part of the Out of the Blocks podcasts two episodes on Charlestons West Side. Learn more: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/17/out-of-the-blocks-podcast-highlights-charlestons-west-side-west-virginia-folklife-hosts-listening-party-february-12/"]%

239. Portrait of Dem 2 Brothers grill master Ron Blanks

Identifier:
4224.BlanksRon.Photo.001.11.22.19
Title:
Portrait of Dem 2 Brothers grill master Ron Blanks
Date:
2019-11-22
Creator:
Patrick, Wendel
Subject:
African American cooking, Restaurants--United States, foodways, Food industry and trade--Employees, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Barbecuing
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Edie Street Belcher BosticBoomer, WVEdie Street Belcher Bostic was born in Jodie, West Virginia in 1929. Her family moved to Boomer, West Virginia when she was 8 months old. Her father worked in the Hawks Nest Tunnel and died of silicosis in 1932 when Edie was 3. Her mother died two years later, and Edie was raised by a neighbor, Quindora Quinny Burdette. Edie worked at Sam Dalportos Italian grocery store, the College Drug Store, and G.C. Murphys. She is also a self-taught pianist. In this interview, Edie shares stories of her father and memories of her childhood, family, and life in Boomer."]%

240. Portrait of Edie Bostic

Identifier:
4224.BosticEdie.Photo.001.5.7.18
Title:
Portrait of Edie Bostic
Date:
2018-05-07
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Working class families, Fayette County (W. Va.), Tunnels--West Virginia, Women pianists, Industrial accidents