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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.001.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 1 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Smith, Jenny and Bright, Dee Cogar
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Apprenticeship programs, Wine, Melvin, Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, Square dance music--United States, Folk music--West Virginia, Old-time music, Dulcimer, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, and Banjo
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.002.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 2 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Bright, Dee Cogar and Smith, Jenny
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiddle tunes, Banjo, Wine, Melvin, Fiddling, Folk music--West Virginia, Apprenticeship programs, Old-time music, Square dance music--United States, Dulcimer, and Clog dancing
- Location:
- Weston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.BrightDeeSmithJenny.AudioInt.009.12.19.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 9 of 11
- Date:
- 2017-12-19
- Creator:
- Smith, Jenny and Bright, Dee Cogar
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Clog dancing, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Folk music--West Virginia, Wine, Melvin, Banjo, Folk music festivals, Square dance music--United States, Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs, Fiddle tunes, Dulcimer, and Fiddling
- Location:
- Weston (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.Interviewers note:Interview with Sam and Joe Herrmann of Critton Hollow String Band on the back porch of their home in Critton Hollow, Paw Paw, West Virginia. Sam was knitting a childs sweater during the interview."]](/thumb/4224HerrmannJoeHerrmannIntTranscript71916 "Transcript of oral history of Joe and Sam Herrmann")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmann.IntTranscript.7.19.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Joe and Sam Herrmann
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Herrmann, Sam and Herrmann, Joe
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Dulcimer, Old-time music, Rizzetta, Sam, Folk music--West Virginia, Critton Hollow Stringband, Sheep farming, Knitters (Persons), Banjo, Fiddle tunes, Fiddling, and Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmannSam.AudioInt.7.19.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Joe and Sam Herrmann
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Herrmann, Joe and Herrmann, Sam
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Critton Hollow Stringband, Fiddle tunes, Folk music--West Virginia, Knitters (Persons), Dulcimer, Banjo, Fiddling, Rizzetta, Sam, Old-time music, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, and Sheep farming
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.RizettaSam.AudioInt.7.19.16
- Title:
- Oral history of Sam Rizzetta
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Rizzetta, Sam
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Musical instruments, Dulcimer, Augusta Heritage Center, Davis and Elkins College, and Stringed instruments
- Location:
- Inwood (W. Va.)
![["Sam Rizzetta is a dulcimer designer, builder, and musician who moved to West Virginia in the early 1970s. He was a member of the string band Trapezoid and founded the hammer dulcimer playing classes at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College. He has built dulcimers for musicians including John McCutcheon, Guy Carawan, and Sam Herrmann. Rizzetta now collaborates with the Dusty Strings Company who build hammer dulcimers based on his designs. He lives with his wife Carrie Rizzetta in Berkeley County, WV."]](/thumb/4224RizettaSamIntTranscript71916 "Transcript of oral history of Sam Rizzetta")
- Identifier:
- 4224.RizettaSam.IntTranscript.7.19.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Sam Rizzetta
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Rizzetta, Sam
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Dulcimer, Musical instruments, Stringed instruments, and Rizzetta, Sam
- Location:
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) and Inwood (W. Va.)
