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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.FoughtRay.AudioInt.9.25.17
- Title:
- Oral history of Ray Fought
- Date:
- 2017-09-25
- Creator:
- Fought, Ray
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- woodworking, Fiddling, Old-time music, Parkersburg (W. Va.), Fiddle tunes, and Byrd, Robert C.
- Location:
- Parkersburg (W. Va.)
![["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]](/thumb/4224FoughtRayIntTranscript92517 "Transcript of oral history of Ray Fought")
- Identifier:
- 4224.FoughtRay.IntTranscript.9.25.17
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Ray Fought
- Date:
- 2017-09-25
- Creator:
- Fought, Ray
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiddling, Bowed stringed instruments, Byrd, Robert C., Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, and woodworking
- Location:
- Parkersburg (W. Va.)
![["Frank George (October 6, 1928 November 15, 2017), a Bluefield native, was a banjo player, fiddler, and piper, who also played piano, organ, hammer and lap dulcimer, and was a walking compendium of West Virginia traditional music history and jokes. He was the recipient of the 1994 Vandalia Award, West Virginias highest folklife honor. Jane George (November 11, 1922 February 19, 2018) helped launch the craft revival in the Mountain State through extensive fieldwork with traditional artists, educational programming, and by co-founding the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair at Cedar Lakes. She also hosted Mountain Heritage weekends and Kanawha County Parks Mountaineer Day Camps to teach young mountaineers about their cultural heritage, founded two Scottish dance troupes, and served as a 4-H agent in multiple counties. She was the 1993 Vandalia Award recipient. "]](/thumb/4224GeorgeFrankGeorgeJaneIntTranscript41916 "Transcript of oral history of Frank and Jane George")
- Identifier:
- 4224.GeorgeFrankGeorgeJane.IntTranscript.4.19.16
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Frank and Jane George
- Date:
- 2016-04-19
- Creator:
- George, Jane Taylor and George, Franklin
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Craft festivals, Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, 4-H clubs, Old-time music, Banjo, Folk music--West Virginia, and Walker, John Homer
- Location:
- Roane County (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.001.9.10.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Bill Hairston, 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2019-09-10
- Creator:
- Hairston, Bill
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Hairston, Bill, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Fiddling, Storytelling, Fiddle tunes, Folk music--West Virginia, Racism, Old-time music, Banjo, Saint Albans (W. Va.), Big Coal River Valley (W. Va.), 4-H clubs, School integration, and Folklore
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
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- Identifier:
- 4224.HairstonBill.AudioInt.002.9.10.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Bill Hairston, 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2019-09-10
- Creator:
- Hairston, Bill
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folklore, Saint Albans (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Walker, John Homer, School integration, Appalachian dulcimer and autoharp music, Fiddle tunes, Banjo, Racism, Fiddling, 4-H clubs, Big Coal River Valley (W. Va.), Hairston, Bill, and Storytelling
- Location:
- Charleston (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.)
![["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. 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/"]](/thumb/4224HerrmannJoeArtistProfile3620 "Artist profile of Joe Herrmann")
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoe.ArtistProfile.3.6.20
- Title:
- Artist profile of Joe Herrmann
- Date:
- 2020-03-06
- Creator:
- Herrmann, Joe
- Subject:
- Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddling, Banjo, Apprenticeship programs, and Fiddle tunes
- 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.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.)
