A C87
Artists: Lefty Shafer & Gerry Milnes (guitar)
Album/Event: Left Shafer visits an Old-Time fiddle class at Augusta
Tracks:
- Over the Waterfall (original and adapted versions)
- The Preacher and the Bear (first tune that Lefty learned)
- Poca River Blues
- Guian Valley Waltz
- Lefty whistling Listen to The Mockingbird and other bird songs
- Rag Time Annie (Lefty’s version)
- Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (Lefty jokes it’s called Bonaparte Crossing the Buckhannon River/Kanawha/Mill Creek)
- Bonaparte’s Retreat
- Old Joe Clark
- Buffalo Gals
- Midnight on the Water
- Golden Slipper
- Turkey in the Straw
- Liberty
Collected/Recorded by:
Date: 07/12/1989
Notes: Lefty is from Charleston, WV in Kanawha County; Offensive Language; Tunes and musical experiences of Lefty Shafer, talk of tune introductions, Lefty whistling, talk about his fiddle from 1810, Lefty’s experience as a school principal, the Messiah fiddle in London, fiddles with short necks, and answers to audience questions.
The Augusta Programming Collection contains recordings of events produced by the Augusta Heritage Center, beginning in the early 1970s. A number of people contributed to this collection, including Flawn Williams, Gerry Milnes, and Bob Smakula. The collection features recordings of Augusta concerts, cultural sessions, Master Artist visits, and more, which showcase a variety of musical and cultural traditions.