A ACS 6.379
Artist: Charlie Blevins; Lawrence Phelps
Album/Event: Interview
Tracks: Free Little Bird, Little Birdy, Darlin’ Corey, John Henry, John Hardy, 12 Toed John, Wild Bill Jones, Groundhog, Wreck of Old, Old Dan Tucker, Tom Dooley, Tom Dooley (acapella), Cripple Creek, Old Joe Clark, Cindy
Collected/Recorded by: Tim Caudill and Glen Simpson
Date: 11/7/1994; 10/26/1994
Location: Blevins in Borderland, WV; Phelps in Breeden, WV
Notes: Blevins born in 1925. Blevins played on fretless homemade banjos over 100 years old. Phelps born 1914. Phelps talks of old days in Breeden, sings songs, talk about Civil War and Hatfield/McCoys
The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes with earlier dates that others sent to him.