Fiddle Seminar: Wilson Douglas with Gerry Milnes; Charlie Osborne with Tom Bledsoe; 08/11/1986

A C496

Artists: Wilson Douglas, Gerry Milnes, Charlie Osborne, and Tom Bledsoe

Event: Fiddle seminar with Wilson Douglas and Gerry Milnes; Last half of tape is a portion of another fiddle seminar with Charlie Osborne and Tom Bledsoe.

Wilson Douglas and Gerry Milnes Tunes:

1. Cuckoo’s Nest
2. Anne’s Hornpipe
3. Red Wing
4. Fly Around the Blue Eyed Nest
5. ?
6. Mississippi Sawyer
7. The West Virginia Birdie
8. Little Rose
9. Elzic’s Farewell
10. West Fork Gals
11. Leather Britches/Cumberland Gap
12. Twenty Point?
13. ?
14. Cluck Old Hen
15. Paddy on the Pike
16. Redhead Boy?
17. June Apple
18. Fisher’s Hornpipe
19. Durang’s Hornpipe
20. Rickett’s Hornpipe
21. The Rachel

Charlie Osborne and Tom Bledsoe Tunes:

1. Turkey Buzzard
2. Cotton Eyed Joe
3. Old Dan Tucker
4. ?
5. Callaghan’s Reel

Collected/Recorded by:

Date: August 11th, 1986

Location: Elkins, WV

Notes: The fiddle seminar with Charlie Osborne and Tom Bledsoe is shorter than, but otherwise identical to the last half of A C495 and the beginning of A C494. It seems the seminar was recorded at the same time on three different cassettes; No NR

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.