Join: Nov 22, 2008

Name: YewPiney

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Colored Aristocracy - Elmer Rich fiddle

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  • Author: YewPiney

Tags: Arthurdale  Charles  Eleanor  Fiddle  Mike  Old  Pete  Roosevelt  Seeger  Time  Virginia  West  WVU 

Elmer Rich at the 2008 WVU Mountaineer Week fiddle contest.Elmer played the tune Colored Aristocracy. He and Tom O'Brien tell the story of how this tune spread from Elmer's Uncle Sanford Rich to being played by musicians around the world.

Lester McCumbers - WVU Mountaineer Week Heritage Fiddler

  • Length: 6:20
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  • Author: YewPiney

Tags: Cross  Fiddle  Gibson  J45  Key  Mountaineer  Old  Time  Tuned  Week  WVU 

Lester McCumbers was honored with the Mountaineer Heritage Fiddler Award for 2008 as part of WVU's Mountaineer Week Fiddle Contest. The award is presented by Marianne Kovatch, followed by Lester playing Yew Piney Mountain.Kim Johnson-banjoAndrew Dunlap-guitar (a fabulous '47 or '48 Gibson J45)

Leather Britches - Elmer Rich fiddle

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  • Author: YewPiney

Tags: By  Fiddle  God  Old  Time  Virginia  W.Va.  West  WV 

Elmer Rich playing the old fiddle tune Leather Britches at his home in Westover, West Virginia.Tom Gibson-guitar.

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Erynn Marshall, Clifftop Fiddle Contest finals, song 2

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  • Author: blueathena

Tags: 2008  Appalachian  Band  Clifftop  Festival  Music  String 

Clifftop, Appalachian String Band Festival, July 31, 2008

Clyde Davenport fiddling Bonaparte's Retreat

  • Length: 2:33
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  • Author: mandolynn78

Tags: Clyde  Davenport  Fiddle  Kentucky  Oldtime  Tunes 

Playing Bonaparte's Retreat - recorded by John Harrod

Yew Piney Mountain

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  • Author: 1angolier

Tags: banjo  family  fiddle  hammons  old  time 

Dave Bing, fiddle; Pam Lund, Banjo. October Old Time week at the Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV. Mostly from Burl Hammons.