October 8, 2018

The Hammons Family: A Study of a West Virginia Family's Traditions

Library of Congress AFS L65-L66

Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Old Sledge
A2 Camp Chase
A3 Three Forks Of Cheat
A4 The Yankee And Marcum
A5 Sugar Grove Blues
A6 Turkey In The Straw
B1 The Route
B2 Fine Times At Our House
B3 Jimmy Johnson
B4 Parson's Rock
B5 In Scotland Town
B6 Little Omie
C1 Yount Henerly
C2 Muddy Roads
C3 Bringing Back The sheep
C4 The Sandy Boys
C5 Wilson's Clog
C6 Sugar Babe
D1 We're Marching Around The Levees
D2 Riddles
D3 Mercian Tittery-Ary-A
D4 Jay Legg
D5 When This World Comes To An End
[Credits]
Burl Hammons (fiddle) Maggie Hammons Parker (sticks/vocals) Sherman Hammons (banjo)
Recorders: Alan Jabbour, Carl Fleischhauer and Dwight Diller
[Notes]
This is the best fucking thing right here. Banjos & fiddles, ballads & stories, all from one West Virginian family. Alan Jabbour & Carl Fleischhauer just went to the Hammons family’s home, asked all the right questions, and pointed the mic in all the right directions. Truly excellent display of old American traditions. The highlight is Maggie’s songs, and luckily she’s featured pretty prominently, because her voice is otherworldy. She’s also nearly incomprehensible with the thickest West Virginian accent you could imagine. I’m definitely a sucker for this kind of thing but this collection is on another level.

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