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OHCD1001 - CD
670725100127
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OLD-TIME STRING BANDS FROM ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA & VICINITY, 1927-1931. ALL TRACKS ON THE CD HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL 78RPM RECORDS. A 28-PAGE BOOKLET PRESENTS A DETAILED HISTORY OF THE MUSIC BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH ORIGINAL BAND MEMBERS. ALSO INCLUDED IS A COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY AND NUMEROUS VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS, MANY NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
MUSIC FROM THE LOST PROVINCES REISSUES 22 SONGS AND TUNES FIRST RECORDED BETWEEN 1927-1931 BY STRING BANDS FROM ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, A MOUNTAINOUS AREA IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE ONCE KNOWN AS "THE LOST PROVINCES" BECAUSE OF ITS EXTREME ISOLATION. THE MUSIC INCLUDES TRADITIONAL FIDDLE TUNES, FOLK SONGS, ANGLO-IRISH BALLADS, COMIC SONGS, TOPICAL NUMBERS AND ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS, ALL FROM THE TIME PERIOD OFTEN CALLED THE "GOLDEN ERA" OF OLD-TIME STRING MUSIC. THE ANTHOLOGY BRINGS TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS OF FRANK BLEVINS & HIS TAR HEEL RATTLERS, THE CAROLINA NIGHT HAWKS, THE NORTH CAROLINA RIDGE RUNNERS, WOODIE BROTHERS, AND MANY MORE. MUSIC FROM THE LOST PROVINCES IS THE PREMIER RELEASE OF OLD HAT RECORDS, A LABEL DEVOTED TO QUALITY REISSUES COUPLED WITH THOROUGH HISTORICAL RESEARCH.
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