Charlotte Breakdown (MSOTFA 122)

by Ken Poovey - solo fiddle

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1.	Soldier's Joy 01:03	buy track
2.	Talk - Introduction 03:36	buy track
3.	Discussion of Bluegrass Fiddle Style 01:46	buy track
4.	Sally Goodin 01:06	buy track
5.	Texas Panhandle Rag 00:59	buy track
6.	Eighth of January 01:08	buy track
7.	Leather Britches 00:53	buy track
8.	Charlotte Breakdown 01:31	buy track
9.	Wednesday Night Waltz 01:55	buy track
10.	Fire on the Mountain 01:16	buy track
11.	Mississippi Sawyer 02:08	buy track
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14.	What A Friend We Have In Jesus 01:35	buy track
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22.	Too Late To Worry (feat. C. C. Miller) 01:13	buy track
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30.	Boil The Cabbage Down 01:19	buy track
31.	Turkey in the Straw 01:24	buy track
32.	Liberty - Twin Fiddles (feat. C. C. Miller) 01:54	buy track
33.	Close By - Twin Fiddles (feat. C. C. Miller) 01:52	buy track
34.	Sugar in the Gourd - Twin Fiddles (feat. C. C. Miller) 01:37	buy track
35.	Run Johnny Run - Twin Fiddles (feat. C. C. Miller) 01:25	buy track
36.	Listen to the Mockingbird 02:42	buy track
37.	Black Mountain Rag 02:11	buy track
38.	Billy in the Lowground 01:30	buy track
39.	Flop-Eared Mule 01:32	buy track
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about

Ken Poovey of Denver, North Carolina, was among the many fiddlers approached by Delores DeRyke in the 1960s to provide a recording of their playing for her extensive archive of North American fiddlers. Poovey, a native of North Carolina, was a pioneer of Bluegrass fiddling and his style manifests influences from Nashville greats like Tommy Jackson as well as contemporaries such as Joe Meadows and Kenny Baker.

This recording was made in 1962 on a small reel-to-reel tape recorder. It features Poovey playing short performances of a number of fiddle tunes without accompaniment. He also features his father-in-law playing some solo as well as twin fiddle on a number of selections.

This tape is from the field recordings collection of Delores "Fiddlin' Dee" DeRyke of Lincoln, Nebraska. Ms. DeRyke was an avid promoter and collector of field recordings. Among her methods was to send blank tapes to fiddlers she met or heard of and ask them to fill the tape with their favorite tunes. Dozens of players from all corners of North America responded.

MSOTFA obtained these original reel-to-reel recordings, several boxes full, from Jack Shaw of Lincoln who bought them at an estate auction. We have painstakingly digitized and processed the material for your listening enjoyment and educational pursuits.

NOTE: Despite our best efforts, the quality of these recordings is not the best you'll ever hear. We find many of the tapes to be various states of deterioration, the emulsion sometimes coming off in chunks as they are being played. Still despite the lo-fi nature of the result they provide an important glimpse into style of playing, repertoire, tempo and bowing methods which can be derived by listening to these recordings.

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released June 9, 2016

Original recording by Ken Poovey for Delores DeRyke.
Digitized by Charlie Walden for MSOTFA - 2016

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