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Frank Hutchison (1927, 2019)

Frank Hutchison (1927, 2019) #music #LoganCounty #WV #Appalachia #history #FrankHutchison #BrandonKirk #photos

Logan (WV) Banner, 1 February 1927.

Logan (WV) Banner, 8 March 1927.

Logan (WV) Banner, 25 March 1927.

Here we are visiting the Frank Hutchison grave at the Elbert Garrett Family Cemetery at Lake, Logan County, WV. Photo by Sheila Brumfield Coleman. 10 August 2019

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In Search of Ed Haley 81

Satisfied with our stop on West Fork, Lawrence and I said our farewells to the Kirks and went to see Turley and Violet Adams on Trace Fork. After some small talk about new developments, Turley told us about his uncle Johnny Hager and father Johnny C. Adams traveling with Ed in the early days. He said Uncle Johnny was the one who got Haley to take his music on the road, while his father just…

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In Search of Ed Haley 266

In a 1995 interview, Carolyn Farley recalls #EdHaley. #JohnHartford #Appalachia #history #amwriting #music

The next day – the 106th anniversary of Milt Haley’s death – Billy Adkins suggested that we go see Carolyn “Johnnie” Farley on Brown’s Run of Smoke House Fork. She was a granddaughter to Burl Farley, one of the ringleaders of the Brumfield mob. There were other interesting connections: her grandmother was Hollena Brumfield’s sister and her mother was Ben Adams’ niece. Her ancestors,…

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In Search of Ed Haley 222

Joe Adams tells #JohnHartford more about #EdHaley. #Appalachia #music #history

When I pressed Joe for specific details about Ed’s technique he said, “He’d play up on the bow about four or five inches, but he played the full stroke with the bow all the time. He didn’t jiggle it.”

I asked if he always sat down when he played and Joe…

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In Search of Ed Haley 221

Joe Adams offers more memories of #EdHaley. #Appalachia #history #music

I wondered if people around Trace listened to the radio, especially the Grand Ole Opry, in the early days.

“They was a few radios,” Joe said. “We had one here. We ordered it from a company called Jim Brown. It had five batteries. And like Jerry Clower…

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