Nov 23, 2017
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French Carpenter
In Search of Ed Haley 131
That evening, we all gathered in Wilson’s kitchen and played music. It was clear in watching Wilson play that his style was different from Ed’s, but he knew all kinds of great tunes: “Abe’s Retreat”, “Coo Coo’s Nest”, “Fourteen Days in Georgia”, “Walkin’…
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In Search of Ed Haley 130
About that time, we loaded up in my car and headed to the old Hicks homeplace in Calhoun County. On the way, we stopped at a plain brick building situated at the mouth of Stinson Creek. Wilson said it was the location of an old tavern called “Copperhead…
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In Search of Ed Haley
French Carpenter, fiddler from Clay County, West Virginia, 1955-1965
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Parkersburg Landing 100
Wilson tried to give me an idea of what kind of tunes Ed played – or rather didn’t play.
“He wasn’t a hornpipe fiddler,” he said. “He might’ve been, but if he was he never did play them around me. And if you mentioned tunes like ‘Orange Blossom Special’…
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