Interview with Wade Ward, Charlie Higgins, and Bob Carpenter about Piney Woods Gal

Audio file
Date recorded: August 31, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Ward, Wade; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Higgins, Charles (Uncle Charlie); Performer: Carpenter, Bob; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: Anglo-American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: The home of Wade Ward
Location: Galax, Galax County, Virginia, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T853
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T853R03
Note: Talk about Piney Woods Gal, with Charlie Higgins (who mentions Uncle Eck Dunford) and Wade Ward. Charlie's ancestry (Irish) and playing (started playing banjo, Emmett Lundy put him on the fiddle); Wade Ward on playing dances, personal history; Bob Carpenter's background and playing (played rodeos and nightclubs in Montana with Charlie and toured overseas with the army).
Belongs to: Galax 8/59
About the session: At the home of Wade Ward / In and around Galax
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