Piney Woods Gal

Audio file

Date recorded: August 31, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Ward, Wade; Performer: Higgins, Charles (Uncle Charlie); Performer: Carpenter, Bob; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: dance tune

Culture: Anglo-American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: banjo (five-string), fiddle, guitar (acoustic)

Setting: The home of Wade Ward

Location: Galax, Galax County, Virginia, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T853

Track Number: 2

Archive ID: T853R02

Note: Shirley Collins: [Quoting Charlie Higgins] "So old, Noah brought it out of the ark with him."

Belongs to: Galax 8/59

About the session: At the home of Wade Ward / In and around Galax

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