When the Oral History crew was taping this piece about Old Fort Mountain Music, we set up for awhile on the street outside to get some shots of folks arriving and visiting with one another. While we were out on the sidewalk, an elderly couple drove up and the gentleman helped the lady out of the [...]
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Old Fort Mountain Music
Posted in Music, Old Fort, Old Fort Mountain Music, _Interviewee: Wayne Roland, tagged mcdowell county, mountain music, oral history on July 12, 2009 |
Terry McKinney talks about (and plays) McDowell music
Posted in Music, Orchard at Altapass, _Interviewee: Judy Carson, _Interviewee: Terry McKinney, tagged mcdowell county, mountain music, oral history, Orchard at Altapass on July 6, 2009 |
It was a spectacular day in June when the McDowell Oral History crew made the pilgrimage to the Orchard at Altapass, just this side of the Blue Ridge Parkway. A visit to the Orchard can be an education on several subjects; about the Over Mountain Men and the Revolutionary War, the super-human effort required to [...]
















