February 17, 2014
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Western Country (or why traditional music #3257)

I’m goin’ to the Western Countries now Susananna Gal, goin’ to the Western Countries now Susananna Gal.

This is one of my favourite old time tunes. I’ve posted several versions on this blog in the past. I stumbled on this one tonight and I liked it so much I had to share it immediately. This is seriously fine old time music. Here are Thorton and Emily Spencer

Here’s what is says about this performance on YouTube:

Uploaded on Jun 2, 2011

Here’s the old dance tune Western Country, also called Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss by Thornton and Emily Spencer. They are members of the Whitetop Mountain Band based in Grayson County,VA. Thornton was born in 1935 and learned his fiddling from his brother-in-law Albert Hash, Corbett Stamper, Muncey Gaultney, Otis Burris, and several other old-timers. Emily learned to play the clawhammer banjo from Jont Blevins of Whitetop, Enoch Rutherford of Gold Hill,VA, Lawrence Russell of Smyth County, and alot of other oldtimers.

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