My Grandpa and Grandma are on this video. EDD and Nettie Presnell. Papaw is the one playing with the big whimmy diddle. I love watching this video, and several more on KZread. Papaw was famous for making his beautiful dulcimers and woodcrafts. Mamaw made beautiful jewelry, pins, letter openers, she also carved bears. Their business was called " ENDOFTHEROAD CRAFTS. They were members of The Appalachian Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild. I encourage you to watch their videos. They both have passed away. Papaw in 1994 and Mamaw in 1997. They are buried in the family cemetery next to Papaw's big fish pond. It warms my heart to see them on these videos. I'm very lucky to have the pictures and videos of them.

@VioletJoy

4 ай бұрын

Wow. That is very special indeed. 🤍

@user-zw5yu1ky9g

Ай бұрын

My uncle is on this video.

@Jason66695

Ай бұрын

@@user-zw5yu1ky9gmy sister is in it too she’s Alan lomax

@KM-om1dy

11 күн бұрын

I own and cherish an old Edd Presnell dulcimer. I love it.

I'm a Mexican but I live in Kentucky for 20 years and I just fall in love with this culture the music the way that talk the way of life the mountains they are the most humble heartwarming people and I just love it I hope I can get back soon I love the bluegrass of Kentucky

@danzbutrfly

3 жыл бұрын

Mexican-American here....love those people too....

@truderenken3248

3 жыл бұрын

I'm moving from California to northeast Tennessee, right up near the Kentucky border. I visited several times, and the people, they just are real and so kind. Hope you get back soon.

@kystars

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Kentucky as well. where abouts are you from ?

@terrygray6078

3 жыл бұрын

I Live in Ireland and love the mountain dancers and and music absolutely beautiful

@truderenken3248

3 жыл бұрын

@@terrygray6078 The clogging and bluegrass music is straight from the Scots and Irish who settled the Appalachian mountains in the 1700-1800s, I'm sure you know! We are grateful for the heritage you all gave us, even though we switched it up a bit. The love for the land endures ❤️

The poor black blues and old time white mountain music is the mother and father of all American music. When they met and came together it was absolute magic! A famous blues man Lightning Hopkins once said “ that country music ain’t nothing but white folks blues” ….and he was right 😎. When boys like Jimmy Rodgers and Hank Williams mixed blues up with old time hillbilly music we got country music. Then country music got even more blues mixed in which became rock n roll. It all goes back to the poor black folks and the poor white mountain folks. Their music handed down for generations finally came together and birthed American music as we know it today. God bless them. They were absolute musical geniuses!

"Aint a thing for a poor man in this world" , the truth , the pain , and the pride . I love you America . In this time of chaos , hold your families close . Tell them you love them every second of everyday.

@brokencage9723

3 жыл бұрын

God bless! we'll be alright.

I was born and raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mtns. Grew up on "taters", pinto beans and cornbread. Worked in the tobacco fields, stringing tobacco on a stringer, taking breaks eating a pack of "nabs" and drinking a bottle of Coke. Older ladies still wore bonnets and long skirts and "dipped' snuff. They always had a paper cup with a paper towel in it for their "spit" and also used a wooden twig to move the snuff around their gum line. My aunt and uncle did not get indoor plumbing until sometime in the 70's. When we were at their place, had to use the outhouse. Simpler times, we did our own canning, milking, gathering eggs etc. I still remember all those times and I remember them fondly.

@anncobb4897

3 жыл бұрын

That life sounds so peaceful! I LOVE the mountains of n.c, and tenn!! Heaven on Earth!! I love the smell of the water, the air, and the cabins!! It's beautiful there!!

@popscyclep8084

3 жыл бұрын

Whoa...... taters, beans and cornbread! Let’s eat ....Cousin!

@madsnoop7

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing .

@andreww.4892

3 жыл бұрын

Out in Madison if you play any old time music lmk or if you know anyone

@SeemsFutileNow

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreww.4892 Haywood especially Maggie Valley may be a little too far but great musicians

Grew up in Clarksburg, WV, poor but happy. My grand pa died i n a mine tipple collapse. Left the mountains but the music never left me. Love that music. Still go back to visit almost every year.

I'm a 57 year old fart from across the water in Scotland, may these folks never change, I could spend the rest of my days over "yonder", God bless them and their kin,If I don't meet you in this life, I will see ye in the next!

Alan Lomax gave us all a gift of his work collecting folk music over the decades and all over the world.

@LetsGoGetThem

3 жыл бұрын

You say that "Alan Lomax (the journalist) heard the black ones as the old classic Hoo-Hah sound." which means that he heard the old 60's sound in both, Hoo-Hah and old 60's-to-late 60's rock and blues. In other words, the same sound that everyone else heard in the 70's. But this is a difficult point to remember, so I am deferring my answer to the search committee.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

WATCH THIS VIDEO! I just uploaded a KZread video which compares rare traditional recordings Appalachian traditional music with ancient British ballads. Here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4l70bmwd67dg6Q.html Feel free to explore my channel for more content about traditional music!

@beritbrodersen7017

3 жыл бұрын

378

@emmaphilo4049

3 жыл бұрын

He is very inspiring!

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsGoGetThem there is no search committee.

28 year old Appalachian woman from East Tennessee. Proud to be a mountain woman and a banjo picker myself! Ion’t care who ye’re!!

@LongNoseBreaker

2 жыл бұрын

bruh

For those that don't know, the very first scene the man made a rabbit distress call to lure predators. A twig and leaf is all it takes.

@smarmar400

2 жыл бұрын

Is that what he made?? I thought it was some kind of primitive harmonica-like reed instrument thing. A rabbit call makes more sense because whatever he was doing with that thing, it sounded like a dying animal! LOL

@greenjack1959l

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. We make 'em here.

@randycollins7910

2 жыл бұрын

I knew it was some kind of lure but I didn't know what type of animal it was trying to imitate . Thanks for letting me know. God bless these humble and wonderful Americans.

@pennsyltuckyreb9800

Жыл бұрын

More like a baby fawn in distress. Lures in the does or predators.

@JohnnyRebKy

Жыл бұрын

You can make a flute out of them too. My Grandpa made them all the time. He used a knife and a piece of wire. He would heat the wire on a hot fire and use it to burn a few holes in the twig to make sound holes to play notes on. He knew exactly where to burn the holes to get the right notes. Unfortunately it’s a talent I didn’t get to learn and it’s been lost

Born in the mountains of W.Va, thank you, love this . I am 66 proud old hill billy.

@rebeccawaters5879

3 жыл бұрын

69 year old hillbilly and very proud of my heritage. Rebecca

@chopsddy3

3 жыл бұрын

70 year old hillbilly. Sticking to the ridges. Still a “sneak” in the woods. Made a living whittling with my pocketknife.

@jacobhartman3178

3 жыл бұрын

Eernest, where you from? I am from Pendleton County/Cherry Grove.

@jmp01a24

3 жыл бұрын

Did you also make your own moonshine? When I grew up I too was able to make my own with an old apparatus I got from my uncle.

@SJ-ni6iy

3 жыл бұрын

I’m also from WV, I thought it was funny they had to include subtitles because of the thick accents when I could understand every word just fine.

I’m a melungeon from Unicoi, Tennessee. I was raised and still live in The Cherokee National Forest about 45 minutes north of Asheville NC. and an Hour west of Boone. Deep in The Smoky Mountains.Music and the outdoors are as much a part of me as my Right arm. God Bless This Land. I used to go to The Land Of Oz as a kid. The yellow brick road is still there and The crooked house. Great Rock Climbing in Banner Elk.

@anncobb4897

3 жыл бұрын

I 💚 THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS!! U LIVE IN THE BEST PLACE ON THIS EARTH! I'm in Sav. Ga, and I hate it here! I'm coming up that way to live I hope soon!

@scotttaylor7444

3 жыл бұрын

I worked for the Forest Service in CNF and I was stationed in Unicoi. Unaka Mtn was a great spot over that way. I also got to visit The Land of Oz in 2008 when it was going to be sold to a new developer. It is beautiful at that place and parts of the yellow brick road along with a private helicopter pad. Thanks for sharing your story. It brings back fond memories to me as well.

I tip my hat to Alan Lomax. He saved so much of this country's indigenous and traditional music from obscurity.

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

I wanna do this too for today but IDK how you even get recordings added to the Library of Congress.

@KingTurdle

9 ай бұрын

@@kishascapeif you’re not familiar, Gems on VHS is a sort of modern Alan Lomax.

I cut my teeth on Appalachian music it's God's music and I grow up In the mountains of wva poor as old joe Turkey if we didn't hunt and fish we wouldn't have had nothing to eat our mama made our clothes and was one of the greatest baker cooks on earth never for get where you came from she would say I have never forgotten God bless

@catherinehendrickson2809

3 жыл бұрын

Your mama had a good heart Chester. You have such loving memories. God Bless your mama. God Bless you.

@anncobb4897

3 жыл бұрын

U grew up in heaven on earth...

@attentiondeficitsquirrel7660

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that little slice of Americana.

When I relocated Bleikr Sound Studio from South Georgia to the isolated Appalachian Mountains in 1999 to escape the crazy music industry, you could hear this traditional singing on CB radio by locals who I spoke with often. Around 2010, these sounds began to fade as the old ones passed away, and today there are none to carry on the tradition. It seems the digital age has overtaken, and the old ones are now forgotten relics. It is a sad thing to witness the passing of a tradition. - Bleikr

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

Nah, it's mostly people like you saying stupid fad stuff like that pushing that narrative that are making that happen. If you still had CB radio let alone actually knew how to use it you still hear a lot of the same stuff from the 70s.

@bleikrsound6127

Жыл бұрын

@@kishascape HAM radio station operator 21 years. I know more about radio than you will ever comprehend.

@aarondigby5054

3 ай бұрын

​@@kishascapethis folk rock will never die as long as you got "folk" duuuh. Will listen to this music thievery, along with gospel, C&W, rockabilly soul,R&B, Funk, metal, jazz, classical music is universal, if you think you let it die, trust me someone will come along and pick it up, it will make a little baby clap their hands, nod their head and tap their feet.

@dawggonevidz9140

Ай бұрын

Billy Strings and many, many others brought it to KZread mate, it lives on.

I remember family friends in South Alabama 60 to 80 years ago. Very much the same stock, music styles and lifestyles, but generally no banjos or dulcimers. Mostly fiddles and guitars--maybe a harmonica. One of the ladies would pull a straw from a broom and tap rhythm on the fiddle strings. They'd move furniture out of the 'front room', pull back the rugs and dance all night long, it seems like. These were non-alcoholic events, of course--but as the evening wore on the fellows would take a break outside and generally come back inside much more relaxed as the night wore on. No harm done. Thanks for posting this.

My father plays the dulcimer. He has several, one he made himself out of an old window-box. He used to play and sing us kids to sleep every night. I'd love to hear that again. =) The older I get, the more I find myself appreciating all the exceptional things he did for us as a father, instead of focusing on the negatives like I always did when I was younger. I'd say we got lucky in the final tally. Also, my dad knows Frank Profitt personally. Kind of cool. I love that bit with the black guys dancing on the porch...making a wood floor into an instrument with nothing but a air of shoes, your legs, and sometimes some sand. These are the things that I love about music. I can't describe the pleasure it gives me to see and hear things like this. I really can't.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

WATCH THIS VIDEO! I just uploaded a KZread video which compares rare traditional recordings Appalachian traditional music with ancient British ballads. Here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4l70bmwd67dg6Q.html Feel free to explore my channel for more content about traditional music!

@jmp01a24

3 жыл бұрын

That man on the porch was so in tune, if you close your eyes you could hear the train go. He followed the beat to the max.

@Joe_J-MT_Boy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jmp01a24 - Sometime rent the movie The Cotton Club. There's a scene where these black guys who love to tap dance are in a circle - reminds me of Bluegrass music a little - where each guy in turn dances out into the middle and tears it up. Priceless.

@jmp01a24

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joe_J-MT_Boy Ive seen it. Sometime in the mid 90s. One of the last rentals on VHS. Critiques hated it, but it was OK movie I thought. Maybe it was too black for the audience at the time. :D

@okiejammer2736

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh. I love your message, and your descriptions and visuals are artistry, just pulsating with colors and rhythms. Wow. What a legacy your father left to you. Thank you.

Born and raised in the New River Valley in Southwest Virginia. I’m of Scots-Irish heritage, as is most Appalachians, with a little bit of Native American. I love Appalachia!

@nu-waveutilitytrailers3308

4 жыл бұрын

What about the European

@thenextshenanigantownandth4393

4 жыл бұрын

Scots Irish are a myth created by the know nothing movement, there is no such thing as ''scots irish'' Your ancestry could be from scottish or English planters or it could be from native Irish. Although the majority of ''scots-Irish'' have Irish surnames as opposed to English or Scottish.

@WillBlindYouWithLight

4 жыл бұрын

All the same for me. Except from wv grew up in surry co nc

@WillBlindYouWithLight

4 жыл бұрын

@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 it's a real thing. William the brave was the leader of such.

@thenextshenanigantownandth4393

4 жыл бұрын

@@WillBlindYouWithLight No...

I love bluegrass, it has some sorrowful sounds to it, love the banjo, Appalachian beautiful ... rugged beautiful land, amazing, amazing people :-) thank you for sharing what an appreciation thank you.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

WATCH THIS VIDEO! I just uploaded a KZread video which compares rare traditional recordings Appalachian traditional music with ancient British ballads. Here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4l70bmwd67dg6Q.html Feel free to explore my channel for more content about traditional music!

@thomasredmond4138

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sonya, how are you doing

@SonyaFaithfull

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasredmond4138 I’m gud!

@elizabethbrown8833

2 жыл бұрын

Every time i hear bluegrsss (Appalachian) i sense I've lived tbere but i haven't. Im Scottish but. My mums dad played bsnjo. Id love to learn. Love all the songs n tunes. 🦋🙏💕

Alan Lomax was a treasure. His ethnomusicology trips back into the Appalachian Mtns. helped to preserve the music that the mountain people’s ancestors brought from the British Isles in its purest form.

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

They were just folklorist trips. "Ethnomusicology" is just modern pretentiousness added on.

@michaljezek2664

Жыл бұрын

This music is mix of European, Afro-American and native music. Banjo is afro-american isntrument.

@paulricepaulrice

7 ай бұрын

@@kishascape "the study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones." It doesn't have to be your preferred term, but it absolutely applies here. It's what folklorists' field evolved into, and the word was in common use when this doc was made.

The most suprising thing is how soulful Mr. Lomax sings. He truly encapsulated his work.

My family has farmed on the land around Boone, NC since as far back as anybody can remember and now all the old folk are dead. I'm 70 so I reckon I'm the old folk now and I live on a little farm. They alway said our ancestors came from Scotland. I just had my DNA checked and it showed 83% Scottish so I reckon they was right.

@survivortechharold6575

4 жыл бұрын

Where did the people of Scotland come from. People only go back in history to the time that supports their beliefs and it stops there.

@amandamcewan54

4 жыл бұрын

Wow nice to know I live in scotland big shout out from Scotland woohoo hope ur doing well

@rclaws1347

4 жыл бұрын

@@amandamcewan54 and a big woohoo back to ya from the North Carolina mountains.

@amandamcewan54

4 жыл бұрын

How drunk was I when I posted that weathers great over here ooshhh

@amandamcewan54

4 жыл бұрын

Most scots are from Greece that's why most of use tan well

This should be required viewing in all high schools across the country.

@jaystretch01

9 жыл бұрын

freedomisnocrime Yeah...but really it isn't much different in the USA either, it's an entire sector of our culture that is either parodied or just ignored entirely. All the more reason to make people watch this!!

@Melvvynfirmager

9 жыл бұрын

freedomisnocrime Sorry to correct you, but whilst there isn't a lot of Bluegrass on the radio, there certainly is some. Also played a lot around the country. there are many bluegrass bands and have been for many years. i used to run a country music club back in the 60s and 70s, and we frequently booked bluegrass bands (more than country bands), and I ran the first bluegrass festival in the UK - 'Bluegrass in the Field', where we had some 20 bands playing. Even Bill Clifton came to visit as living here at that time. And there are many bands still out there today, and a British Bluegrass association. We would like more on the radio for sure, but be assured it is alive and kicking here and much loved. I always wanted to play it, but for lack of time with work and playing pedal steel guitar in a country band. Now practicing healing, organic gardening, B & B, so still don't have the time. but the love of the music goes on. I also gather bluegrass is well around in the rest of Europe. Indeed, just type Bluegrass in Europe into Google - you will be amazed! So best to find out, before leading forth in such a strident fashion, making assumptions about things you think you know about. Oh, and millions of us know what bluegrass is for sure. We have had Ralph Stanley and Bill Monroe amongst many others, over here many times. and I have travelled through Kentucky, Tennessee, the Virginias...... Enjoy your day with this knowledge.

@jaystretch01

9 жыл бұрын

Melvyn Firmager Sometimes I think that American folk music does better in Europe than it does in the States! I've met plenty of musicians who do much better, play for more appreciative crowds etc...in the UK and across Europe than they do here in the States. Like I said, this music---especially the "old-time" stuff, pre-bluegrass music, is generally ignored and not studied or appreciated except in certain small circles. That may change some day, I don't know, but all I can say is that my country would be slightly better if they made all 15 year old kids sit and watch this.

@Melvvynfirmager

9 жыл бұрын

jaystretch01 Yes, i think you are right, unfortunately. It is a curious tradition here in the UK and Europe as a whole, to take an interest in American music. Many of us love country, bluegrass, mountain music/old timey, western swing, cajun, Zydeco, jazz, and especially blues.... it has been a life time interest of mine for sure. When i was young back in the 50s there was a big interest in traditional jazz, and then the blues. Indeed it was us who took it back to the States rekindling it there. Of course these music forms have their origins in Europe, especially Scotland, Ireland and England, and adding on the appalling slave trade, especially from/through England - forever our shame. the suffering is immeasurable. Yet the astoundingly vibrant music that has manifested from all of that, has been profound.From suffering can come good - a balance maybe. From the depths of despair...... Changing tack some, in a sense, may I suggest you pursue Lonnie Donegan on You Tube and Spotify. He started out playing jazz banjo and guitar, back in the late forties, and joined the Chris Barber Jazz and Blues Band (It was Chris who first brought Muddy Waters to the UK). Lonnie became a massive hit in the UK and Europe creating the 'Skiffle' movement, essentially combining blues, country, old time music - especially the music of Leadbelly and Guthrie. He had a long long career of performing all over the world, even having hits in the US back in the 50s. He had the voice of America, though Scottish/English. There are a wealth of traditional songs recorded by him. You'll need to put aside the novelty hit stuff and seek out the real music, that he was so good at. And, indeed, look up Chris Barber too, who is still going strong. And find something on Ottilie Patterson (Barber's wife) who was one of the great blues jazz singers. I have been fortunate in meeting both of them on occasions. Sadly Lonnie Donegan died a few years ago, but leaving a wealth of great music for us to appreciate. Sadly young people today don't know of him, yet for him we may not have The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Eric Clapton....... they and many others, pay tribute to him as their early inspiration. I see I have gone on some! I hope you don't mind. I have drifted from bluegrass some too. But then for me it is all the 'same'. Different styles, but the same feeling, the same magic. Oh, i really should stop, but feel the need to acknowledge native Americans in all of this. People so put upon, by 'white' man. I have a strong spiritual connection with you all, including in my healing work. i have travelled to 27 States of America through the years, and made it my business to connect. One Choctaw woman i met in Oklahoma asked me, 'did we play cowboys and Indians when young in the UK, and did you all want to be cowboys?' I affirmed. She said 'so did we, but we all wanted to be the Indians'. Well I am too old to play now, but if i did, I would be happy to be an 'Indian'!!

@Melvvynfirmager

9 жыл бұрын

freedomisnocrime Many thanks for your response, most kind. Lots to take in and pursue in your comments. i will do so anon. I actually came to this page, through Spotify and a recording by Doug Kershaw and Steve Riley - raw cajun music, that kind of reminded me of Alan Lomax Library of Congress LPs (even though this album was recorded 2014) i collected many years ago. I found myself here and and found myself appalled by the nastiness of one guy - rabid spoutings, lashing into atheist and Jews etc. totally off the wall. I reacted to that, in that surely You Tube is here to share, not abuse. So thought i would write something that folk might find interesting and enjoyable - sharing regardless of race, creed, colour etc. And learn something they probably didn't know about. i am really glad that at least one person has found it so. Gallagher and Donegan - i had completely forgot that. Thank you for the apt reminder, great version of that old song. it has an interesting real history too. The original Lonnie version was cut whilst he was in the Chris Barber band, with Chris on double bass instead of trombone. this recording started the skiffle movement, back in 53 i believe, that swept the UK and much of the world as already related, and so the rock and roll movement here. He almost single handedly changed musical history for ever - ironically by playing traditional music in a new way, that rarely moved far from the traditions. As you have mentioned Gallagher, i wonder if you have heard the Belfast recording of Lonnie and Van Morrison? and of Muleskinner Blues studio album, also with Van. Not available on Spotify, but is on Amazon. it has the most wonderful version of Alabammy Bound. i have it on in the car frequently. I don't normally have the time write at this length, but felt moved to go a 'bit' further!

Wish this stuff would never die, probably not much left of those days. Love the music and the joy of these people. Where else do you see seniors dancing like they were in their teens.

@CindySweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

There's more of this kind of music around than you know. Lots of dulcimer players and dulcimer clubs and festivals all over the country and beyond.

@homesickclifford1966

6 жыл бұрын

iz Zz It won't but you got to do your part learn about it play it if its in your blood you HAVE to!!😯

@blackjackmusic1107

6 жыл бұрын

It aien't dyin any time soon...From Rosine Ky.

@thepincushionman7063

5 жыл бұрын

It's amazing, I'm from this area. I never knew it was so amazing until I left and found the the rest of the world.

@chardee6996

5 жыл бұрын

Look up the channel GemsOnVHS here on youtube and you can find a whole movement of neo-folk/ragtime/jug bands and even more than that. It's still alive but it's just not in the spotlight like it used to be.

First saw this 30 years ago on TV in the UK. I loved it. In Suffolk, we still had people like these fellas singing, step dancing and playing melodeon. All gone now though.

@hetrodoxly1203

3 жыл бұрын

There's people still doing it, search Suffolk step dancing on here.

@emmaphilo4049

3 жыл бұрын

@@hetrodoxly1203 😎🆒 I will search, I love anything UK (well almost anything lol)

@hetrodoxly1203

3 жыл бұрын

@@emmaphilo4049 Every area had it's own dance and every dancer had their own style, here's a night in a Suffolk pub. kzread.info?search_query=suffolk+step+dancing Here's some English fishermen. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIFt1Kdte5OfYs4.html Going north it turns into clogging.

My Scots Irish forefathers came to this land as conquerors I make no excuses we came and took this land and held it I have no guilt for taking and holding land this has been the history of all of history

Alan Lomax documented and catalogued a lot of types of Americana in terms of music....a great man

I was born deaf raised on farm n surviving... I'm From Kentucky and I live up in mountain as a hillabilly..I pick n play guitar n we r smarter than those most knows n or think we r dumb... Wer not .we Kno how to live! This lifestyle is way better than any place in the world that I rather be.!!! God bless you and your family ♥️

@waynegouin939

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Candy. Just because you cant hear dont mean shit. It makes you more perceptive with your other senses. And smarter than most people. Some consider it a gift from God. You sound like a wonderful person to me. Rev.

@cappystrano1

4 жыл бұрын

Uh! Down boy

@justinwright5799

4 жыл бұрын

What part of Ky I’m from Letcher County

@thomasredmond4138

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Candy, how are you doing

Alan Lomax - a priceless collector of human culture. The man made living history...

@dawggonevidz9140

Ай бұрын

discovering his work is a rite of passage for any musician today, we're so blessed to have had him and his work. And when you look around at what our culture is today, what this became, it is worth remembering in 50 more years, generations unborn will be poorer if there isn't an Alan Lomax curating our present time into the same kind of treasure for them.

It hurts my heart to think that some of these older folks aren't around anymore. So much history and tradition gone with them..

When you understand Appalachian so well you get shocked that subtitles are on the video.

@theirreverentreader6970

3 жыл бұрын

They speak a dialect. My grandfather was from Arkansas and had a similar dialect. "We are going to have to" becomes "we're unna'av'n'a" and northerner's ears don't know what unna'av'n'a means. Lol.

I wish, I wish I would have sat and really listened to the ol' folk tell their stories when I was younger and they were still here. I had such a great opportunity to learn first hand and snubbed my nose at it.

@michaelmarler7016

4 жыл бұрын

I hear ya woman.

@chadnichols3075

3 жыл бұрын

Hindsight is 2020.. 😁🖒🖒

RAISED IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA BEAUTIFUL LAND AND BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE🌲🌳🍁🍂

Irish, Scots, English, Welsh, We love Appalachia!

@MonsieurPogo

6 жыл бұрын

Les Canadiens-français itou !

@helencampbell2248

5 жыл бұрын

sounds like my DNA Highlanders

@Diddley-js6lf

5 жыл бұрын

#* exactly right i did my DNA recently and found i was Scot/ Irish and the other half English 99% European Heritage

@lukeedwards8018

5 жыл бұрын

@@Diddley-js6lf but where does it go from there

@tommypetraglia4688

5 жыл бұрын

And Melugeons

I have lived in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in extreme southwest Virginia all my life. I will die here. I am blessed to live in this beautiful place. Also, I am of Melungeon descent. My family being some of the first to settle in Wise County, Wise, Virginia.

@mgr6v382

9 жыл бұрын

With that last name Suzanna I would say you live near Haysi. Some on my best friends live there. I lived in Richlands for 14 years and can't wait to move back home!

@hillbillypicker4202

9 жыл бұрын

Suzanne, I think we a kin. I am from the Stallard Stephy line out of Wise County Va.

@matthughes5374

9 жыл бұрын

My mom's side of the family is from Wise County. They lived in a place called Cane Patch, until they moved up the road to Dunbar. I'm so blessed to have been able to call Southwest VA and Northeast TN my home.

@hilarysclark7357

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Smith, forgive me I just saw this. My children are Smith's, so I may be able to help you. My grandfather was R.E. Stallard, great great grandson of Wicklief and Louisa Nash. They were the first to settle an area on Coeburn Mountain known as Clark's Camp. During the Civil War, they built the Nash Homeplace. This is Suzanne Stallard, which is a ghost writing name. My real name is Hilary Suzanne Clark. My mom was a Stallard, my dad was a Clark.

@goldcherry103

6 жыл бұрын

matt hughes I have family in Smyth County, Virginia. How close or far is your hometown? Virginia is so lovely and peaceful.

This is the part of my childhood I miss so much !! My heart aches for those days of happiness, laughter , good honest people !!! We never locked are doors and use yo leave main door open and the screen door closed !!! I'm a my people ,hillbilly !! We never new we're poor !!! We had clean clothes ,one pair shoes ,all hand me downs !!! We cared water from a. Spring up the road !!! Then hand dug a well 12 feet deep 4 ft wide and then we used a rope and bucket !!! Mom used worshboard !!! Not wash board !! Then she got a ringer washer !! !!! We always listen to bluegrass country and folk music !!! It tears at my very soul Father Created to have this again ,to feel it see Zgrand paw and grandma !!! To see the old creeks and wade them bear foot. Hell I never wore shoes or a shirt ,most of time !!! It was normal for boys to play just in their cut offs !! To be able o fill the spring grass through young feet , to smell fresh cut grass ,to eat the best food you could have !! Watermelons apples ,gooseberries blackberries by the buckets ,fried apple and homage fried Apple pies on the wood cook stove ,to fell the heat of the pot belly stove and smell the wood smoke to hear the pop and crackle of the fire ,to see the glow of the fire and to fell the warm of it !! I stood around that old pot belly stove warming my backside then my frontside !!!!! WE WERE VERY RICH INTHOSE DAYS !! Rich of love ,spirit ,and family and friends !!! And people don't think FATHER IS REAL !! He sure as hell blessed me !!! That was a time children will never know !!! There is no growth without the struggle !!! WE WERE TRUELY FREE THEN !! 100 percent totally FREE !!! FATHER I THINK YOU FOR THAT LIFE ,THANK YOU FOR BLESSING ME AND GIVIN ME LIFE !!! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE AND TRY TO GIVE YOU MY ALL !!! YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR ME !!! Thank You Father !!!

@nottavictim5

6 жыл бұрын

that was beautiful poetry.

@maggieshort2402

5 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful testimony to how blessed we can be when we appreciate the basic joys of life, including some hard work that resulted in delicious food, wood burning fires crackling n popping. I do feel sorry for their lack of medical and dental care.

@thegravescave4752

4 жыл бұрын

I’m 36 years old and I was raised by my great grandparents, just the same way you explained! I miss them so much I would do anything to be with them right now. I was raised different than my friends and people of my age but I wouldn’t want it any other way! We were poor in money sense but I didn’t know it. We ate the best food and I had the best time of my life. Workin a garden and canning kept us fed good Beans and cornbread and fried potatoes are still the best thing to me that I could eat. They both passed away within 6 months of each other when I was 10 and my life hasn’t been the same since. I can’t wait until the day I am with them again.

@eunicestone838

3 жыл бұрын

You better lock your doors now. They will come in and steal you blind.

@eunicestone838

3 жыл бұрын

Where are you From? Im 62 and was raised the same way. It was newer times and there was 8 of us kids and mommy and daddy raised us the best they could. I'm proud to be a West Virginian

What a wonderous place. Im from manitoba canada and i always felt some kind of kinship with the appalacian

@davidcaskey4669

4 жыл бұрын

Come on down to West Virginia we'll treat you like family here

Alan Lomax and his sons made it possible for us to hear the music that is the beginnings of everything we listen to today. Now I get to hear the man himself speak. Thank you for this

Oh my goodness..watching the story tellers brought back such wonderful memories of my dad who was a wonderful story teller too..most folks kindly call him " lying Lloyd "...thank you so much for sharing this

@milascave2

4 жыл бұрын

rachael: Yea, that's the "Tall Tale," which is a dying art form. Nobody is supposed to believe that it is true, and that is a big part of what makes it funny.

No matter what they believe or where they live, all people love their music. Music is the blood of the soul.

@bob733333

4 жыл бұрын

Truth is #1 always. Look at the world now that it is based on lies and deception.

@eunicestone838

3 жыл бұрын

@@jim9930 got bit on by sack by a rattle snake.....next line anyone??

@eunicestone838

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Crum(Wayne county) WV. I've lived in KY, Illinois and Georgia. No place like home

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

WATCH THIS VIDEO! I just uploaded a KZread video which compares rare traditional recordings Appalachian traditional music with ancient British ballads. Here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4l70bmwd67dg6Q.html Feel free to explore my channel for more content about traditional music!

@emmaphilo4049

3 жыл бұрын

Music is emotions and feelings taking an organised soundwaves form, it's a magical art

i have always heard of Alan Lomax but never say him talk until now thanks

Those roots run deep and far. Daddy was born in 1929 and raised in Georgia, and he passed on most of these traditions (including teaching me to flatfoot or buck dance) to us. We would go to an old empty storage building with worn smooth pine floors. There would be live Bluegrass music. Sometimes my brothers would pick the banjo, guitar or mandolin. We would all buck dance around and around the parameter of the building till the early morning. The Wildwood flower was his favorite song. Ralph Stanley has a song called "The Wildwood flower Was My Daddy's Favorite Song" Sums up my Daddy's life. Played it at his funeral. Thanks for reminding me of where I came from, and I pray I will never outgrow my roots. Thank you Lord for me his daughter.

An enchanting blend of American culture! Why can't we do this now? Thanxs for the upload! Immensely enjoyable...

What a beautiful documentary, so much treasure! May the real music live on!

Very proud to be from these mtns. Lived in Boone my whole life

I feel like a kid again watching this , all the old timers i grew up around are passed away now. God bless them. Keep your strings in tune so I can hear that sweet melody when we meet again.

Thank you for this and thank you to the ones who had the insight way back then to get these historical precious people and their music on film! GOD BLESS you

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

WATCH THIS VIDEO! I just uploaded a KZread video which compares rare traditional recordings Appalachian traditional music with ancient British ballads. Here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4l70bmwd67dg6Q.html Feel free to explore my channel for more content about traditional music!

i've never been to N. America but if , i got no need for the "Big Apple" visit, give me Appalachian M. , i prefer a stay with the locals there.

@jlcrouse78

5 жыл бұрын

You would NOT be disappointed. I'm 2 hours from NY and 10 hours from where my family is from in the mountains of NC and there is no place like it! I hope you get to come sometime!

@glenngraham2766

5 жыл бұрын

come visit..you will be hard pressed to find better people then right here

@harleyg2342

5 жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in the New River Gorge West Virginia I had to leave and go in the New York State for work there was nothing here that was one thing I didn't want to do I came home and got married when I was 21 my wife was 18 we grew up together it broke my heart to leave here leaving the only thing that I new after 40 years I returned home but not to the Gorge my heart is broken every time I go to see the old home place because it's gone for good so you might say I came home to die I only wish I could have raise my kids the way I was raised that life is gone forever I love the mountains looking for ginseng that's what I did Growing Up.

@loriboufford6342

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck finding any...2019

@davidcaskey4669

4 жыл бұрын

@@harleyg2342 it's good that you made it back here to Wv I hope this text finds you in good health. I'll say a prayer for you in hopes your health will be better

Honest, hard working, kind, song full, modest, loving folks of Appalachia ... this special was really great! Thank you from 🇨🇦💜

Thank you, I really enjoyed this film! My Daddy was raised in Appalachia, and I am so proud of that! He is a wonderful man!

That fish story is almost identical to a Gaelic story told here in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia amongst Gaelic speakers.

Lordy, this is just a beautiful account of our past. God bless you.

Damn Alan Lomax did the world such a service with all the fantastic music he documented, forever grateful

I love this music , i love this culture it is so pure and wild ....

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

WATCH THIS VIDEO! I just uploaded a KZread video which compares rare traditional recordings Appalachian traditional music with ancient British ballads. Here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4l70bmwd67dg6Q.html Feel free to explore my channel for more content about traditional music!

Alan Lomax gives access to a little known part of America to a lot of people and all I hear from you grumblers is technical this accurate that, why can't you just enjoy the show? he is there talking to the people and getting it from them first hand, if you don't like it why do you watch it? I know that some of you haters have noting better to do but chill out a bit.

@virginianinperu

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Cook-Jones, Thank you Sir. That's the problem in America today, lack of pride in ones self and lack of respect for ones neighbor. I've seen some mighty poor remarks here. Makes me sad for them people. They got know heart, no spirit. Those haters need to come and know us personally. They will leave Appalachia as a different person, guaranteed!

@thepincushionman7063

5 жыл бұрын

Don't pay them any attention or feed any trolls. They're not happy with their own life or they wouldn't be here looking for a fight.

@THEWORDCHRISTIANMINISTRY

5 жыл бұрын

Amen Brother !

@popscyclep8084

3 жыл бұрын

They’re Hater Trolls

@jezebelle137

3 жыл бұрын

That's right.

Being English I feel proud that my British ancestors made this journey to the old colonies and after to become the roots of a future great nation.

I grew up that way in Texas. The're just country folks. I worked my butt off on the farm and ranch as a small kid and still do.You didnt even think about talking back to your momma and daddy like kids do now you'd get the snot beat out of you. And you did get up and go to work. My grandma was from the hills in Arkansas can still see her picking peas gathering them up in her dress with her bonnett on. My great grandma usto set on the porch and dip snuff with grandpa hell thats just normal living to me.

Wonderful documentary. I wish there were more story tellers in the world. I could sit for hours and not say a word. Just listening to these old story tellers. The last 5 minutes of this program are amongst the best I've ever seen. Those old boys laughing , huggin' and just singing away. I enjoyed this very much.

I'm blessed to be living in this Appalachian culture! Love these hills. Love these people.

Alan Lomax started collecting old time music as a young man, with his father in the 1930’s

Absolutely beautiful. Love the old folks and their skills such as they are and their dancing. American pure.

Salt Of The Earth.

Please ladies and gentlemen who are interested in the Appalachian heritage of southern agrarians where now our older homes are being trashed--Our towns are empty with boulevards offering Walmart and Dollar Stores, but I still long for the taste of home, the hymns of the church, and Sundays on the porch. Barbara Everett Heintz

@BarbaraEverettHeintz

9 жыл бұрын

This picture is a homecoming to an Appalachian heart, and I'm so hopeful that my book, "Pinkhoneysuckle," will help all of America to understand what is still being lost in the Mid-Atlantic Appalachians. It began with a government in the 1950s who forgot the role of small farms in food production and that our people worked for little enough all the factories need not have congregated north. Please check out, "Pinkhoneysuckle," Movie Option Film--Chase Chenowith, Producer, Author, Barbara Everett Heintz with a prologue by my brother, Robert Everett.

@charlesmadrie7006

3 жыл бұрын

,jJINgmhti

@charlesmadrie7006

3 жыл бұрын

0’pklkp I PoO@@BarbaraEverettHeintz ;

@SJ-ni6iy

3 жыл бұрын

I still live in Appalachia, we need jobs here in a bad way. More jobs and more rehabs to address in the meth/drug addiction.

Sure do miss my WNC mountains. Been in Ca. longer than I ever lived there, but I still call em home!

@pearlpurlperrell

7 жыл бұрын

Bet you someday you will go back. They say we always leave our hearts where our roots are. Happened to me,...lol. :)

@Whodaleewho

7 жыл бұрын

You're probably right, I'm looking to sell my house here in the Bay area and move back to the country. I might settle in Oregon or Idaho, but WNC will always be home. Where did you go back to? If you don't mind me asking. Just generally?

@Bravo2uniform

7 жыл бұрын

If I EVER get back to my Tennessee hills and mountains, I'm nailin' my foot to the floor!

@David-sc2ir

7 жыл бұрын

LOL spent 30 years in California but came back to my Virginia hills to retire.... I missed them (and the lower cost of living) :)

@Whodaleewho

7 жыл бұрын

I hear you, I'm 42 now and in 5 years I'm either going back to Graham Co. or i'm gonna end up in Idaho. Cheers from the Bay Area.

Thank you for this and thank you to the ones who had the insight way back then to get these historical precious people and their music on film! GOD BLESS

Good people...dulcimer..banjo..fiddle...best music on earth. Thanks for posting this.

I Love these mountains and the culture, I used to do that kind of dancing was fun to entertain people and at family reunions. I am from southern WestVirginia and still like to go back and look at the mountains and think of my coal mining days . I’m to old to do mining now but when I wars a young man I sure went into different mines some only 36 inches the music still lives in the hollows and valleys.

thanks big, please dig my grave 3 feet deeper too, cause I'll be taking my memories with me just the same. Another Alan Lomax treasure, thank you...

Raised in the high mountians of the Appalachia. I'm,proud of my heritage and southern draw. We lived close to,nature and god. And I still do,,,

My dad was from Harlan Ky he lived in Blackbottoms and I heard him speak of Brookside and Wallins Creek. He was one the finest men with best morals I ever knew.. At his funeral all his life long friends showed up and sang his praises of what a true and trustworthy man he was.. Appalachian grown and full of pride..wonderful father, husband and friend..married to my mom for 54 years and a served in Viet nam...my dad my hero

Appalachia is where I was born and raised. A little Greg History!!!!

@CharleysMom2

4 жыл бұрын

Greg Kelley me too

@davidcaskey4669

4 жыл бұрын

Where I was born ,raised ,worked trucking that black gold from the hills and where I'll die. Hillbilly for Life

@eunicestone838

3 жыл бұрын

Greg Kelley me too. From Crum, WV

Absolutely love the Appalachian Mountains!! first time I went there it was like I had come home....my ancestors lived there after coming to America from Ireland and Scotland/England back in the 1700s . Wonderful people and culture..

I am india I have been here since 1999 but I like mountain life style more than my on country. Thanks for this documentary

Grand daughter of a WVA coal miner here and remember my mother telling me the first 'song' I sang as a small child was "hang down your head Tom Duly....bound to die." My mom sang a lot of those old songs while doing chores. I'm glad to learn about it here. thank you!

@KimmyGibson

Жыл бұрын

still listening with tears as I hear words I'm familiar with....my mother singing....."16 tons and what did I get, another day older and deeper in debt.......owe my soul to the company store".

Thank you so much for these films!

watching this video you can see the roots of country music and bluegrass music

@stephenmurphy3116

6 жыл бұрын

foggy mountain breakdown

Absolutely fantastic. Goose bumps all the way. Touched something inside. From the New Forest, England.

Thank you so much for this story. I love his banjo and his fringe/armed coat. Man. Their music just hits a chord in your soul. Yes, we are proud of our Native American mixture and heritage! You darn skippy!

These people are survivors. If the shit ever hits the fan, these people will be living just about the same.

@davekeays

8 жыл бұрын

Chances are the 1st word of the 2nd sentence should be "when" not "if".

@goldcherry103

6 жыл бұрын

Tri Cities I agree. It wouldn't hurt those who can survive off the land and stock food/necessities. It would mainly hurt those who have a lot of "wants". Good point.

@thepincushionman7063

5 жыл бұрын

Tri Cities is my home.

@THEWORDCHRISTIANMINISTRY

5 жыл бұрын

That's the plan. Living life. We'll be doing just we're supposed to be doing - Spreading the Gospel Of JESUS CHRIST, and occupying until HE returns. Luke 19:13 - And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. That is to say, The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal, 1Corinthians 12:7. And as every one has received the gift, so let him minister the same, 1Peter 4:10.

@mac227booms

5 жыл бұрын

Marc C amen brother!! We’ll be doing fine down here in Mississippi too.

A lot of these songs give me a lump in my throat. Great documentary!

Sheila Barnhill has a beautiful loretta lynn voice... very good singer and some days I find myself wishing for this simple life. I grew up in the simple life. And man as I get older I miss it more and more....

@thomasredmond4138

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sheila, how are you doing

3:25 Reminds me of my Grandmother, and i could listen to her Sing all day long, it is the Music that lives in us, that no Man can put out, our God is mighty, and our Jesus is the Healer, don't need no Man tell us what to do, for God has Promised, and i will take that Promise to my very end, Amen!!!

@light_and_sound

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

It goes back to you can take the man from the mountains but you can't take the mountain from the man. Love the mountains, love the culture and especially the music!!!

I wish folks here would stop nit picking and point scoring for facts, just enjoy the film and be positive about it. Enjoy..x

Alan Lomax did such a fantastic job with this documentary. I had dozed off last night and woke up to it, and was so pleased with what I woke up to. I was raised partly detached from my mountain heritage but always connected on my mother's side. Never knew much about my dad's till recently but still not much. I got pure feelings of connection here and a greater understanding of the natural and instinctive nature I find deep within myself that guides me through life. Can't get this out of my blood. Wouldn't want to if I could.

I'm Basque, northern Spain and I know some of my great-great grandparents moved to the Appalachian as they were farmers. So I guess I have family there who I don't know. What I know is that I always loved this music, these land, these people. Amazing video!

@spanishwithlex

3 жыл бұрын

@Erik Wesley you definitely have some Basque culture inside you 💚

@thomasredmond4138

3 жыл бұрын

Hi lex, how are you

@M4R1N4

Жыл бұрын

This is interesting! My grandfather was born in West Virginia, but his parents and siblings were born in Spain! We could be related :)

Oh my god! I loved this. So very cool and so very interesting. Definitely in my top five youtube videos ever, and trust me I have watched a lot. Loved it. And that woman at the beginning I could listen to her sing all day.

@thomasredmond4138

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Charlotte, how are you doing

Now that's journey for ya. Thanks Alan.

Even if all the details weren't quite accurate, this was a breath of fresh air and extremely enjoyable.

My father was born 1936 or 35. He says he doesn't honestly know his real age. The youngest boy of a family of 9. He was born in the mts of Tennessee. Lived very rural. Hardcore. A great man. Passed away at 80 yrs. A great storyteller. A folklore class is how I was taught. He met my mother in the Adirondack mts of upstate ny. I am white 50 yr old male. Blessed .

That woman's voice at around the 3 min mark is amazing

@Alhamdulillahist

9 жыл бұрын

***** You mean 'black is the colour (of my true love's hair)'?

@2HRTS1LOVE

5 жыл бұрын

That's a classic mountain voice. If you've never seen the movie Songcatcher, it's worth it for the music alone.

@dollywoodrailfan1051

5 жыл бұрын

Shelia Kay Adams

@ozarkmountains4947

4 жыл бұрын

Bull shit

@M4R1N4

Жыл бұрын

@@2HRTS1LOVE I saw that film when I lived in Lexington, KY back in 2001. I'd love to watch it again!

These are wholesome decent Good People we need a lot more of them in this world.

It take guts to leave ones home for a new life knowing it's possible your never go back. When i see someone who comes to the US or any other place for a better life i respect them for living and working in a. Strange land takes guts

@mikey_fixed

3 жыл бұрын

Here I am reading comments from 4+ years ago. You and I are probably the only ppl watching this right now

@bluueberry

3 жыл бұрын

@@ayyyooo1744 And me! I love the memories made spending summers with my grandparents and cousins in Andrews NC. They talked very much like these wonderful people.

Hadn't heard about blockading and guagers for years....made this 'ol Hillbilly feel good!

The Appalachian people have been misunderstood for years, Said to be ignorant and so on. They are Human Beings who went into and born in those mountains long before this country came into what American author Mark Twain called the era of industrialization. In which WE mainly killed off so much of nature and the ozone that no one knows the amount of damage done today. The people who lived in the Appalachian mountains lived off the land as their forefathers did. They are great people and come from all types of genealogy.

@GeorgeBonez

8 жыл бұрын

+Augest West And those people of the Appalachian are all but gone now. The few that are left are nothing more than tourist spectacles. The true heart of the people  have been replaced by liberal Northerners that have come in and BOUGHT IT ALL and their families have been run off to the flats. The Mountains are being COVERED with Luxury cabins so that everyone can experience the Mountain life..... These are the most sickening days in the Appalachian mountain! You can thank RICH LIBERAL NORTHERNERS for this! They have destroyed the vary thing that attracted them in the 1st place. This is called the "second wave" of colonization from the north.. The irony is that the 2nd wave destroyed the traditionalism of the 1st.

@ripplemeinwater1

8 жыл бұрын

That's a damn shame. Is it like all the people being let into the country now? Or is it just a product of need?

@Hypedhopes19

8 жыл бұрын

+GeorgeBonez As they are destroying all original communities and cultures in the USA.

@freebethlehem6813

8 жыл бұрын

+GeorgeBonez say that's not true gentrification by yuppies I hate liberal whites they are the least unique of all white people they have absolutely no culture at all I would love to learn more about what going on down there .you from the mountains greeting from Canada .

@ripplemeinwater1

8 жыл бұрын

I must agree that the over population and rich anglo saxon and even black and other races building these million dollar homes in places where once the people were happy, Content, Didn't have BMW'S and AUDI'S driving around their mountains. Sitting on a porch playing music and sipping wine or what have you. Minding their own damn buisness then in come the tree cutters, Then up go these communities most of them gated. To me it's a shame, Does it bring money to the local economy? Jobs? Or is it the people who move in who get all the jobs and the taxes if any go to the pockets of politicians. I just took a quick look at real estate in those areas and I am appalled.

Awesome film. A real treasure!

Born and breed in Kentucky. My mother was born in Butcher holler. In 1934 visited growing up from a small child now im 48 love the Hills long walks meeting new faces. Listening to the music .. Im honored to come from the heritage that i was born in

This’s amazing video it’s good to watch back the old day.

Has anyone considered putting the Cherokee influence other than a brief portion of the story into the discussion . If it weren't for the grace of the Cherokee many of the apalacion settlers would not have survived

@kevinbeckley5591

4 жыл бұрын

Simply not true.

@jillsmcfarland2001

3 жыл бұрын

Only the winners write history.

@jdk67

3 жыл бұрын

The Cherokee are a civilized tribe, my great grandfather married a Cherokee. We have great respect for their tribe. They are a mighty people and all my love goes out to them.

@bda2444

2 жыл бұрын

Because of Fort point pleasant many of us have mixed Shawnee and Blackfoot in S WV_ a Cherokee and Shawnee were much blended, after the French war and settled tazewell VA and westvirgina. So long as they had a last name they could buy land. Although I look Scot and my husband Irish _ both our grandparents are in the Shawnee line from early VA. Most north east native tribes didn't vanish_ they wed black or white and melted into the population. The journals and family bibles of mountain folks attests to these facts. During the same time _ you had the mixed Portuguese and mixed native families from forts _ many natives having more than one wife and not all of them pure blood native _ trappers often had mixed offspring. Some of the town's in KY and WV already had mixed blood land owners and businesses and those were never part of the drive toward western reservations. As history is off written by the winner_ many mixed had already pushed west when the influx of European colonists grew. Not counting indentured, they had already experienced ostracism because of their caste and or denominations _ which would become primitive Baptist and the like.... and the Scots Irish as well as German who came later, though experiencing their own shunning by northern societies, often settled together in clannish groups. Contrary to a lot of narratives folks in KY and WV were already mixed blood, some having as many as 5 different mixed ancestors who married across race and religious barriers. My husbands ancestry was a ferrymen who recorded all deeds and marriages on the new river around and outside forts. There are fewer (white) than mixed because of the forts and wars and the sides the Indians took_ Shawnee and Blackfoot fighting with the English. In the mountains where you had hilltop farming _ the Irish and Scot found their brides and husband's among the hollows and communities _ there was not as much aversion to them as there was from the Germans and others who preferred to marry their own because the struggle was a shared one. In the later mining camps this was true of polish Jews and blacks who worked the mines with whites. My WV history teacher was a 6 foot tall half black half Cherokee whose gf fled to WV _ later the mines and was hid in 1860. Bottom line there's exceptions to everything and mountain settlers were varied_ some trappers who already lived with the natives and many from the forts who established the settlements that became towns. Most families grew up with letters, journals and bibles as well as oral histories of their ancestry_ we have Norwegian _ Portuguese from the slavers and blackfoot _ English and Shawnee and Italian _ so truly a melting pot. Those who understand the bible know the story of noahs sons and that Japheth would have fathered the Europeans. But more importantly any student of history knows in the migrations from the middle east and across Europe as well as slave trade of every race from conquered lands and raids_ that the new land that became a refuge so to speak, among the poor and outside upper society _race and ethnic background mattered little. WV like many states had no slaves amid these classes_ the VA landowners holding most for labor. Like the natives who were enslaved in early calf or the imported Asians building the rails_ the so called lower class was a mixed multitude from the earliest colonial period. It's best when studying these people to understand that census takers were often illiterate and classified race differently post civil war__ it's also best to keep in context the reasons folks lied or hedged about their mixed race. I've seen a dozen of these features and tho I identify with many being the youngest of 9 and having lived that tough life__ we had books despite bad schools and most WW2 vets like Dad _ Iwojima purple heart_ kept stacks of books bartered and traded. The churches oft had libraries and tho the 2 room school had a wood burner and inferior teachers in the 60s, poverty didn't always equate to ignorance. I've studied history for 40 years _ and in particular our people from colonial America and back into parts of Europe _ my husband has his Irish and Scot ancestry as well as his gf in the male line of chief cornstalk _ I consider the mountain folk _ many outside the enclaves of a single immigrant group, a fascinating mix and a testament to the old world struggles and the spirit of men seeking self determination, women with grit_ and how they identified with native americans. Having either been conquered for land, persecuted for religion, or oppressed by aristocratic landowners_ Pioneers and trappers _ the ferrymen and explorers_ they were never meant to live among the NY and Boston elites or be satisfied in the industrial workhouse that was northern slavery. It was violent and segregated in cities, slums and backbreaking work for pennies. It was gangs and bosses and thugs. The upper and lower never mixed. But in the mountains, as tough as survival was_ it didn't matter where or who you came from, there was no oppressive hierarchy and folks lived by their self determined choices. The Irish and Scot understood this spirit having their histories of struggle and their religious wars_ the Celts had been conquered by the Franks and the Romanians had paid themselves into poverty to overlords, the Jewish expulsions & inquisitions, the French reign of terror, England's 100 years war_ all of that is a part of the story in which people started over with nothing in a new land, carrying their ancestry and adapting to where they put down new roots. The mountains have their own perils and challenges_ the life & struggle molds folks into as unique a character as the cowboy, the lumberjack or the fisherman. Unapologetic and deserving of respect, you earn respect amid these types, not for the happenstance of your skin or ethnicity, but for your overall character. Skills were taught/exchanged and carried from their own people as well as the native knowledge of flora and fauna. The human story of how people of like minds cared about the survival of all.

Major props to these people I couldn’t live like that