Fiddlers at Glenville Folk Festival, Glenville, W.Va.

Identifier:

026275

Collection Number:

A&M 3461

Title:

Fiddlers at Glenville Folk Festival, Glenville, W.Va.

Description:

'The ancient technique of 'beating the strings.' Andrew Burnside bows the melody while Gilbert Massey beats the strings. The music has a vaguely oriental flavor, but the tune 'Hell up Cold Holler' is as occidental as Bourbon and branch water.'

Subjects:

Folk Festivals--Glenville Folk Festival--Foster Collection., Fiddlers--West Virginia--Glenville., Folk festivals--West Virginia--Glenville.

Personal Names:

Massey, Gilbert., Burnside, Andrew.

Corporate Names:

Glenville Folk Festival (Glenville, W. Va.)

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView