Podcast appearances and mentions of melvin wine

From the playing of WV fiddler Melvin Wine. It closely resembles Texas/New Castle. Melvin remembered lyrics, too. It's origins go back to minstrel banjo.

From the playing of WV fiddler Melvin Wine. It closely resembles Texas/New Castle. Melvin remembered lyrics, too. It's origins go back to minstrel banjo.

Banjo: aEAC#E Derived from Melvin Wine's fiddling

Banjo: aEAC#E Derived from Melvin Wine's fiddling

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's friend is Scott Prouty. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV. Tunes in this episode: * Ira Mullins' Cluck Old Hen (0:54) * Thomas Dillon's Grey Eagle (15:21) * Trouble at the Border (Scott Prouty original) (32:00) * Lovely Jane (38:58) * Coal Harbor Bend (47:28) * Bonus Track: Indian and the Woodhen Buy Scott's album Shaking Down the Acorns from the Old-Time Tiki Parlour (https://oldtimetikiparlour.com/product/scott-prouty-shaking-down-the-acorns-cd-dvd-set/) Stream his album Puncheon Floor (https://open.spotify.com/artist/2dD9Tbjankz23zDW2yrBO1) Follow him on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/scott.prouty.319) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sprouty333/?hl=en) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band's website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/)

This week on the program, we feature music from The Mountain State. West Virginia has a rich musical heritage of both traditional and contemporary styles. We'll hear music from Tim O'Brien, Hazel Dickens, Jerry Douglas, Melvin Wine, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller. Tune in to hear some great music from West Virginia … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysThe Modock Rounders / “Rye Straw” / Home Music / Buffalo SkinnerTim O'Brien / “Grandma's Hands” / Where the River Meets the Road / Howdy SkiesMollie O'Brien & Rich Moore / “Love Runner” / Love Runner / Remington RoadRuss Barenberg, Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer / “Big Sciota” / Skip, Hop & Wobble / Sugar HillKate Long / “Who'll Watch the Home Place” / Pieces of Heart / EdnaHeidi Muller & Bob Webb / “Elk River Blues-West Virginia Hills” / Seeing Things / CascadeBob Heyer / “Cherry River Line” / That Lonesome Road / Table RockMelvin Wine / “Yew Piney Mountain” / Classic Old-time Fiddle / Smithsonian FolkwaysDwight Diller / “Abe's Retreat” / Just Banjo '99 Yew Pine Mountain MusicThe Modock Rounders / “Jimmy Johnson” / Home Music / Buffalo SkinnerHazel Dickens / “West Virginia My Home” / Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People / RounderKathy Mattea / “Pretty Bird” / Pretty Bird / Captain PotatoAndy FitzGibbon / “Shanghai” / The New Young Fogies Volume 1 / Self-producedThe Critten Hollow String Band / “Going to the West” / Cowboys and Indians / Yodel Ay HeeJesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “Fun's All Over” / Deep End Sessions Vol 2 / Deep End SessionsAlice Gerrard & Kay Justice / “Too Late, Too Late” / Tear Down the Fences / KbellPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

This is the version of Twin Sisters that I learned. The A part is similar to what most people play, but the B part has a "B" note, sorta similar to what Melvin Wine played. Does anyone else recognize this version of the tune ?

Three related tunes make for an interesting Tune of the Week. They're from Darley Fulks (Shoe Heels Crackin' on the Floor) and Melvin Wine and Dwight Diller (both playing Boatin' Up Sandy, but differently).

Three related tunes make for an interesting Tune of the Week. They're from Darley Fulks (Shoe Heels Crackin' on the Floor) and Melvin Wine and Dwight Diller (both playing Boatin' Up Sandy, but differently).

Here's an old tune played by Melvin Wine of WV learned from his father, Bob Wine. The B part goes into another mode, thus the intrigue of the tune. It's a fun one to play.

Here's an old tune played by Melvin Wine of WV learned from his father, Bob Wine. The B part goes into another mode, thus the intrigue of the tune. It's a fun one to play.

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's friend is Betsy Brown. We recorded this two weeks ago in her home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: * Going Back to Chattanooga (0:36) * Jonesboro (10:11) * Moses Hoe Your Corn (20:53) * Melvin Wine's Cold Frosty Morning (27:48) * Bob Tailed Mule (37:27) * Bonus track: Roy Marshall's Columbus Follow Betsy's blog Update from an Epidemic: https://betsybrownmd.substack.com/ Like and follow Victory Chicken String Band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorychickenstringband/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/ Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron's other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/ Check out Cameron's old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/

Mike Burn's first foray into Old-Time music was as a spoons player in the West Virginia University Forestry Club jug band. He soon moved on to guitar. The Forestry Club led him to Elkins for the Forest Festival where he heard Dwight Diller play in the banjo contest. It was the first time that Mike heard the clawhammer style of banjo playing and he instantly knew that was what he wanted to play. Back in Morgantown, Mike found Ron Mullenax and Jack Ramsey (who became his banjo mentor). Mike heard Highwoods at WVU around the same time and credits Highwoods fiddler, Walt Koken, as a major influence. Travelling to many old-time festivals held throughout WV, afforded Mike the opportunity to meet Melvin Wine, Glen and Delano Smith, Wilson Douglas, Woody Simmons, Carlos Dalton, Mose Coffman, and Sherman, Burl, Maggie, and Mr. Lee Hammons. In following years, he visited these folks at their homes and couldn't get enough of their music and stories. At a festival held at Pipestem State Park in WV, Mike heard Odell McGuire, Scott Nelson, Andy Williams, Brad Leftwich, Al Tharp, and David Winston playing some great, hard driving old time that reminded him of the Highwoods sound. Mike says, “I was now hooked on their brand of music. I followed the music to Lexington, Virginia for the 1975-76 Breaking up Christmas parties. Odell McGuire invited me to stay and I did.” During his time in Lexington, Mike met and became friends with Bruce Molsky, Chad Crum, James Leva, Steve Seal, and so many others. He started playing the fiddle after Odell McGuire told him there were too many banjo players in Lexington. He claims that he still plays the fiddle like a banjo: less notes and lots of rhythm. Mike met his wife, Mary Sue playing in a music session at “Breaking Up Christmas” in Lexington. Mike eventually got a “real Job” as a forester in central West Virginia and once again hooked up with Melvin Wine and Wilson Douglas with whom he played at several of the early Vandalia Gatherings. By 1980, Mike and Mary Sue had settled in Pocahontas County, both with teaching jobs. For an extended time, jobs, kids, and school activities distracted them from serious music playing. Encouragement from musician friends, especially Jay Lockman and Norris Long, and, in Mike's case, the desire to prove wrong his doctor's hopeless pronouncement about the recovery of a broken finger, propelled them back into the music. Their band, “Juanita Fireball and the Continental Drifters” debuted at the Pocahontas County Opera House in 2008 and has been playing ever since. Additionally, Mike and Mary Sue have joined other friends to play Blacksburg Square Dances and the Floyd Country Store. They recently participated in a recording project titled “Dolly & the Devil Festival Season” with musician friends from North Carolina and Virginia. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/story-sessions/support

Jake Krack is an exceptional fiddler within the old-time tradition. Most often performing with The Bing Brothers, Jake has won multiple awards and fiddling competitions across Appalachia. From early childhood, Jake was mentored by many legendary fiddlers including Melvin Wine. The remarkable relationship between Melvin and Jake is beautifully captured in the children's book Passing the Music Down. Jake was also the subject of the 2018 feature-length documentary Fiddlin'. Jake and The Bing Brothers were the final performance of The Pocahontas County Opera House in March of 2020. This performance was held in conjunction with a screening of Fiddlin'. Jake lives in Marlinton with his wife Katie and daughter Iris. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/story-sessions/support

A dance tune Melvin Wine learned from his fiddling father, Bob Wine. Melvin played confidently, briskly and fluidly. He must have been a challenge to keep up with, but great fun for a dance!

A dance tune Melvin Wine learned from his fiddling father, Bob Wine. Melvin played confidently, briskly and fluidly. He must have been a challenge to keep up with, but great fun for a dance!

Here's how Melvin Wine played a tune which is also found in the 1903 book of Irish fiddle tunes compiled by Chief Francis O'Neill, known as Mountain Hornpipe. I like this funny title given, though it sounds like skedaddling to me. If you hear how Melvin played fiddle in the recording with Carl Baron on banjo and Bob Carlin on guitar, you would hear how fast skedaddling really is. You can check out the current TOTW and hear it.

Here's how Melvin Wine played a tune which is also found in the 1903 book of Irish fiddle tunes compiled by Chief Francis O'Neill, known as Mountain Hornpipe. I like this funny title given, though it sounds like skedaddling to me. If you hear how Melvin played fiddle in the recording with Carl Baron on banjo and Bob Carlin on guitar, you would hear how fast skedaddling really is. You can check out the current TOTW and hear it.

For this week’s program we’ll feature the new recordings Old-Time Sweethearts Volume 1 & 2 on the Dittyville label. These recordings offer some great old-time duets from Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, Audrey & Bruce Molsky and others. We'll also scatter recordings by The Blue Sky Boys, Robin & Linda Williams, Ken & Brad Kolodner and many more. Join us for some great old-time music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #21-17: Old-Time Duets Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Shakin' Down the Acorns” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-produced Carl Jones & Erynn Marshall / “I Need You” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / Dittyville Ken & Brad Kolodner / “Wild Bill Jones” / Stony Run / Fenchurch The Blue Sky Boys / “Katy Dear” / Are You From Dixie / RCA-BMG Tyler Grant & Robin Kessinger / “Flop Eared Mule” / Kanawha County Flatpicking / Grant Central Robin & Linda Williams / “High Atmosphere” / Sugar for Sugar / Sugar Hill Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “West Virginia Polka” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / Dittyville Frank & Allie Lee / “You Are My Flower” / Treat a Stranger Right / Bake Tone John Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “You Ever Heard Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring Fed John Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring Fed Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-Produced Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small / “Sunny Side of Life” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / Dittyville The Everly Brothers / “Down in the Willow Garden” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear Family Blake & O'Brien / “Tennessee Wagoner” / Be Ready Boys / Shanachie Brother Boys / “Band Box” / Presley's Grocery / Sugar Hill Erynn Marshall, Carl Jones, Rachel Eddy & Em Hammonds / “She Was Bold and Daring” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.1 / Dittyville Sara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family The Horsenecks / “Melvin Wine's Uncle Pen” / Started Out in Town / Old-Time Tiki Parlour Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Our diligent TOTW presenter, Carl Baron, gave us four versions of Wednesday Night Waltz to hear. I chose the ones from the Kessinger Brothers, because Clark Kessinger was such an influential fiddler in his day, and from Melvin Wine, who Carl actually got to play in West Virginia with back in the day.

Our diligent TOTW presenter, Carl Baron, gave us four versions of Wednesday Night Waltz to hear. I chose the ones from the Kessinger Brothers, because Clark Kessinger was such an influential fiddler in his day, and from Melvin Wine, who Carl actually got to play in West Virginia with back in the day.

"Jack of All Trades" is a tune I learned from Melvin Wine and has over the last five years, or so, become almost a standard in some of the jams that I play in. From the Vintage Wine cassette notes "This old tune comes from Melvin's father." I did try to find more information on the tune on line and from Drew Beisswenger, who wrote a Ph.D. thesis on Melvin, but we both came up blank.

"Jack of All Trades" is a tune I learned from Melvin Wine and has over the last five years, or so, become almost a standard in some of the jams that I play in. From the Vintage Wine cassette notes "This old tune comes from Melvin's father." I did try to find more information on the tune on line and from Drew Beisswenger, who wrote a Ph.D. thesis on Melvin, but we both came up blank.

Banjo gDGde. Playing along with Melvin Wine's fiddling from a solo track on Augusta Heritage "One More Time: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine" DVD-CDRom set.

Banjo gDGde. Playing along with Melvin Wine's fiddling from a solo track on Augusta Heritage "One More Time: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine" DVD-CDRom set.

Banjo gDGde. Playing along with Melvin Wine's fiddling from a solo track on Augusta Heritage "One More Time: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine" DVD-CDRom set.

A tune I learned while playing banjo to Melvin Wine's fiddling. aDAde

A tune I learned while playing banjo to Melvin Wine's fiddling. aDAde

A tune I learned while playing banjo to Melvin Wine's fiddling. aDAde

A tune I learned while playing banjo to Melvin Wine's fiddling. aDAde

Played in the key of A using the "John Brown's Dream" or Low Bass tuning--a A(low) A C# E. Banjo is a Fairbanks Whyte Laydie #2.

Played in the key of A using the "John Brown's Dream" or Low Bass tuning--a A(low) A C# E. Banjo is a Fairbanks Whyte Laydie #2.

Played in the key of A using the "John Brown's Dream" or Low Bass tuning--a A(low) A C# E. Banjo is a Fairbanks Whyte Laydie #2.

Played in the key of A using the "John Brown's Dream" or Low Bass tuning--a A(low) A C# E. Banjo is a Fairbanks Whyte Laydie #2.

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is fiddler Sophie Enloe; we recorded this at her house in Portland when I was home for Christmas. She chose a bunch of bonkers tunes that I fully intend on actually learning someday. Especially Sift the Meal and Save the Bran. Tunes we’ll play: Cold Frosty Morning Bonaparte’s Retreat Christmastime in the Morning Sift the Meal and Save the Bran Lost Girl Bonus Track: Bile Dem Cabbage Down Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool

A beautiful, archaic-sounding tune from the beloved West Virginia fiddler Melvin Wine. From a late night Clifftop 2016 session with Rhys Jones and Tashina Clarridge, fiddles; Brendan Doyle, banjo; Erica Weiss, guitar; Simon Chrisman, bass. Recorded by Keith Stubbs.

A beautiful, archaic-sounding tune from the beloved West Virginia fiddler Melvin Wine. From a late night Clifftop 2016 session with Rhys Jones and Tashina Clarridge, fiddles; Brendan Doyle, banjo; Erica Weiss, guitar; Simon Chrisman, bass. Recorded by Keith Stubbs.

For the November 2015 Virtual Fiddle Festival. Melvin Wine's Cold Frosty Morning (AEAE). SEE ALSO: some slowed down loops of Melvin bowing the tune: http://coldfrostymorning.com (video) and moi...

For the November 2015 Virtual Fiddle Festival. Melvin Wine's Cold Frosty Morning (AEAE). SEE ALSO: some slowed down loops of Melvin bowing the tune: http://coldfrostymorning.com (video) and moi...

aDAde - derived from Melvin Wine's fiddling. Not exactly as in my Banjo Newsletter tab of 31 years ago (February, 1984).

aDAde - derived from Melvin Wine's fiddling. Not exactly as in my Banjo Newsletter tab of 31 years ago (February, 1984).

aDAde - derived from Melvin Wine's fiddling. Not exactly as in my Banjo Newsletter tab of 31 years ago (February, 1984).

Melvin Wine, the great West Virginia fiddled learned this from his father and it goes back to one of his great-grandfather Smithy's favorite tunes. This is for TOTW.

Melvin Wine, the great West Virginia fiddled learned this from his father and it goes back to one of his great-grandfather Smithy's favorite tunes. This is for TOTW.

A current favorite. This really is a *fiddle* tune - a lovely and haunting one. Normally I play quite a bit differently when fitting in with another instrument. But instead this is me trying to be a little more accurate with the melody, and trying to sound like the version I heard on Christian Wig's "Lost Indian" CD, and he got it from Melvin Wine of course. The structure is interesting. AAbAACC is a good guess (though I don't actually start and stop it in those places here). The low 'A' part is played twice, then just three beats for 'b', a short 'howl' (the fiddle plays a low A I don't have on the banjo - unfortunately), then two 'A'-parts again, then the 'C's

A current favorite. This really is a *fiddle* tune - a lovely and haunting one. Normally I play quite a bit differently when fitting in with another instrument. But instead this is me trying to be a little more accurate with the melody, and trying to sound like the version I heard on Christian Wig's "Lost Indian" CD, and he got it from Melvin Wine of course. The structure is interesting. AAbAACC is a good guess (though I don't actually start and stop it in those places here). The low 'A' part is played twice, then just three beats for 'b', a short 'howl' (the fiddle plays a low A I don't have on the banjo - unfortunately), then two 'A'-parts again, then the 'C's

We find this Melvin Wine fiddle tune irresistible. A pal of mine recorded Jimmy Triplett playing it at a workshop and brought it to our attention. I'm playing my 1927 Gibson resonator banjo capoed up two frets. It's the only banjo I've ever owned that sounds as good capoed as without one.

We find this Melvin Wine fiddle tune irresistible. A pal of mine recorded Jimmy Triplett playing it at a workshop and brought it to our attention. I'm playing my 1927 Gibson resonator banjo capoed up two frets. It's the only banjo I've ever owned that sounds as good capoed as without one.

We find this Melvin Wine fiddle tune irresistible. A pal of mine recorded Jimmy Triplett playing it at a workshop and brought it to our attention. I'm playing my 1927 Gibson resonator banjo capoed up two frets. It's the only banjo I've ever owned that sounds as good capoed as without one.