Snow Bird On The Ash Bank

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Tune Title

Artist

Salem Highballers

Year

1929

Media Source

From the Collection of John Coffey

Notes

Henry McCray, fiddle; Robert McCray, banjo ; Carl McCray, guitar; Fred McCray, guitar

Collections Reference

John Coffey Collection

Label

Okeh

Catalog Number

45455

Matrix Number

403174-A

Track Order

2007.01

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Snow Bird On The Ash Bank

Fiddler Henry McCray, from the Catawba section of Roanoke County, Virginia, taught his sons to play, as his father had taught him, Beginning in 1925, the family band ~-- who never called themselves the "Salem Highballers" -- performed on WDBJ inRoanoke; and ihn 1929 they traveled to Richmond to record. The McCrays continued to play around the Roanoke area for many years, but never recorded again.

The Salem Highballers: Henry McCray, fiddle; Robert McCray, banio; Carl McCray, Fred McCray, guitars.

Richmond VA 10/18/29 OKeh 45455

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