Miscellaneous

From the book The First Forty Years Of The Galax Old Fiddlers Convention by Herman K. Williams

From the book The First Forty Years Of The Galax Old Fiddlers Convention by Herman K. Williams

Band 1st place winners from the April 1935 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention. The first contest at Galax

Left to right - seated, Crockett Ward, Dr. W. P. Davis; standing, Uncle Alex Dunford, Fields Ward, Wade Ward

Pariseau's Orchestra

Here's a photo of Otto Wood at age 19. Thanks go to Gregg Kimball for finding and shareing this great photo!

Hubert Caldwell of Shorts Creek, Virginia at Galax Old Fiddler's Convention in the late 60's. Picture from Airstream Life by Mark Sanderford.

Joe Forrester, Uncle Bob Cates, Howdy and Clyde Forrester - Not sure where exactly I came up with this great photo. From the Internet somewhere.

Wilfred Guillette of Vermont, photo gleaned from The Digital Folk Life page on Face Book .

Kenny Hall Etching by Harry Liedstrand

Bill Northcutt photo gleaned fron the Internet

From Texas Slick Jones & Elmo Newcomer - photo gleaned from Facebook.

Alvis Massengale  photo gleaned from the Internet

Charles Carr & Uncle Dick Hutchison - photo gleaned from the OOP LP Old Time Fiddlin'

Photo gleaned from the out of print LP Old Style Texas & Oklahoma Fiddlin' 

Raymond Melton - Photo by Bosco Takaki

Fiddlin' Van Kidwell - Photo by Bosco Takaki

Sherman Hammons - Photo by Bosco Takaki

Maggie Hammons - Photo by Bosco Takaki

Burl Hammons - Photo by Bosco Takaki

Special Collections UT-Arlington

Old Fiddlers Contest, 1901 

Credit: Jack White Photograph Collection

The Old Fiddlers Contest was held at Fort Worth City Hall on April 12-13, 1901. Sponsored by the Robert E. Lee Camp, United Confederate Veterans, the contest featured participants from across north Texas who had been playing the fiddle for 25 to 60 years. Fort Worth photographer Charles L. Swartz assembled the group on the steps of City Hall to commemorate the occasion.

Henry C. Gilliland (Parker County) won first prize, a gold watch, plus best “Dixie” and best “Arkansaw (sic) Traveler.” J.K.P. Harris (Granbury) won a silver watch for second prize and was deemed the most handsome. Third prize, a suit of clothes, went to Ed L. Taylor (Weatherford). Additional prizes went to: O.P Simms (84, Plano) the oldest and whitest hair; M.J. or W.J. Bonner (Fort Worth), smallest foot and shortest; J.J. Roberts (Springtown), tallest; T.A. Furlough (Hood County), largest foot and ugliest; W.J. Winniford ( Lancaster), one-eyed; Dr. H.R. Gray (Kaufman County), oldest violin and longest beard; John A. Young (Paris), bald-headed and best rebel yell; and Steve S. Atkins, the second bald-headed prize. Other contestants were T.C. Adams (Fort Worth), J.M. Ginn (Navarro County), J.C. Miller (Tarrant County), and J.E. Ross (Lindale).

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Corklickers & Lorne Greene - photo gleaned from Facebook

Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers poster - photo courtesy of Faith Dominy and B. Matthew Neiburger

Greg Hooven at his home in Pipers Gap, 1989 - Photo by Faith Dominy

Larry & Doc Corn - Photo courtesy of Larry, Doc Corn's grandson

Harvey “Pappy” Taylor of Effingham, Illinois - gleaned from the Internet somewhere

Dean Reed & Alan Jabbour - photo gleaned from the Internet somewhere.

Bubba George 1980 - Photo by Faith Dominy

Travis & Trevor Stuart Galax 1989 - photo by Faith Dominy

Benton Flippen and Richard Bowman, Elk Creek 1989 - photo by Faith Dominy

Roan Mountain Hilltoppers with Harold Hausenfluck, Galax 1985. Photo by Faith Dominy

Bob Wills - photographer unknown. 

Ralph Blizard - unknown photographer

Johnny Hager and Ed Haley at Webster Springs Hotel in Webster Springs, WV, 1914. Photo courtesy of Joe Mullins family. Photo gleaned from the Ed Haley Face Book page.

Tom Fuller - gleaned from the Internet somewhere.

Charlie Kinney - gleaned from the internet somewhere

Uncle Jimmie Thompson & Ella Manners Thompson - photo gleaned from the internet somewhere.

Clarance, Henry and Harold Hall - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band - gleaned from the Internet

Gleaned from the Internet

Photo gleaned from Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes by Jeff Todd Titon

Photo gleaned from Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes by Jeff Todd Titon

Photo gleaned from You Tube.

(1828 - 1922) Kentucky. According to Jeff Todd Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes book, Hiram Stamper learned some fiddle tunes from Slone. Found on the internet somewhere.

I found this on the Internet somewhere

Born 1894 Kentucky. Found on the Internet somewhere.

photo by Alice Gerrard - 1969

Indian Neck Folk Festival 1986

Photo taken by Martha Burns at Breakin' Up Winter, Lebanon, Tennessee

Photo taken by Martha Burns at Indian Neck Folk Festival 1986

Tennessee Ramblers - Fiddlin' Bill Sievers, Willie Sievers and Mack Sievers - Photo coutesy of Spring Fed Records

Leake County Revelers courtesy of Spring Fed Records

Gleaned from Face Book

Photo contributed by Guy and Teresa Tanczos. Guy adds "This was taken at a family gathering. John Guzy is my wife's grandpa, the Habursky brothers are his brothers-in-law. George, his wife and children had a family band. John Habursky was killed in the war."