The first cd in this project is available. He is also a prolific tune composer, currently working on an ongong project called The Completely Lost Mississippi Fiddle Tunes making new tunes for 1930s era Mississippi titles where the original tunes are unknown. Villages to discover such local fiddlers and singers. Workers who traveled the dirt roads of Mississippi through farms and State archives which had been researched, notated, assembled andįorgotten. The work was done in the Depression era by some 130 WPA Searching, Harry stumbled on a treasure trove of folk music in the Theory that you never know what you’re going to find when you start His roots and musical traditions in his home state Mississippi. This musician is not just his skill with a fiddle but his pursuit of Somewhat of a national treasure in that he is one of a handful ofįiddlers keeping this tradition alive in our country. Harry Bolick,( fiddle, guitar and vocals) Video with Nathan Bontrager and Brian Slattery in a previous version of the Travelers: Stay All Night,Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, outdoor concert, 2020 Pontoc Widow / Flirting With the MenTompkins Corners Cultural Center, outdoor concert, 2022. Tequila Hop Blues,Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, outdoor concert, 2022. Old Morgan,Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, outdoor concert, 2022. Grover OBriant's Tune,Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, outdoor concert, 2022 Jackson Stomp,Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, outdoor concert, 2022 Who's Been Giving You Corn,Valley School Blues, and Lincoln County Blues. High resolution version of press photo above Longing and loss and just plain quirky pieces with names like, “Who’sīeen Giving You Corn?,” “Sweet Milk and Peaches,” “Tequila Hopīlues.” As part of the effort to keep this fiddle dialect “walkingĪnd talking”, the Travelers also perform some of Harry’s tunes whichĪre newly composed, but in the old style. You will hear tunes with a touch of the blues, songs of The old time music from Mississippi is aīranch of the Appalachian tradition but with its own distinctive flairĪnd rhythm. Harry’s decade of research, which has so far produced two hefty books,Īnd six recording projects. The fiddle music and songs of Mississippi with deep knowledge of its Alternately lyrical and hard driving, The Mississippi Travelers play
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