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Black Appalachia 16. Sid Hemphill Lucius Smith Will Head & Alec Askew
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@guygrander

7y↑18

I read recently that Alan Lomax considered Sid Hemphill to be his greatest musical find. That's saying a lot. Lomax is an American legend and an American hero. (And many thanks to whoever posts these and other Smithsonian recordings.)

@sniperturtle1

1y↑1

Glad this recording exist today.
We are blessed!

@angelajackson4413

2y↑4

This was my grand mother grand father

@martincummins8528

4y↑4

Real, Mighty Stuff, thank you Alan Lomax and for the post.

@lucillematias5118

3y↑4

My great grandfather, I miss you so much!

@superintelligentapefromthe121

2y↑1

God bless you.

@superintelligentapefromthe121

2y↑1

Honestly though, this music is so beautiful.

@americasmaker

3y↑4

Mr. Hemphill was way ahead of his time. Proud to share ethnicity with this man.

@wk4max

10y↑9

, They say whenever a man's name is spoken or his music played... he lives......Sid Hemphill R.I.P bless you. and thank you mr Lomax..you loved and understood all this wonderful music, i take my cap off to you sir!

@brylorbs69

10y↑25

We owe a great musical debt to folks like Alan Lomax (Harry Smith, too) for their love of traditional American music and saving it from the trash bin of history for all future generations to enjoy!

@christemp1724

10y↑6

As an Australian, enjoying listening to this original music, some nice licks among this music and lyrics, and his comments

@malaquiasalfaro81

2y↑2

7:53, He treats that fiddle like a mixing table haha I love this

@corpaseticreggae5334

8y↑7

Sid is SUPERB (RIP) - The Carrier Line. Alan's best Archive..........

@zkafel

46w

Its a blessing we have these recordings. Thank you Alan Lomax and Smithsonian Folkways!

@barryshankman3659

8y↑5

American heritage Music Preservation some of the best if not the best preservation & distribution is credited to Alan Lomax as he well deserves the recognition WE at American Heritage Studio's wish to acknowledge ALan and give him thanks for taking on this great project )O( Barry Shankman

@annisebradley3182

3y↑2

You have got to love the Youngs Family Lonnie, Ed and GD on the drums.

@crickdelter

10y↑10

"You want me to put the whole twenty-one verses in it?" Awesome.

@thomasmontgomery464

8y↑4

wow thank you so much you took me home for the holidays this morning .

@geosotir3ay

9y↑5

what a positive feeling

@maxwelljordan4530

2y↑1

Thank you for this

@bluesmusicandwhatnot2845

42w↑1

39:10 One of the few times you can clearly hear Lucius’ banjo playing before the 1959 session. You can also hear him vaguely under Sid’s fiddling on Soon in the Morning at 1:13:38 playing in much the same style he does on “Make Lulu Behave Herself”, “Goodbye Honey, You Call That Gone”, etc etc.

@peetiewheatstraw1

10y↑4

fabulous

@guitzanin

4y↑3

Fantástico! Obrigado!!!

@magikkris

10y↑3

this is a gift ! greatly appreciated ! gratitud !

@pernoctambulo

10y↑2

Gracias, he disfrutado mucho de su trabajo.

@teddrozdowski5260

7y↑13

If you'd like to hear the next musical evolution in the Hemphill family, check out the music of his granddaughter, Jessie Mae Hemphill. You won't be disappointed.

@suncat5160

4y↑1

i was disappointed

@lucillematias5118

3y↑2

His grand daughter Jessie Mae Hemphill !

@malaquiasalfaro81

2y↑4

Thanks man I found some great pieces. The truest blues

@teddrozdowski5260

2y↑3

@@suncat5160 You are literally the only person I've heard disappointed by Jessie Mae,

@edwardlouisbernays2469

1y↑3

@@teddrozdowski5260 @sumcrap5160
3 years ago
i wasn't disappointed

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@benpatterson5400

10y↑2

great upload. thanks.

@South3West77

I wonder if there is some recordings of Sid Hemphill and his Grand daughter the great Jessie Mae Hemphill. Would be GLORIOUS if there was.

@lgwhittaker

3y↑1

His version of The 8th of January is one of the best!

@CrossBonesAlex

10y↑3

a treasure

@writerrad

4y↑6

Sledge, Mississippi where this was recorded is the Mississippi Cotten-Picken Town, with one of those streets that go up and down, that Charlie Pride grew up and sang about.

@nozecone

3y↑1

Mr Thomas, I read all your posts on fiddle-l a few years back - good to see you spreading the knowledge around!

@wa1ufo

9y↑1

Thanks!

@dalereves1901

8y↑2

Good stuff. Is Rose Hemphill any relation? I love her performance with Fred McDowell on When The Train Comes Along. I'm trying to find more info on her.

@AlanLomaxArchive

8y↑5

+Dale Reves Rosa Lee was one of Sid's daughters.

@Contact_Info

8y↑5

thanks for carrying on with help of Lomax's works. There's only one Lomax and he is a national treasure just like Woody. He was very interested in the history of the songs like I am. Fascinating. Keep posting Lomax archive stiff. If you have some Woody Guthrie stuff never heard before and its good to post, please do so.

@jong0000

@@AlanLomaxArchive Was Jessie Mae also related?

@South3West77

@@jong0000Sid Hemphills granddaughter.

@SapphicTwist

4y↑2

Question for musicologists: does this music owe more to the British Isles or to African healing dance? The melody seems British, but there's a lot of drone in there also...?

@hildiew.1799

Read “The Land Where Blues Began” by Alan Lomax. It will answer all your questions. (Alan is the one asking the questions in the background.)

@bean4423

the melody only “seems” british bc it’s jus as melodically complex as it is rhythmically so, but if anything i think the kongo kingdom had the most influence on Blk old time fiddle playing. the lungoyi-ngoyi was a court fiddle that was used to announce Muene Kongo (king of kongo) & the way it’s played sounds jus like these songs.

@madmonkmedicine

10y↑3

A King.

@gonde21

10y↑2

wow

@RAMLIA1

9y↑1

❤️❤️❤️

@daigu67

10y↑2

wake up music for all

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Sid Hemphill: complete Library of Congress session (1942)

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Black Appalachia 16. Sid Hemphill Lucius Smith Will Head & Alec Askew
Allen Prothero Lyrics