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Folklorist Derek Piotr brings you the finest hidden gems of old-time, country, Americana, bluegrass and beyond. Dust on the Decks features recordings spanning a century; murder ballads, local nonsense, cowboy tales, banjo lessons, ancient Scottish song, and some of his own fieldwork, with heavy emphasis on Western North Carolina. Blood on the Tracks? Dust-to-Digital? Dust on the Decks. The old made new again? Perhaps!

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Favoriting December 13, 2021: Dust on the Decks Episode 1

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Artist Track Album Label Year Images Approx. start time
Retta Spradlin  Man of Constant Sorrow   Favoriting Gettin' Up The Stairs: Traditional Music From The Cumberland Plateau Volume 1  County Records  1984 
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Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill  Sourwood Mountain   Favoriting Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death is Not the End  2021    0:02:46 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill & Mrs. Lloyd Bare Hagie  Cumberland Gap   Favoriting Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death Is Not the End  2021    0:04:24 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Sabra Bare Hampton  Lily Shull   Favoriting Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death is Not the End  2021    0:05:15 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lloyd Bare Hagie  Rowan County (The Roane Cty. Crew)   Favoriting Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death is Not the End  2021    0:08:46 (Pop-up)
Bunk Pettyjohn  Red River Valley   Favoriting In An Arizona Town  Arizona Friends Of Folklore      0:14:15 (Pop-up)
Bunk Pettyjohn  Little Mohea   Favoriting In An Arizona Town  Arizona Friends of Folklore      0:15:25 (Pop-up)
Bunk Pettyjohn  Wreck of the Number 9   Favoriting Bunk And Becky Pettyjohn  Arizona Friends of Folklore      0:16:06 (Pop-up)
Becky Pettyjohn  Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?   Favoriting Bunk And Becky Pettyjohn  Arizona Friends of Folklore      0:18:21 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill  Bolakins   Favoriting Anglo-American Ballads, Volume 2  Rounder Records   
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Mrs. Nicola "Aunt Nicky" Pritchard (Turbyfill)  Bolakins   Favoriting Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death is Not the End  2021 
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Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill  "Hold up Your Hand, Old Joshua!" She Cried   Favoriting Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death Is Not the End  2021    0:28:45 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Nicola "Aunt Nicky" Pritchard (Turbyfill)  Frankie & Johnny   Favoriting Last Wisps of the Old Ways: North Carolina Mountain Singing  Death is Not the End  2021    0:34:43 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas  Brown's Ferry Blues   Favoriting In An Arizona Town  Arizona Friends of Folklore   
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Lois "Granny" Thomas  Barefoot Boy   Favoriting In An Arizona Town  Arizona Friends of Folklore      0:42:05 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas  Mind Your Own Business   Favoriting In An Arizona Town  Arizona Friends of Folklore      0:45:16 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas  Kickin' Mule   Favoriting In An Arizona Town  Arizona Friends of Folklore      0:46:42 (Pop-up)
Lois "Granny" Thomas  Changin' Business   Favoriting In An Arizona Town  Arizona Friends of Folklore      0:48:20 (Pop-up)
Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill  Jim Blake   Favoriting -not published-    1939    0:51:55 (Pop-up)
Wheeler-Lamb  Jim Blake, The Engineer   Favoriting The Farmer Feeds Them All / Jim Blake, The Engineer  Victor  1931    0:53:22 (Pop-up)
Almeda Riddle  Twilight Is Stealing   Favoriting Granny Riddle's Songs And Ballads  Minstrel Records  1977 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 8:01pm
HyperDose:

Welcome, Derek!
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Aitch:

a sweeping change
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derekpiotr:

hi!
  8:02pm
The Butterman:

I’m excited about this. But then again I play the banjo! Badly, but still….
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Richard S:

Welcome to WFMU!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
WR:

Welcome Derek!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
chresti:

Hi Derek! Nice dusty sounds!
Avatar 8:02pm
derekpiotr:

\m/ \m/ \m/
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Yvang:

Hi Derek! Happy first!
  8:02pm
babyangelPengy:

beep
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Krys O.:

Hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Derek! Any dusty old autoharps tonight?
  8:03pm
babyangelPengy:

hi derek :)
  8:04pm
Gnomon:

Welcome, Derek!
Avatar 8:04pm
derekpiotr:

lots of these are from a compilation i co-piloted with Death Is Not The End - fantastic label, was really glad to be a part of that
  8:05pm
Gnomon:

This is making me want to listen while reading Foxfire
  8:06pm
babyangelPengy:

foxfire sounds great never heard of :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
PaulRobeson1920:

Hi Hi Hi all! Warm greetings from Woodside Queens, NY
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Webhamster Henry:

There are a zillion Foxfire books and products! www.foxfire.org
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Webhamster Henry:

OK, a dozen. Still: lots.
  8:09pm
Gnomon:

Babyangel: It’s a series, collecting the wisdom of old folks in Appalachia, about the old ways. It’ll teach you how to churn butter, build a log cabin, or butcher a hog.
  8:10pm
babyangelPengy:

wow great any other recommendations about Appalachia? ty
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
Richard S:

Survival skills for when civilization collapses, in other words.
  8:12pm
Old Dave:

Authentic enough.. let's not forget Peter Rowan was mining this vein 40 years ago.
I was an avid Foxfire reader in my 7th grade, made soap in the back yard and dressed a rooster according to instructions.
Avatar 8:14pm
ranjit:

When I'm not quite listening, the word "ethnomusicologist" sounds a lot like "FMUsicologist"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
McGroovey:

You're playing great stuff! Thanks!
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derekpiotr:

FMUSICOLOGIST!!!!!!!!
  8:15pm
Old Dave:

Ferrum College in SW VA has the largest store of this Appalachia folk in their Blue Ridge Institute archives. Check them out.
  8:16pm
Listener Robert:

Wow, a premier on WFMU, don't get those often. Many times I find out about a "new" show and then it turns out it was new only to me. Best wishes on this one, subject matter's interesting.
Avatar 8:16pm
derekpiotr:

Deffo been in touch with Ferrum, but thanks for the tip! :-)
  8:17pm
P-90:

This dust sounds good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
Webhamster Henry:

Brian Dewan & I did a show of cheery tunes of disaster and other cautionary tunes.
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derekpiotr:

Wreck of the Royal Palm is a fav disaster ballad.
Avatar 8:22pm
HyperDose:

I'm mostly here for the "local nonsense", but it's all been great so far!
  8:24pm
Old Dave:

Is Rounder still pressing records up in Floyd VA? I visited once- what a deal.
Avatar 8:26pm
HyperDose:

Thanks for the link, JakeGould! My most recent obsession was number stations. This is a rabbit hole I can see myself getting lost in for a while.
  8:34pm
Old Dave:

Incredible show. I worked as an intern at BRI with Roddy Moore while he was busy preserving this genre and also early African spiritual and work music.
The piercing quality is so fine.
Avatar 8:37pm
derekpiotr:

Piercing is the best way to put it. Wish i'd had more time with Nicky.
  8:37pm
Gnomon:

My grandfather (in Boonville, NC), used to sing Frankie and Johnny. Absolute chills Derek. Thank you.
Avatar 8:38pm
derekpiotr:

There's a great song about Yadkin Elk called the Triplett Tragedy that you should find. I shall include it in a future show
  8:38pm
Gnomon:

HyperDose: I assume you’ve discovered the Conet project?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
Richard S:

What's interesting / surprising is that all these people are actually pretty decent singers. Well, compared to me, at any rate.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
Tommy in Neversink:

Gnomon.....I'm from Yakinville , NC. My mom ran a store in Boonville
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
McGroovey:

@HyperDose do numbers stations still exist? I suppose not. I suppose there are better ways to send secret messages now.

I had a shortwave radio when I was a teenager in the seventies. It's part of what inspired me to study Russian. Does shortwave radio still exist? Barely, i suppose.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
Tommy in Neversink:

My country , Yadkin , is next to Wilkes where the Tom Duley murder happened. I'm distantly related to Larua Foster, the victim
  8:44pm
Listener Robert:

So...you've been sharing this "territory" with Kevin Nutt?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
Tommy in Neversink:

Yadkinville.....not Yakinville
  8:46pm
Listener Robert:

Actually, McGroovey, another comments thread linked to an article that said, indeed the numbers stations, on shortwave and elsewhere, do still exist, with some of them still transmitting their code by the same method, i.e. by voice.
  8:48pm
Old Dave:

These days, you can still find kitchen parties in Maritime Canada with this kind of sound.
It is amazing how it hangs on and keeps going in some families.
Avatar 8:48pm
HyperDose:

@Gnomon I have not. Was mostly researching for audio clips to sample. Looks interesting, thanks.
@McGroovey They do! A bunch are supposedly just old and infinitely broadcasting the same looped signals, perhaps a few are still used for spy communications?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
Richard S:

Sometimes I want to get a shortwave radio. I might next year - the AM radio I listen to Mets games on finally gave out.
Avatar 8:49pm
derekpiotr:

Oh to get to those parties sometime!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50pm
Webhamster Henry:

@Gnomon If you check out the CONET Site, they have one of the machines they used for transmitting the codes (in German) .. I use those samples in my app Enumero.
Avatar 8:55pm
derekpiotr:

We need one now for Kentucky.
  8:56pm
Gnomon:

Tommy: oh neat. What store, where? I haven’t been there in a long time but I might remember it.
  8:57pm
Gnomon:

WH: oh cool, your app looks interesting
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
listener 126464:

Thank you Derek Piotr.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
LastVisibleDog:

Does Derek have a regular show?
  8:58pm
Old Dave:

A great show, many thanks
Avatar 8:58pm
HyperDose:

Awesome show, Derek. Will surely be back for more!
  8:58pm
bLeubombersune:

is West Virginia folk music on your list thanks for the music
  8:58pm
babyangelPengy:

thanks derek :)
  8:59pm
Gnomon:

Thank you for the lovely show Derek, and the great connections. Look forward to hearing you again soon!
Avatar 8:59pm
derekpiotr:

Dan Bodah will return next week. Thanks everyone!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
chresti:

Thank you Derek! Hope to hear more soon!
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derekpiotr:

This will be a regular show in the Summer, thanks for asking!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
McGroovey:

Loved the show. Sorry it's over. My consolation is that the next show that comes out of my radio will probably also be great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
McGroovey:

I hope you get to come back some time before next summer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Webhamster Henry:

Nice show! A bit like Secret Museum of the Air.
wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
chresti:

spodi, at first, I thought your avatar pic was a coffee cup.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
WR:

Welcome addition to the FMUniverse! Will try to note if you get anymore fill-in opportunities before you get your own regular time slot.
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