| Volume 3 : British Isles Music |
| Chapter 14.
Uncle Wade - A Memorial to Wade Ward: Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker |
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| Foxchase Wade apparently made this tune up. For many years it was Wade's trademark at Fiddle Conventions, as Kathy describes. In 1926 Okeh Records recorded, but never released, Wade's version of this tune. It is one of the tunes which he sings. Performed by Wade Ward (banjo) and recorded in 1958. (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album #02380) |
| Polly Put The Kettle On One of Wade's elegant banjo dance tunes, which he also played on the fiddle. A good example of use of the thumb in the clawhammer style. Performed by Wade Ward (banjo) and recorded in 1958. (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album #02380) |
| Sourwood Mountain An archaic banjo-fiddle dance tune. Note the interplay between the two instruments. Performed by Wade Ward (fiddle) and Glen Smith (banjo) and recorded in 1963. (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album #02380) |
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Notes provided here were taken from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings liner notes for the album titled Uncle Wade - A Memorial To Wade Ward, Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker, 1892-1971 and written by Eric Davidson and Jane Rigg. |
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