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(Fuzzy Mountain String Band Tommy Thompson (Hollow Rock String Band) from the video "Morris Family Old Time Music Festival" by Bob Gates (order your copy!) Screen captures by Michael Barker from the Twisted Laurel Collection |
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From 1969 to 1973 brothers John and David Morris held old time music festivals at their homeplace in Ivydale, West Virginia. This film captures the 1972 festival with its music, dancing and mud; and documents, as part of the festival, some of the most important traditional Appalachian mountain musicians of these times. Tommy Thompson, Bill Hicks and Eric Olson played in memory of Bobbie Thompson, who performed at Ivydale in 1971, but died in February, 1972. See Bill's story "The Sleeper." The fall after this fest, Bill and Tommy went on to start the Red Clay Ramblers with Jim Watson. | |||
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"Morris Family Old Time Music Festival" order from Omni Productions Box 5130 Charleston, WV 25361 omni@ntelos.net 30 minutes, black and white, VHS from the original 16 mm film Institutional copies $150, individual copies for personal use $25 ppd. Special Collectors edition add $5, priority mail add $5 |
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