This is some old-school Buncombe County music i found on the youtubes the other day. This is for boatrocker.
Mainer was born in Buncombe County, NC, and was raised in the mountains. His first instrument was the banjo, which he played at local square dances. Mainer’s music, like that of other southeastern performers, offered an alternative to working in North Carolina’s hellish textile mills; Mainer left home for mill work in his mid-teens, landing first in Knoxville, TN, and then in Concord, NC, where he moved in 1922 and lived for the rest of his life
Mainer was born near Weaverville according to Wikepedia and played fiddle too. Mainer’s Mountaineers are pretty cool. I’ve got some random assorted songs of his from a database collection complete with snaps, crackles and pops. I didn’t even realize until reading a discography of his songs that I’ve actually been playing two of his songs in two different bands. It’s enough to make a guy want to learn to play clawhammer banjo.
A little help, though please- I must confess that my home computer is on dial up and I’d die of old age before a video could be downloaded- After everyone is finished laughing hysterically, know that I listen to music here on somebody else’s computer. What song is it that is featured on above clip? Inquiring minds are dying to know.
