• G.B. Grayson was born in rural Ashe County, North Carolina in 1887 to Benjamin Carrol and Martha Jane Roark Grayson. According to his sister, when G.B...
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  • write it. There are several earlier known recordings, notably one that G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter made in 1929, approximately 10 years before Proffitt...
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    being the ballad first recorded commercially by Virginia musicians G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter. Vernon Dalhart's version was released in 1924 (Victor...
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    Early recorded Appalachian musicians include Fiddlin' John Carson, G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the Carter Family, Clarence...
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    Green Signal Lights" (G. B. Grayson), based on "Just Set a Light" (1896) and also titled "Engineer's Child", by G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter "Red...
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    with the fiddler G. B. Grayson. He recorded the first version of "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad". Whitter was born near Fries, Grayson County, Virginia...
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  • Appalachian musicians, and pioneers of bluegrass and country music, such as G. B. Grayson, Charlie Bowman, and Al Hopkins. The contest helped to define the music...
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  • Top A B C D E F G H J K L N P R S T V W Alan Grayson (born 1958), American politician Alfred W. Grayson, American politician Andrew J. Grayson (1819–1869)...
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    Jazz, bluegrass Michael Gorman Irish Irish Niel Gow Scottish Scottish G. B. Grayson American Old time Richard Greene American Bluegrass Clinton Gregory...
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  • Lane" Oceansize after Jane's Addiction's "Ocean Size" Old 97's after G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter's "Wreck of the Old 97" Panic! at the Disco from Name...
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  • "Rosin the Beau," in 3/4 time. The song was recorded as "Rose Conley" by G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter on either 18 November 1927 or 9 October 1928, for...
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  • 1925, at the Fiddlers' Convention in Mountain City, Tennessee, fiddler G. B. Grayson won first prize (although accounts vary) with his rendering of "Cumberland...
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  • some of the region's most well-known musicians— such as Al Hopkins, G. B. Grayson, and Clarence Ashley— since the 1920s. Carlton was born in Wilkes County...
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  • Entertainment Weekly. No. 397. New York. p. 85. Retrieved July 20, 2013. Currin, Grayson Haver (February 5, 2023). "Various Artists: Anthology of American Folk...
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    of southern string band music. It is widely attributed to G. B. Grayson of the popular Grayson and Whitter string band of the late 1920s, who recorded it...
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    pioneer and frontiersman who resided in Ashe County for several years G. B. Grayson, fiddler Monte Weaver, Major League Baseball player who played as a...
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  • on the Australian music report. Side A "The Wreck of the Old '97" (G. B. Grayson, Henry Whitter; arranged by The Seekers) – 3:08 "Danny Boy" (Frederic...
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  • They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band "The Wreck of the Old 97" by G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter "Big D" from The Most Happy Fella "Dallas" by Alan...
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    rayon mills, often accompanied by influential Johnson County fiddler G. B. Grayson. Tom made his first recordings for Gennett Records during February 1928...
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    English settlers. Uncle Am Stuart, Charlie Bowman, Clarence Ashley, G. B. Grayson, and Theron Hale were among the most successful early musicians from...
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    Convention of 1925, held in nearby Mountain City. Pioneering fiddler G. B. Grayson is buried in Gentry Cemetery, in Laurel Bloomery. He mentions Laurel...
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  • Ashley, Charlie Bowman, Uncle Am Stuart, Theron Hale, Curly Fox, and G. B. Grayson. Tennessee also has a strong history of Appalachian ballad singers....
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  • Pioneering fiddler G. B. Grayson won first prize for his rendering of the folk song, "Cumberland Gap", besting rivals Ambrose G. "Uncle Am" Stuart, Charlie...
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  • Crick, J. (1991). Experience and expertise in hazard perception. In G. B. Grayson & J. F. Lester (Eds.), Behavioral Research in Road Safety (pp. 39–45)...
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    now-legendary fiddle contest against rival fiddlers such as Charlie Bowman, G. B. Grayson, Dudley Vance, and Fiddlin' John Carson. Accounts vary as to the contest's...
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  • novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of Canadian poets List of...
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  • text exists. The first recorded version of the song was performed by G. B. Grayson, who recorded the song in 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia. The first person...
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    Daugherty Clyde Davenport Uncle Bob Douglas Howdy Forrester A. A. Gray G. B. Grayson Ed Haley Fiddlin' Sid Harkreader Charlie Higgins Bob Holt Ben Jarrell...
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  • "There'll Be a Happy Meeting" (Traditional) "The Wreck of Old 97" (G. B. Grayson, Henry Whitter) Duck Baker – acoustic guitar Production notes: ED Denson...
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  • Scruggs) – 2:00 "Nine Pound Hammer" (traditional) – 2:42 "Handsome Molly" (G. B. Grayson, Henry Whitter) – 2:19 "Clinch Mountain Backstep" (Ralph Stanley, Ruby...
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