Melvin Wine - Going Down to Georgia O

[@blueridger28]

My group took second place at a old time fiddlers convention with this song last week. I'd never heard it before we practiced it.

[@markhainaut4258]

This is my grandfather , my dad was his oldest child and played banjo with him sadly I don't think we have any recording of them together.

[@tiffanyr.l.peters4226]

He was a friend of my grandparents! What a great guy!

[@otfiddler]

Gerry Milnes - Folk Arts Coordinator for the Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV Gerry has been instrumental in preserving the music of many WV old-time musicians, giving them exposure to the public, as well as playing fiddle and banjo himself. He brought Melvin Wine and Ernie Carpenter down to Mt. Airy in the mid-80's which was a thrill for me.

[@vliys]

2021

[@maceoaus]

Thanks for sharing, excellent posting!

[@williamwilliams4031]

I'm pretty sure I was there somewhere, too . . . Great video!

[@clawdan]

I was there! Recorded it too (cassette, long gone). Don't remember who else was playing.

[@soapycows]

Important music. Thank you!

[@bonnie1097]

Great video! I knew him. We were from the same county.

[@fiddlingmichael]

thanks,ot- i got to watching the guitar player's work and started wishing i had a rythym player like that around here. he's done a lot of work over the years, imho. hope we meet sometime. thanks again for sharing these videos.

[@SueDuda]

Delightful! Thanks Bob!

[@Lostmychops]

I've heard so many good things said about Melvin Wine, but I haven't had the opportunity to hear his music until now, so thank you for uploading these great videos. I haven't heard this tune before either; sounds to me like a varient of the 'eighth of January'/'Battle of new orleans'. The phrasing and articulation are sublime!

[@fozzygoiter]

great video. thanks

[@TBCSS]

amazing.

[@otfiddler]

You're welcome! Melvin is playing in D major and I think he is either in standard tuning or he has the G string raised to A. (High bass)

[@fiddlingmichael]

ot-who's the guitar player with him on these mt.airy videos??