Appalachias Music Documentary

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

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[@charleswalker3836]

My mother and my wife’s mother have both gone on some 25 years ago. We’ve been married 47 years and we’re still using hand made quilts that they made for our wedding. We’re still sleeping in the bed my father and I built a couple weeks before we got married. Traditions run deep in Appalachia, thank God!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

❤️

[@debbiesittard7653]

Yes, thank GOD! Very few places in our Country can say that anymore!

[@judyingram-kh1vm]

They don't make quilts like they use to back in the day. That's so awesome that you and your daddy built yalls bed over 47 years ago. Me and my husband will be married 47 years next month.

[@JonKocsis-j9n]

This is by far one of my favorites. Keep this stuff coming, it's what needs to be kept alive.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you, have a blessed day

[@c.b.-11]

My favorite channel on KZbin. I am Appalachian. #Popcorn Sutton #Raymond Fairchild #Hattie Caldwell Davis #Alaska Pressley RIP

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Chris!

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

Happy music making Appalachians❤

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

amen

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller my happy music, happy new year.

[@jamesholbrook7785]

Loved this video brother. It speaks to my soul. When I was younger I use to help an old man make molasses using his mule, block and cane. He paid me one jar of molasses which I thought was too much. He also played the banjo and guitar when he would preach. Loved this video

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Great story James, Preciate you sharing it

[@pinkywilliams8063]

Had to pause at the beginning for my coffee was ready. Yum yum and now for another great video! Music from the mtns inspired me to get up & move. My mom made a quilt for me when I joined the Air Force when I came home to NC, she gave it to me for Christmas, still have it 45 yrs later... Thanks for sharing JD

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

That’s beautiful

[@gayleloy7111]

Love your work. Love from Australia. Stay safe. Love you all. Xxx

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you so much, greetings from East Tennessee

[@prairiestorm5045]

The music matches so well with the scenery. It takes us out of this troubled world for a few minutes and let us feel the serenity of times and days gone by. Our nation needs to return to this way of life and morals. We have lost our way. God is waiting for us to repent and return to Him.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

thanks for your music comment! It really makes the video

[@rmsmith8098]

Well, you did it again. You took me home for 13 minutes. This means so much.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you RM

[@s.lucius8853]

I’m caregiving my 91 year old father and we have been reminiscing a lot! Your intro video showed a Forest Ranger Tower. Growing up, we would stop at the towers & climb up. My Mom would always stay in the car so it was just Daddy, my brother & me. The last time we climbed one to talk to the Ranger a thunderstorm came up…quickly! We were all leaning against stuff talking but Mom could see us from the car. Suddenly a bolt of lightening came thru the open window and hit the radio. We all recoiled from it & Mom thought we all got hit. It was funny until we heard her screaming hysterically. That was the last time we stopped at one, but we have the memory 😂

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

I love old fire towers, that one in the video is from Dutch Valley Tennessee

[@scottblack3381]

Saturday mornings are my favorite time of the week thanks to you, JD! Another fine video friendand you take care. See ya next week, Lord willing.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Scott, have a good en

[@WadeKing-dm2hw]

I grew up on all of that. Starting playing fiddle at 12 years old. My favorites were the same as my Grandpas, Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, and Mac Wiseman. He was the last of that old bunch to pass on. I remember Grandpa out in the yard and it was a full moon and i played for him until he got ready to go to bed. I remember going to Alabama to see my grandmothers sister on Saturday Nights and we would listen to the Grand Ole Opry. My Dads mom came from over in Rhea County Tennessee and she sang and old mountain hymn, "Come On My Loving Brother."..wont you come and go with me. For Heaven is my aim. He can heal the cripple. And give sight to the blind. He can teach out neighbor how to walk. He can raise them up from deep under the ground..And send them away to their God..And send them away to their God." It had a haunting melody. My Grandpa was from East Tennessee and played the fiddle and claw hammer banjo. His favorite fiddle tune was, "Smoke Behind The Clouds" an old time mountain fiddle tune i haven't heard anyone else played. An with every old fiddler that died back in those mountains I know there were fiddle tunes that died with them. We will never get to hear.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Those are some great memories there Wade, beautiful memories

[@kevdimo6459]

An amazing place with a history like no other! Thanks JD. 👍🏻

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Kev

[@galemusgrove4589]

Love,love this music 🎶

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you!

[@brenda8475]

I live in western NC. Love our Appalachian Mountains and our heritage. Your stories are inspiring and hope my children will cherish their heritage and pass it down to their children. Some of the heritage is being lost to technology and developments. The bluegrass music brings back many memories of my parents who sat on the porch with family and friends and played many instruments into the night. Family time is precious and these gatherings brought our family together. Thank you for posting. Love your stories and music

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

thank you so much Brenda! Have a blessed day my friend

[@myersparanormal]

Yes sir this was a goodn capturing our years of history from here in Appalachia I'm an artist and crafts man to thank you so much for paying tribute to our amazing home

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you sir, have a good en

[@WillowsGarden]

Good morning JD! I love the mountains, they are in my soul. When I was little my parents moved to Chicago. We would move back to Tennessee a couple of times, but jobs did not pay as well and we would move back to Chicago. My father was a master mechanic and was a shop forman for many years. Finally my parents moved back to Tennessee and stayed. I stayed in Chicago for a little while, but moved back myself and have never left again. You couldn’t pay me to live in a big city now. Have a blessed weekend!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Chicago is a brutal place

[@WillowsGarden]

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller It is now, but it wasn’t bad back then.

[@nonnieprice5827]

I enjoyed the echoes of the past , people and different types of music, Of the appalachia . The scenery is especially beautiful in the autumn.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thanks Nonnie

[@marilynamy3823]

Love the music and the scenery. Our son lives in Tennessee and we would always go visit in the spring or fall. We'd rent a cabin and just loved sitting on the porch watching the sun set over the mountains. The people were so nice when we'd go watch craftsmen and women work. They were always willing to answer your questions. We loved it. Tennessee is a beautiful state and this video brought back a lot of happy memories. Thank you.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you ma’am, thanks for sharing your memories

[@harryhandy-h9n]

I would like to thank you born and raised here in Patrick county va. I live about a mile from Mayberry trading post. Live here all my life I'm 50 years old and I guess I'll die here and become part of the landscape one these days and proud of it again thank you for the cherished memories.

[@joanhamilton2651]

My mother and her family would gather on grandma's porch and play guitars, banjos, harmonica, accordion and the spoons. It was beautiful music.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Great memories

[@johnniejennings3325]

To bad much of the history has been forgotten. The younger generation has other things on their minds. My son is 51yrs old and he was raised around Morristown and Newport TN and as he has gotten older he is asking about our history and I story telling. He grew up around his great grandparents Ma and Pa Holt. He taught him about moonshining (by the way he served prison time for moonshining in Tallahassee FL). Keep up the good work on keeping our history alive. Thank you God Bless everyone and keep you safe.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Sir

[@cyndirose9775]

From the time we spent a summer in Boone, North Carolina in 1968, I always wanted to move there, but was unable because my mom wouldn't move and I didn't want to leave her. Now I am 69 and think that I am too old for another big move. But watching your videos makes me happy. Take care❤️👩‍🦳🌺

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

❤️

[@judyingram-kh1vm]

JD, thank you for sharing this story. Brings back so many great memories for me. My little daddy could play about any instrument he picked up. He bought his 1st guitar when he was 14, by picking tomatoes. I have alot of his instruments to this day. I have his 1st guitar, I'm hoping I can get it redone. Of course he painted it green like he did everything lol. I got his white eagle banjo. about 7 fiddles and their cases and bows. I just cant make myself do anything with them yet. I can't play anything or even carry a tune😅. I'll pass them down to my grandkids and some of my nephews and great nephews. My daddy could flat play the French harp also. He played all by ear. I sure do miss my daddy, he's been gone for about 12 years. I miss my little mama also she's been gone for almost 6 years. The boys in our family could play and they still do. But none of us girls can play anything or carry a tune. My daddy played Bluegrass with my great uncle and alot of good friends. The good ole days. Thank you again JD for all the great stories you have told us so far.❤

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thanks for sharing those memories

[@eggosliny1962]

Thanks for the Saturday morning story. Goes well with the days first coffee and smoke 😊

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Preciate you my friend, stay safe out there

[@eggosliny1962]

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller You do the same. Thanks again. Your stories are very much appreciated 🙇

[@kimberlyholt2241]

Beautiful!!!!! We do take pride in our mountain life and heritage! 🙏

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Yes ma’am

[@bessiemann7468]

I have lived my whole life here in Appalachian mountains No other place like it. Virginia born and bred About 40 miles from Tennessee line

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

❤️ gods country

[@thomassears1432]

West Virginia boy here. Love this video. Thank you.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Thomas, hope all is well in your neck of the woods

[@dorenedaniels7493]

This was so beautiful and I love this ❤️ God bless you 🙏❤️

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you!

[@Barbwire388]

I believe Appalachia was home to my mother's people. Even though my grandma was born in Ohio and grandpa in Indiana. Grandma especially spoke in an Appalachian "style"--fur for fire, warsh for wash, etc. I did manage to find out her dad was born in West Virginia. I love all of Appalachia--always have--it has called to me for years but now I am too old to move. But, I do think I have some Appalachian modes. Thank you for this great video. I loved it!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Barbara

[@susiek.johnson3923]

Loved this video. I could hear my ancestors calling to me from long ago.❤

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Susie!

[@conniereese3851]

I agree. I loved it!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Connie!

[@edwardkellogg1284]

This looks so beautiful. The scenery is awsome. It would be nice to get a handmade quilt. Nothing could compare. Thank you JD.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thanks Edward, Preciate you brother

[@Minnehaha64]

I have always loved driving through Appalachia. The beauty is incomparable! I love to visit a little spot called Tamarack in West Virginia (I think) and wander around looking at all the beautiful craftsmanship! We usually stop around Christmas time, and it's so beautiful! Appalachia has always been filled with not just strong and determined people, but talented, artistic people also!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Well said my friend

[@tracicomstock3489]

Thank you sooo much. I am going thru a very rough season in my life. I cannot begin to tell you how much this video relaxed, inspired and restored my hope that there are still kind and loving ppl in the world, past and present. Thank you soo much!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Aww, thank you Traci, I know this world can be hateful and evil, but there are many good people left on this planet, we are here for you my friend. Blessings to you ❤️

[@chrismclain8587]

The music is just what I grew up on. My family is from the hills and I am proud of where I am from. Jenkins Hollar was a challenge but made us who we are. The only thing missing in the video was some buck dancing

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

❤️

[@bigiron8831]

Good morning from Wisconsin, JD your voice is music to my ears and your stories always remind me of family and friends. Y'all stay safe out there 🙏

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Big Iron!

[@charlottebelieves285]

It is no wonder you folks are so proud of your heritage. The scenery is stunningly beautiful, the craftsmanship makes my head explode, the music touches your soul, and the storytelling is the icing on the cake. Wow. What a wonderful piece of Appalachia you shared today. Cheers from your northern sister🇨🇦❤🇺🇸

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Charlotte, hope you are having a great weekend!

[@Teresia12]

Thank you! I needed that today.❤ from a middle Tennessean who longs to live in the mountains. At 66 I doubt I ever will. But I can still dream.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

We can always dream, nothing wrong with that

[@TennValleyGal]

Thank you for a fitting tribute to us hillbillies. Love the music, quilting and crafts. Can you do a documentary on our storytelling traditions? Blessings on you for all your hard work on these videos.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Great idea! ❤️

[@jamesdeen3011]

Good music, good coffee and a great story makes for an easy and enjoyable way to start the day. As always thanks JD for these Saturday morning videos I so much look forward to.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you James, appreciate your support each weekend

[@joelspaulding5964]

I saw this comment and thought I had written it😂 Same, my friend. Same.

[@rhondalee2170]

Good morning!!☕ Nothing is quite like a great story with coffee in the early Saturday dawn!!🌄

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Rhonda

[@MissouriPenny]

Enjoyed replay thanks for sharing your channel with us 😀 😊 👍🏼

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thanks!

[@corneliuswowbagger]

I have an old friend and long ago co-worker, who was trained by one of the last Hammonds of West Virginia We worked as a crew in southern West Virginia and when he was hosting a session I was invited. Quite an experience, some of the best of the best of the northern Appalachians in their prime all in one room!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Amazing experience

[@peggyreid6836]

My nephew, (my brother's son) taught himself to play the banjo. He used to play blue grass with a band that played all over the South. Haven't heard him play in a long time, but I remember he was really good. He made that banjo cry.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

That’s awesome

[@melissavancleave8686]

Good morning and thank you JD.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Morning Melissa

[@noneyabusiness9124]

My favorite KZbinr. Reminds me of papaw telling me the old stories of our kinfolks.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thanks a beautiful comment, thanks so much

[@elisefreund6142]

I love learning about history and I love listening to you talk about The Appalachian Mountains. I'm Canadian so learning about the deep south and how it once was and how it started is absolutely beautiful. Your voice makes it even better too, thank you for sharing your rich history.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you so much Elise!

[@deborahfoster3928]

​@@TheAppalachianStorytellerI agree with Elise. You have a special gift for story telling, the perfect voice and excellent delivery, and I love the music you have with each video. I subscribed to your channel immediately when I saw my very first video of yours. Please don't stop what you do. Thank you for bringing that gifts to us.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

@@deborahfoster3928 Thank you so much Deborah! I appreciate your kind words and support

[@twilightzone-ex-hostage1997]

My family and our ancestors, all the way back to Daniel Boone, settled in Southeastern Kentucky in the late 1700s and are every bit as magical as these folks! I grew up with bluegrass music, my daddy was an outstanding banjo player. When I hear our music, I get cold chills because it is living history

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

You’ve lived a blessed life

[@stephenhenion8304]

My Fairbanks Senator banjo dates to 1902... I have it set up for clawhammer! Especially Bluegrass jamming. Thanks again!🎶🎵🎶

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Awesome

[@randlerichardson5826]

The photographers like you said brother try to catch the magical moments of the beautiful colors but there’s nothing like going there and seeing the colors in person trust l

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Amen

[@KeepingAppalachia]

That was one of the best docs i believe ive ever saw

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

wow, that's mighty kind of you. I decided to try something different on this one, im glad you liked it

[@phyllispitts6656]

I enjoyed this video. I was not born nor raised in the mountains, I’m from the Piedmont Triad part of NC, but my heart belongs in the mountains! Especially the Blue Ridge, Smokey parts of it! I love it there! Some of these scenes are very familiar.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

its beautiful country!

[@sharonfreemanpace1011]

As always another fine story about Appalachia.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Sharon

[@catherine59226]

Always so enjoyable! Thank you for all you do for us. We appreciate you and your channel! 👍🏻❤️

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Catherine

[@lorisanders]

A story beautifully told and celebrated !!🎉

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Lori!

[@jamiesuzanne5781]

I absolutely loved this video!!! It reminds me of my Papa. My Papa, William "Bill" Gifford, was from Alabama and played the guitar like no other. I've got lots of old photos and paper clippings of him and his band mates playing on the radio. He played with Chuck Harding and the Colorado Cowhands but also had a 2 man band called The Barefoot Boys from Alabama. He was a great guitar player and an even better man. My Papa sadly passed away at 91 yrs old in 2017..

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

The bare feet boys I love it

[@michaelwargo5702]

Retired in the mountains of North Carolina from the south west..i ❤ it here

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Gods country

[@Mountaincrazy]

With things going so well in America lately, you might wonder why people haven’t returned to a simple yet hard living. Some of us are. Love that you tell these stories and enjoy them. But this here mountain ain’t done yet! ❤️

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Well said my friend, lots of the old ways are still going strong in pockets deep in the hills

[@kiwiprouddavids724]

Yeah it amazes me some of the stuff local craftsman and women can produce. Please everyone we should support our local crafts people more and get away from cheap made in china crap , its not worth it in the long run. Have a good one story teller 👍

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Well said my friend

[@beverlyhambrick6352]

Love all scenes and your wonderful voice telling about the Mountain people

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Beverly ❤️

[@RobertaKKent]

I can remember growing up not much differently than those that lived the mountain life. I'm from Erie County, Pa.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

beautiful country you live in.

[@pamountains2]

Howdy from Appalachia in Pennsylvania. Great channel

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

❤️

[@theswabbie30]

I absolutely love your vlog. My heritage from the east Appalachians in North Carolina. I am also a Phillips.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you sir, glad to have you here

[@richardliles4415]

What a beautiful video, one cannot miss love in the Appalachia.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Richard

[@arthurpeterson246]

Thanks brother enjoyed this video. Tex from lexington n c

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thanks so much

[@thestonecanoe3159]

Some of these landcapes remind me of the hills in my backyards at the highlands here in Cape Breton, very beautiful. I cant wait to have a stay down there, there is a connection deep down with these folks history and culture, i long to experience before i move on.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thanks for sharing my friend, its such a beautiful country

[@jamessmith7691]

Some wonderful photos you showed here. Thank you.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@GinaAnderson254]

I love Blue Grass.. everytime I hear it .. I get this feeling like I gotta stand up and start dance'n.. it's funny cause I from up North but somehing about Appalachia ...the music etc. I feel like its in me.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Love me some bluegrass

[@alicevaughn7990]

Loved this awesome video and story

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Alice

[@KathysTube]

Wonderfully made video pretty much covered the way of life in the hills and hollers. Thanks JD 😎👍

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Kathy!

[@shaundagubko3152]

Thank you JD! I love the Appalachia mountains. My husband & I are looking to move to the Eastern Tennessee mountains in a couple of years. I feel so at home there!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Look me up when you get there

[@shaundagubko3152]

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller ~~ we most definitely will 😊

[@Old_8_gauge]

Great video Brother, thank you.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you James

[@1bryanestes]

Hey JD...if you have time check out Larry Hensley's work... "Matchbox blues". Also.. The Corbin Walker Ramblers..Ned went a Fishing. Larry Hensley is my great great uncle, son of Sherman Hensley and brother of Perry Hensley,my great grandfather. Thanks for all your wonderful work and dedication ✌️

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

wow, listening as I type this. Makes me feel like I am looking at a hot summer sunset over a cotton field in the Mississippi Delta. Great stuff! Do you know who owns the rights to this music now? and if I might be after to feature a snippet of it in a video? If you do, email me at [e-mail]

[@1bryanestes]

I am not sure, but I would love to hear more about Larry. I heard that he is in bluegrass museum and his mandolin is also there. My grandma would tell me stories about her uncle Larry but never knew much about the rights to his songs, I was told he was quite a character tho..I love your work and talents thank you

[@jonareed9137]

Its 2023 and I am sleeping on a 100 year old bed given to me by my grandma, and have two blankets on top of it, that she made. In fact there isn't a bed in my house that doesn't have a blanket or bedspread on it, that she made. The traditions aren't gone, But they aren't practiced as openly as they once were.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

You are blessed

[@jonareed9137]

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller I truly am. My Nanny is the best human I know, and if I am half the woman she is, I will be doing good in my life.

[@soniaclayton3563]

Love all your stories and the scenery wow amazing keep them coming love the history of it all I’m from the Uk

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Sonia! Have a great weekend!

[@Eldertalk]

Beautiful lives and location!!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you ❤️

[@TroyFutureExpat]

Howdy JD. Perfect timing. I was on lunch break at work. So I got to enjoy the video while on break. Stunning scenery there in the Appalachian mountains. Nice story line too.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Troy, don’t work too hard

[@joshuagibson2520]

I bet I just saw 20 or more places in this video that I'm familiar with. JD is taking a lot of the same roads I do apparently. Lol.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

❤️

[@reddog6415]

I hope yall are having a great time on your trip.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Currently in Dauphin island , some brutal storms blew thru- but all is well

[@reddog6415]

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller good deal have fun.

[@Criticalthinker0515]

Oldest most beautiful mountain on earth thankfully i was born here and I will never leave thank you for the video sir.

[@montelott8570]

I love the "high tenors of the hills". As a woodworker l bow to the artisans of the hollers that used shaving horse. Drawknife and riven wood seldom sawn.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

True skill

[@joelspaulding5964]

Moved to The Bluegrass 30 years ago, ~ 25 years old. The music from the mountains is by far the best part. Better than barbecue, better than Bourbon, better than horses.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Well said my friend

[@alexsf4248]

Thank you. I came to learn a bit from the history of this beautiful music from the great movie Songcatcher. 🙏🎶

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

❤️

[@randlerichardson5826]

Good morning Storyteller

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Morning

[@stacywilson4790]

When there was no cotton to pick ,My Great Granny and my Papa and brothers and sister's made wicker chairs .

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

❤️

[@philliprobinson2902]

Music beautiful

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you !

[@ScullyPop]

Great storytelling!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Scully

[@robbie5984]

Morning!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Morning Robbie

[@cathyheston3029]

Grew up on Bluegrass music here in Florida. My Daddy's side came from Tennessee. Of course I didn't appreciate it until older😊

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

It grows on ya

[@paulwatson2499]

Love to hear these stories. My family has been in the NC Appalachian mountains since the mid 1600s. My grandfather made banjos and my grandmother made quilts. On my dad's side my grandfather made baskets and mined for mica and my grandmother was only good at making babies haha. 11 kids on my dad's side and 12 kids on my moms side..

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thanks for sharing your story Paul, I enjoyed reading it

[@danhutchins1067]

I will be retiring soon, and plan on relocating to Oklahoma. Something I would like to do, is visit Tennessee and Kentucky. These places are where blue grass and country music is very strong. I also would like to peruse a hobby of being able to get into that type of music scene. Here I come.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Hillary at us when you get here

[@suzanneferreira7592]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your podcasts! I grew up on Copper Ridge and use to get bootleg booze from the Powell airplane. You said it been a still. Yeah, no.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Suzanne!

[@rickgaston7118]

Love the music and the story of the culture

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you!

[@lorrainerobison6623]

Excellent episode!!!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you so much Lorraine!

[@shelbyhensley5342]

The song at the end of this about the man last named Hensley that moved there in 1904 verywell could be related to me my family came out of the Appalachia's

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Could be

[@randlerichardson5826]

In the fall of the year it’s amazing how many colors GOD AND JESUS CHRIST AMEN 🙏

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

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[@patricialong5767]

Love this! All of it! :))

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

Thank you Patricia

[@Connie-kr3ky]

I thank God for Appalachia its people and everything that came with it garden be garden of Eden

[@marionbowler5440]

Beautiful 🇨🇦 ❤

[@VNV67]

I remember my grandmothers and others having a quilting bee and in the fall making Apple Butter and pies. Those are the great things I remember from being a kid. And always the harvest time in Late October and November. I also remember carrying in either firewood or coal for heat and cooking. Having to go down over the hill to fetch 5 gallons of water from a spring because we had no well. Using a outhouse in the winter and the cold air coming up the hole hitting Me in the ass. I remember my dad and mom bitching about the electric bill being to high, and it was only $12.00 a month. We didn't have a car and we sat in the back of a pickup truck even if it was cold outside. Walking about 2 miles to catch a school bus for school no matter if it was freezing or hot as hell outside.Sometimes we didn't have enough money to buy school shoes. So we stuffed them with old cardboard and newspaper. I was so poor that is I hadn't been born a boy I wouldn't of had nothing to play with.. No phone, No TV, all we had was a old Atwater Kent Radio we listened to before we went to bed about 9PM. I remember the bedroom that I shared with two brothers was so cold there would be ice on the inside of the window. And we had what was called a pee-pot to use at night. And you know what? I kind of miss those days because life meant more than the dollar. As long as we had each other and something to eat we were happy. Therefore I am Appalachian. PS I wonder how many kids could do this nowadays. I would bet very few could.

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

I bet you are right too, its a different world now, be thankful you lived in the golden age