"We will have scholars to talk about Lunsford's contributions, music and dance to spare, and a few really special treats worthy of a golden anniversary," said Brandon Johnson, a consultant to the festival. Bascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 – September 4, 1973) was a lawyer, folklorist, and performer of traditional (folk and country) music from western North Carolina. Early recorded Appalachian musicians include Fiddlin' John Carson, G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the Carter Family, Clarence Ashley, and Dock Boggs, all of whom were initially recorded in the 1920s and 1930s. His father, a teacher, bought Bascom and his brother a fiddle and a banjo at a young age. The banjo-boasting festival comes in second place in regards to the region’s oldest folk festivals. He was born in a time that gave him a grasp of nineteenth-century history and culture, and he grew to understand the great changes that were coming in the new century. Musician, folklorist, and festival organizer Bascom Lamar Lunsford was born in Madison County. The festival brings out the region’s finest musicians and dancers and it happens on the same day as the Madison Heritage Arts Festival, so downtown is abuzz. . 2020 Festival virtual events Interested in receiving our eNewsletter? His first music collecting trips were on horseback. It sounds similar to clawhammer banjo playing, which emphasises the downstroke. Most of the Lunsford Festival activities, including the main stage performances, will take place on or near the Lunsford Commons, traditionally known as the Upper Quad of the campus, adjacent to College Street. Bascom Lamar Lunsford Music Festival. Lunsford cofounded the Bascom Lamar Lunsford "Minstrel of Appalachia" Festival that is in its 47th year, taking place at Lunsford's birthplace at Mars Hill University in Mars Hill, North Carolina, just 20 minutes north of Asheville. The first shuttle will leave the old Shell Station at 7:30 am and the last shuttle will leave Pittman Dining Hall at 5:30 pm. Bascom Lamar Lunsford was born on the campus of Mars Hill College, in Madison County, in 1882. The 52nd edition of Western North Carolina's second-oldest folk music festival returns to the Mars Hill University campus the first weekend of October. He was the organiser and performed there every year until he suffered a stroke in 1965. Politics and fame. In light of ongoing state and regional concerns with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Music of Appalachia Festival scheduled for October 3, 2020, was replaced with three virtual events. Asheville since 1928.That year, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, a passionate lover of mountain music and culture and an active collector of folk music, organized a contest for musicians and dancers in conjunction with the Rhododendron Festival.This first festival was held on 6 June 1928 in Pack Square in the center of Asheville. Bascom Lamar Lunsford "Minstrel of Appalachia" Festival The Bascom Lamar Lunsford "Minstrel of Appalachia" Festival is the second oldest folk festival in the region and was started in 1967. An Initiative of Blue Ridge National Heritage Area North Carolina Arts Council Come Hear NC In 1928, Lunsford recorded "Jesse James" and "I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground" for the Brunswick record label. Bob Dylan, who listened to the Anthology of American Folk Music, echoed a line from "I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground." In 1928, Bascom Lamar Lunsford turned his vast knowledge of traditional music and his organizational skills to the creation of a local music festival. The Bascom Lamar Lunsford “Minstrel of Appalachia” Festival’s roots have been firmly planted in North Carolina soil since 1967. 6 talking about this. The Bascom Lamar Lunsford Family Collection consists of 14 studio and field recordings, 1935-1972, created or compiled by the North Carolina lawyer, folklorist, performer and festival promoter, Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882-1973), and his family. At an early age, his father, a teacher, gave him a fiddle, and his mother sang religious songs and traditional ballads. Charles Seeger employed him in the mid-30s to promote singers in "Skyline Farms", as part of the "New Deal". Location & Directions, Asheville Website Design and Development by, The Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Broyhill Chapel & Bentley Fellowship Hall, James H. Montgomery Appalachian Studies Scholarship, Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina. For more information, please contact Leila Weinstein at (828) 689-1115 or lweinstein@mhu.edu. The Lunsford Festival is an all-day festival celebrating regional music and dance traditions held annually on the campus of Mars Hill College. A ticketed concert on Friday, October 6, at 7 p.m. in Moore Auditorium on the Mars Hill University campus will host the region’s best ballad singers, dancers and string bands. The folder on Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Folder 368, contains information about him as well as about the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival he founded in 1927 in Asheville, N.C. He began the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville in 1928, and from there was enlisted to help start the National Folk Festival. The Asheville Chamber of Commerce had long sponsored an annual Rhododendron Festival, highlighting mountain arts and crafts. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, performer and collector of folk music and organizer of folk festivals, was born in Mars Hill, Madison County. The event is the second oldest folk festival in Western North Carolina and was named in honor of cofounder Bascom Lamar Lunsford. to Lunsford. Lineup Schedule Workshops Community Dance Ballad Swap Lunsford Award About Bascom Lamar Lunsford Parking. Click here to subscribe. Harry Smith included "Mole" on his Anthology of American Folk Music in 1952. Lunsford cofounded the Bascom Lamar Lunsford "Minstrel of Appalachia" Festival that is in its 47th year, taking place at Lunsford's birthplace at Mars Hill University in Mars Hill, North Carolina, just 20 minutes north of Asheville. Included it this pamphlet (click images to enlarge). Bascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 - September 4, 1973) was a lawyer, folklorist, and performer of traditional folk and country music from western North Carolina. Box 370 The Butterpats will be playing a performance at 3:10pm. After his freshman year at Rutherford College, in Burke County, North Carolina,2 Bascom took a teaching job in Madison County, where his two brothers and his sister Jennie were already teaching. "Jesse James" is a 19th-century American folk song … Join us for an evening of solo banjo tunes. He managed the campaign for Congressman Zebulon Weaver for North Carolina. [3], In 1927 the Asheville Chamber of Commerce organized a 'Rhododendron Festival' to encourage tourism. He was born in a time that gave him a grasp of nineteenth-century history and culture, and he grew to understand the great changes that were coming in the new century. Through this work he became known as the “Minstrel of the Appalachians.”. Our Supporters. Bascom was involved in the politics of the Democratic Party. 1928 was the first year of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, often claimed as the first event to be described as a "Folk Festival". The Ramsey Center is a proud site on the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina. A highlight of the day is the 11 a.m. presentation of the 2019 Bascom Lamar Lunsford Award, which will be given to dancer Loretta Freeman. Click here to subscribe. P.O. The Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival is coming up on October 4th. He was the organiser and performed there every year until he suffered a stroke in 1965.[2]. . Bascom Lamar Lunsford was born on the Campus of Mars Hill college, in Madison county, in 1882. While we wished we could have been together this year, the virtual events were special in their own way and we were happy to help keep our students, staff, and the wider community healthy so that we can all be together in 2021. In 1964, the North Carolina fantasy and horror writer Manly Wade Wellman dedicated his book "Who Fears the Devil?" (In-Person Festival postponed until 2021) In light of ongoing state and regional concerns with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Music of Appalachia Festival scheduled for October 3, 2020, was replaced with three virtual events. Everything is free of charge except for the instrument workshops. A CD collection of Lunsford's recordings, from the Brunswick recordings of the 1920s to the recordings for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in 1949, Ballads, Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina, was released by Smithsonian Folkways Records in 1996. Abstract. Join us in honoring the rich cultural traditions of the Southern Appalachians! His repertoire included Child Ballads, negro spirituals and parlor songs. 100 Athletic Street [citation needed]. Mars Hill is just 20 minutes north of Asheville. Wellman's fictional protagonist, Silver John, was an Appalachian folk singer, like Lunsford. The event will include a Q&A for […] He occasionally played fiddle for dance tunes such as "Rye Straw". After a few years the rhododendron element disappeared but the festival continues to this day. The Lunsford Festival is an all-day festival celebrating regional music and dance traditions. Title [Bascom Lamar Lunsford and two "Alabama visitors" at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina] Created / Published [between 1934 and 1950] Subject Headings Mars Hill is located just 20 miles north of Asheville. Inspired by a mother who softly sang mountain ballads and religious songs around the house, Bascom began a love affair with old-timey music that would last throughout his lifetime. It includes the presentation of the Lunsford Award, master musician workshops, jams, a ballad swap, and a community dance. ", Bascom Lamar Lunsford was born at Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina in 1882, into the world of traditional Appalachian folk music. Smith's anthology also includes Lunsford's performance of the gospel song "Dry Bones", recorded in 1928. The Chamber asked Lunsford to invite local musicians and dancers. Bascom Lamar Lunsford was born at Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina in 1882, into the world of traditional Appalachian folk music. Thank you to our generous 2019 Festival Sponsors and Partners, Madison County Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) students playing “backstage”, Angel Ridge Farm demonstrates a spinning wheel. The event is the second oldest folk festival in Western North Carolina and was named in honor of co-founder Bascom Lamar Lunsford. In 1964 Lunsford was the subject of a documentary film, shot with a 16mm hand held camera, by New York City filmmaker, David Hoffman. 1-866-642-4968 It was most famously recorded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928 for Brunswick Records in Ashland, Kentucky. 1928 was the first year of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, often claimed as the first event to be described as a "Folk Festival". Bascom Lamar Lunsford was … He censored himself, avoiding obscene songs or omitting verses. Lunsford has been quoted as saying he spent "nights in more homes from Harpers Ferry to Iron Mountain than God". You’ll get to hear the instrument played on its own and you’ll also have a chance to hear these musicians talk about their distinct playing styles, how they learned, and from whom they learned. Most of the Lunsford Festival activities, including the main stage performances, will take place on or near the Lunsford Commons, traditionally known as the Upper Quad of the campus, adjacent to College Street. After a few years the rhododendron element disappeared but the festival continues to this day. In 1927 the Asheville Chamber of Commerce organized a 'Rhododendron Festival' to encourage tourism. In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival, the Ramsey Center has planned a whole week of events and festivities. While we wished we could have […] This is a really nice festival set on the campus of Mars Hill College. His father was a Confederate veteran from East Tennessee, and his mother came from a Unionist family from Buncombe and Madison Counties. He was the son of James Bassett and Luarta Leah Buckner Lunsford and the great-grandson of Thomas Shepard Deaver, a founder of Mars Hill College. The Mountain Dance and Folk Festival was founded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford as a means for people to share and understand the beauty and dignity of the Southern Appalachian music and dance traditions that have been handed down through generations in western North Carolina. [2], Lunsford gave lectures and performances while dressed in a starched white shirt and black bow tie. They do an incredible job keeping the festival that Bascom founded in 1928 going. Lunsford also learned banjo and began to perform at weddings and square dances. [5], Lunsford's original recording of "Good Old Mountain Dew" was used as the first advertising theme for the newly created Mountain Dew soda. Musician and folklorist Bascom Lamar Lunsford dedicated his life to traveling the hills and coves of the Appalachian Mountains to find, memorize, and record the songs and dances so intimately woven into the mountain culture. And, even after suffering a stroke, he co-founded (with Lamar Lunsford and Ed Howard) the Bascom Lamar Lunsford “Minstrel of Appalachia” Festival, held each year in Mars Hill since 1967. Lunsford played in a style from Western North Carolina, which had a rhythmic up-stroke brushing the strings. He also played a "mandoline", an instrument with mandolin body and a five-string banjo neck. [1], After qualifying as a teacher at Rutherford College, Lunsford taught at schools in Madison County. Bekijk meer ideeën over muziek, bluegrass, american. From a dance demonstration to a talk by noted scholar of Appalachia David Whisnant, there’s something for everyone. In 1922 Frank C. Brown, a song collector, recorded 32 items on wax cylinders from Bascom. Interested in receiving our eNewsletter? Bascom Lamar Lunsford about the way of life he knew as a boy in the waning years of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. The Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival, which is also postponed until 2021, takes place on the same day adjacent to the Madison Heritage Arts Festival. He was often known by the nickname "Minstrel of the Appalachians. See Who's Going to Bascom Lamar Lunsford "Minstrel of Appalachia" Festival 2020 in Mars Hill, NC! This formal dress was part of his campaign against the stereotyping of “hillbillies”.[2]. [5], Greil Marcus discussed the meaning of "I Wish I Was a Mole In the Ground" both in his liner notes to Bob Dylan and The Band's album, The Basement Tapes (1975), and in his book Lipstick Traces. Lunsford was invited to the White House by President Roosevelt in 1939, when he performed his music for King George VI. His mother was a ballad singer, and … He was often known by the nickname "Minstrel of the Appalachians." He began to travel and collect material at the start of the 20th century, often meeting singers on isolated farms. 9-apr-2017 - Bekijk het bord 'Bascom Lamar Lunsford' van Karin , dat wordt gevolgd door 172 personen op Pinterest. Bring out your bacon and your beans, Lord, Lord. For now, please watch and enjoy the 3 nights of this year’s Mountain Dance and Folk Festival put on by the hard-working and talented people at the Folk Heritage Committee. No upcoming occurrences in the timeframe specified for this event. Lunsford was a musician and folklorist who dedicated his life to collecting and promoting the music of the Southern Appalachians. Bascom Lamar Lunsford was born in 1882, in the beautiful rolling hills of Madison County just north of Asheville, North Carolina. In 1913, Lunsford qualified in law at Trinity College, later to become Duke University. The Chamber asked Lunsford to invite local musicians and dancers. Organizers say the weeklong celebration will give them an opportunity to pay proper tribute to Bascom Lamar Lunsford's legacy. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, dubbed the Minstrel of the Appalachians and famed for founding the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, also collected songs, sought performers, and coordinated festivals in Piedmont and Eastern North Carolina. This year the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Minstrel of Appalachia Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary with special events to honor Lunsford’s legacy and impact on musical heritage and preservation. The Lunsford Festival is an all-day festival celebrating regional music and dance traditions. He sold the rights to the song for a train ticket home. They will drop off/pick up in front of Pittman Dining Hall on Hwy 213 on campus. This event is the second oldest folk festival in Western North Carolina and brings out the region’s finest musicians and dancers. [1] Lunsford died on 4 September 1973.[4]. A highlight of the day is the 11 a.m. presentation of the 2019 Bascom Lamar Lunsford Award, which will be given to dancer Loretta Freeman. Lunsford sang, "'Cause a railroad man they'll kill you when he can / And drink up your blood like wine," which is echoed by Dylan's line "Mona tried to tell me / To stay away from the train line / She said that all the railroad men / Just drink up your blood like wine" on his song "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again", recorded in 1966 for the album Blonde on Blonde. 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