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Thread #62711   Message #1015419
Posted By: GUEST,Russ
09-Sep-03 - 09:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: INFO required visit to USA.
Subject: RE: BS: INFO required visit to USA.
oombanjo,

Bob Wine was Melvin's father. Melvin called the tune "Bob Wine's Tune" because he couldn't remember what his father called it.

Another WV fiddler, Ernie Carpenter, had a similar problem. He called a tune "Grandad's Favorite" because he couldn't remember what his grandfather had called it.

My wife and I spend the entire summer traveling back and forth between DE and WV. Melvin Wine's Birthday (April), Vandalia (May), WV State Folk Festival (June), Clifftop (July/August), Augusta Festival (August), Stonewall Jackson Jubilee (Labor Day), Augusta Fiddlers' Reunion (October). I give all of them my highest recommendation.

If your plans are flexible, give some serious thought to Clifftop.
http://www.wvculture.org/stringband
It is THE old time music gathering for the eastern US. Almost every old time musician who is capable of traveling is there.