Lovely story, and video....Very well done. Mr Buchanan is saying imortant things about work, industry, choices; Happiness in life which need repeating. It is classical, and stands up to the flow of time, history; But our society has turned its back on the healthy lifestyle and embraced the path of ease; To our demise. Beautiful chair, I've accomplished making one and hope to have several more . Thank you!
I met Dave Sawyer in the early 1980S while I was a rural economic development consultant in the White Mts of NH. I paid him to travel around Maine and NH with me giving presentations in communities showing how micro manufacturing high value wood products was an effective strategy for Northern Appalachian towns. 45 years later it is gratifying to see his son continuing his dads work. I retired 4 years ago. At 74 I am doing green woodworking in Northern NY. I am finally following my own advice.
Wonderful video! always great to hear more about Red's life. That tune at the end was one of Red's compositions called "Grassy Creek" for anyone who was wondering.
Sure glad I found this video. Clearly incorporating glass and clay invigorates the metal in a way that I cannot achieve with patinas, so just as clearly I have a lot of learning to do. Thanks!
This man was(and is) a legend.Wonderful job with this song,your pretty & very talented.Popcorn lived and died his way,I respect the hell outta that!And I love the headstone,"Popcorn say"s" When I'm told something I don"t like ,I alway"s use that line.
It’s interesting to see plows on Mt Mitchell and the parkway down to NC-80. Maybe this is how things used to be. These days, the slightest gust of wind or rain even when the temps are in the 40s up there - as soon as the tourists have gone in early November - everything shuts (especially Asheville to Blowing Rock), so no need to plow. Same for pretty much the whole BRP. It’s a shame too for us locals (am in AVL) as we prefer it when it’s not touristy. To be fair, I presume budgets are far less now than they were when this was filmed, and it’s dangerous work. Maybe if we start charging tourists to use the Mt Mitchell park roads (and the parkway), more $ will be around for maintenance and things like this. For snow in winter, I tend to go up to Carver’s Gap near Roan Mountain. Regular state roads up there, but note the NC side is usually cleared well if there’s snow. The TN side - not so much.
Thanks for putting up your Red Wilson material. I was fortunate enough to visit Red on a number of occasions and made some audio tracks of him at impromptu sessions at his house. I didn't own a video camera at the time buy fortunately my wife was a photographer so we do have stills. There are several of the audio tracks here on You Tube. If you have more please keep them coming.
I like that Curtis came up totally away from the Dunbar branch of the tree. I spoke at length ...( I was a Windsor chairmaker for a long time)....for about an hour on the phone . Very nice guy. I live near David Sawyer , and had the pleasure of sitting in one of Curtis's chairs.
One of my favorite fiddlers there is. Red, Lester mccumbers, tommy jarrell, Kenny baker, and other old timers. The real old stuff. Thanks for recording this video for those likeminded like me who hope to keep sharing and playing old time Appalachian music like this for a real long time to come. From a fellow North carolinian born and raised in the good ole south. Good work
Mr Wilson, thank you so much for this wonderful interview, & sharing some of your very 🎶🎶entertaining life story🎶🎶 with us all🙂🙏🏻! Take care, & God Bless you Sir!
