(SNP137) Dennis Yager, Nelson Jenkins, and Wesley Gray interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith
Files
Interviewee
Yager, Dennis
Identifier
SNP137
Format
1 audio file (running time: 01:22:30)
Interview Number
SNP-137
Date of Interview
6-2-1978
Description
Records a music session featuring Dennis Yager, Nelson Jenkins and Wesley Gray, who perform a number of old-time songs, many of which were popular tunes with the mountain people. Featured instruments include guitar, banjo, Dobro and fiddle. Dennis Yager also participated in an interview with his mother, Mattie Yager, who played several mountain tunes on her autoharp. See SdArch no. SNP-138.
There is no transcript for this interview; interview consists of audio only.
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Personal Names
Yager, Dennis, Interviews; Jenkins, Nelson, Interviews; "Gray, Wesley, Interviews.
Subjects
Mountain people -- Blue Ridge Mountains -- Social life and customs; Mountain life -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) – History; Mountain people -- Virginia -- Shenandoah National Park -- Social life and customs; Rural poor – Virginia; Country life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Old-time music -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.); Bluegrass music -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.); Gospel music -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.).
Place Names
Kite Hollow (Va.) -- History; Page County (Va.) -- History; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Manners and customs; Shenandoah National Park (Va.) -- History, Local.
Interviewer
Smith, Dorothy Noble 1915-1999
Collection Title
Shenandoah National Park oral history collection
Collection Number
SdArch SNP
Recommended Citation
Dennis Yager interviewed by Dorothy Noble Smith, June 2, 1978, SdArch SNP-137, Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection, 1964-1999, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University
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