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Making Smaller Baskets | Billy Hammond | Digital Traditions
Billy Hammond Photos | Digital Traditions
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Grover "Billy" Hammond, a native of Clarks Hill in McCormick County, exemplified the important craft of split-oak basketmaking in South Carolina. The thin strips – or splits – that can be riven from...
Roger Bellow Photos | Digital Traditions
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Roger Bellow is a scholar, teacher and award-winning performer who has been a lifelong proponent of early country music traditions. He first learned about country music in Uptown, an area of Chicago...
Nick Hallman Photos | Digital Traditions
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A multi-instrumentalist from the Piedmont, Nick Hallman is a life-long devotee of old-time country music indigenous to the South Carolina. As founding member of the Nickpickers, Hallman assembled one...
Loyd & Steve McGaha Photos | Digital Traditions
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Loyd “Slick” McGaha epitomized the essence of a traditional performer and nicely encapsulated the traditions of South Carolina as well. Slick learned to play “bones,” a traditional rhythmic technique...
J.R. Wilkie Photos | Digital Traditions
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McCormick (McCormick County) realtor who was a musician prior to WWII. Interview conducted by Anne Kimzey.
J.C. Owens Photos | Digital Traditions
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Master fiddler J.C. Owens learned from the best musicians in the South Carolina Upstate, his brother, Lonnie Owens, and the legendary Pink Cassels. Owens is a master of various fiddling styles native...
Harold Vernon Riddle Photos | Digital Traditions
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Harold Vernon Riddle played the fiddle for well over fifty years. He was first exposed to the rural folk music of upstate South Carolina in the mill village of Glendale where he was born. He heard...
Location for Materials | Barbara McCormick | Digital Traditions
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Interviewed by Dale Rosengarten In this interview, Barbara McCormick talks about the places she goes to find the materials she uses to make baskets
Where Bulrush Grows | Barbara McCormick | Digital Traditions
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Interviewed by Dale Rosengarten Barbara McCormick talks about where the material they use for their baskets grows.
Different Basketmakers | Barbara McCormick | Digital Traditions
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Interviewed by Dale Rosengarten Barbara McCormick talks about the different basketmakers and their unique styles.
The Decker Basket | Barbara McCormick | Digital Traditions
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Interviewed by Dale Rosengarten Barbara McCormick describes a decker basket.
Gene Wyatt Photos | Digital Traditions
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Born and raised in a mill village in Converse, South Carolina, Gene Wyatt, or “Colonel Gene” as he was known on the music scene, first picked up the guitar when he was 10. From a musical family, Wyatt...
Fernando Costro Photos | Digital Traditions
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Fernando Costro is a musician from Mexico, currently residing in Newberry County. He plays guitar and mariachi music with a local band, Mariachi Cabos. He learned how to play violin and guitar from...
Casey Claude Photos | Digital Traditions
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This native of Enoree claimed to have “been born with music in my blood.” He formed his first band at the age of 18 - “Claude Casey and The Pine State Playboys.” By 1938 they had recorded 10 songs for...
Charles Creswell Photos | Digital Traditions
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Fiddler from Troy, SC (Greenwood County). Many of the songs he plays are short, so several are included here in their entirety. He is accompanied by Fred Watson on guitar and sister Fannie Creswell...
Ashley Carder Photos | Digital Traditions
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Ashley Carder grew up in a home surrounded by music. His mother Shirley is a talented country singer and guitar player who performed often on regional radio in the 1960s and -70s. Carder’s extended...
Maria Rosa-Garcia Photos | Digital Traditions
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Ms. Maria Rosa-Garcia is a traditional folk dancer from Mexico. She learned the art as a child from her family and currently teaches young children how to dance at a church in Saluda County, South...
Maria de Jesus de Santiago Photos | Digital Traditions
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Maria de Jesus de Santiago was born in Jalisco, Mexico. She moved to South Carolina in the late 1990s and brought with her a love of folkloric Mexican dance. She began learning the art when she was a...
Leonard and Bernice Daughtery Photos | Digital Traditions
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Mr. and Mrs. Daughtery are American square dance performers and enthusiasts. Originally from Illinois and Virginia, they moved to Greenwood County in the mid-1990s. They began their journey over...
Alda Smith Photos | Digital Traditions
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The South Carolina Piedmont has often been referred to as “The textile center of the world.” Alda Smith’s musical heritage is woven from the influences that migrated throughout the Piedmont during...
Phillip Simmons Photos | Digital Traditions
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Philip Simmons exemplified the Charleston blacksmithing tradition as a master craftsman, passing his knowledge and skills to several generations of apprentices. His specialty was creating decorative...
George Herron Photos | Digital Traditions
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According to Art Carter of The Sporting Craftsmen, George Herron was widely regarded as the “Grandaddy of South Carolina knifemakers.” Herron certainly maintained his place as one of the standard...
Bobby Branton Photos | Digital Traditions
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For over twenty years, Bobby Branton has honed a skill that is still practiced by very few people across the United States. He is a bladesmith who hand-forges blades for knives in the traditional way...
Billy Henson on the Difference Between Sand and Glass | Digital Traditions
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Billy Henson talks about the difference between using sand or glass in a glaze. A native of Lyman in Spartanburg County, Henson came from a long line of traditional potters. Both his grandfather...
Billy Henson and Cinda Baldwin on Jones "Pete" Clayton's Influence | Digital Traditions
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Billy Henson talks with Cinda Baldwin about Jones "Pete" Clayton's influence on him. A native of Lyman in Spartanburg County, Henson came from a long line of traditional potters. Both his grandfather...
Billy Henson and Cinda Baldwin on Reviving Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware | Digital Traditions
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Billy Henson tells Cinda Baldwin why he was interested in reviving alkaline-glazed stoneware. A native of Lyman in Spartanburg County, Henson came from a long line of traditional potters. Both his...
Billy Henson and Cinda Baldwin on the Need for Stoneware | Digital Traditions
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Billy Henson and Cinda Baldwin discuss the need for stoneware. A native of Lyman in Spartanburg County, Henson came from a long line of traditional potters. Both his grandfather, Jesse Vardry Henson...
Billy Henson Photos | Digital Traditions
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A native of Lyman in Spartanburg County, Henson came from a long line of traditional potters. Both his grandfather, Jesse Vardry Henson, and his great-uncle, David Carr Henson, were folk potters in...