Playlist for Thomas Edison's Attic - November 15, 2005

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The audio curator at Edison National Historic Site rummages through the archives of the legendary Edison Laboratory of West Orange, New Jersey. Tune in for Edison cylinder and disc record rarities, many not heard since "the old man" himself stashed them away, featuring: Tin Pan Alley pop songs, ragtime, vaudeville comedy sketches, flapper dance bands, old-time country tunes, historic classical music, laboratory experiments and other artifacts - all dating from 1888 through 1929.

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November 15, 2005: Ernest V. Stoneman - remembered by daughter Patsy Stoneman Murphy

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Ernest and Hattie Stoneman

Artist Track Album Year
Ernest Stoneman - vocal, guitar, harmonica, Kahle Brewer - fiddle, George Stoneman - banjo  Careless love   Needle Type disc N-215-A  1928 
Patsy Stoneman Murphy  Childhood   interview  1996 
Ernest Stoneman - guitar, Uncle Eck Dunford - fiddle, George Stoneman - banjo  West Virginia highway   Needle Type disc N-588-A  1928 
Patsy Stoneman Murphy  First recordings   interview  1996 
Ernest Stoneman - vocal, guitar, harmonica  Sinking of the Titanic   Diamond Disc 11058-B  1926 
Patsy Stoneman Murphy  The Bristol sessions   interview  1996 
Ernest Stoneman - vocal, guitar, harmonica  The fatal wedding   Diamond Disc 11693-C  1927 
Ernest Stoneman - vocal, guitar, harmonica, Kahle Brewer - fiddle, George Stoneman - banjo  When the redeemed are gathering in   Needle Type disc N-211-A  1928 
Patsy Stoneman Murphy  The flop eared mule   interview  1996 
Ernest Stoneman - guitar, Kahle Brewer - fiddle, Bolen Frost - banjo  The long eared mule   Diamond Disc 11462-C  1927 
Patsy Stoneman Murphy  Bank check story   interview  1996 
Ernest Stoneman - vocal, guitar, harmonica  Wild Bill Jones   Diamond Disc 11056-D  1926 
Patsy Stoneman Murphy  The Great Depression   interview  1996 
Patsy Stoneman Murphy  The children learn to play   interview  1996 
Ernest Stoneman - vocal, guitar, Kahle Brewer - fiddle, George Stoneman - banjo  Sally Good'in   Needle Type disc N-214-B  1928 




A recommended book:
"The Stonemans - an Appalachian family and the music that shaped their lives",
by Ivan M. Tribe, University of Illinois Press, 1993.


This program is dedicated to the memory of Patsy's late husband, John Murphy.
During the interview you can hear "Murph" helping out in the background.


** Congratulations to Ernest Stoneman - 2008 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee **


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