Ernest V. Stoneman
9th Annual Alt. Country Album Nominee
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Genre: Alt. Country
5-String Productions
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Ernest Van “Pop” Stoneman (May 25, 1893 – June 14, 1968)
Info provided by Tim Brown, 5-String Productions, Inc.
HOMEBASE/COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Galax, Virginia, USA
ALBUM NOMINATED: “The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925-1934″
WHERE WAS ALBUM RECORDED? Richmond, Indiana
WHICH GENRES BEST DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC? Old-time Country music.
ARTISTS ON THE TRACK “JOHN HARDY”: Ernest V. Stoneman (guitar & vocals), Herbert Sweet (fiddle), Earl Sweet (banjo)
WHAT’S THE SONG “JOHN HARDY” ABOUT? John Hardy, the desperate, little murdering man.
WHY DID YOU SELECT THIS TRACK TO SUBMIT TO THE IMAs? It was among the
most relaxed and natural songs Ernest performed.
WHAT UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS OR TECHNIQUES DID YOU USE ON THIS ALBUM? At the end of every fourth measure, Ernest always added an extra back-beat to his guitar.
WHERE IS YOUR MUSIC AVAILABLE? The album is nationally distributed by
City Hall Records and is available on Amazon.com and through independent record stores nationwide.
DID FANS HELP FUND THIS PROJECT? No.
DESCRIBE YOUR AUDIENCE: Young hipsters like Old Crow Medicine Show, The
Carolina Chocolate Drops to oldsters like Marty Stuart and Pete
Stampfel. Old-Time to Bluegrass and everything between. Anyone with uncommon decency.
WHAT MAKES YOUR FANS UNIQUE? The vast majority of them have been dead
and gone for two generations. You can turn a rock over in south-west
Virginia and hear Ernest’s autoharp still chugging along.
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PLAY? Graveyards, cakewalks,barn-raisings.
WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST MEMORABLE ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE? Introducing Country music to the world.
WHAT’S IN THE WORKS FOR 2010? More revision (s) of vernacular music
history.
FINISH THIS SENTENCE: THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS… A sous-chef for the most
banal pieces of tripe.
WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS? Living your whole life without
breaking a record.
WHAT’S ON YOUR IPOD THAT WOULD SURPRISE YOUR FANS? The sound of a phonograph needle digging into the grooves of dead-wax for 428 hours.
NAME SOME ARTISTS YOU ARE CHAMPIONING: Dennis McGee, Pawlo Humeniuk and Belf’s
Romanian Orchestra.
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Just curious… That repeating “poor boy” phrase in Stoneman’s song, was that original to this song, or as sung by him in this version, or did it appear first in earlier country/folk music? I have heard that repeating phrase in one of Joan Baez’s recordings, made of course much later but likely of an equally old song. Did she get use of that phrase from Stoneman do you think?
Anyhow really enjoyed this recording. You are doing holy work son. Saving the soul of America or at least reminding some of us that she has one. This music needs to be heard, saved and remembered.