Ernest V. Stoneman - remembered by daughter Patsy Stoneman Murphy: Thomas Edison's Attic
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from November 15, 2005
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.