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Wade Ward

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Wade Ward (1892-1971) was an American old-time music fiddler and banjoist from Independence, Virginia. He was especially renowned for his clawhammer banjo playing. He was a frequent winner at the Galax Old Time Fiddler's Convention. His instrument, a Gibson RB-11, is now housed in the Smithsonian Institution. Along with Kyle Creed, he is thought by many to embody the 'Galax' style of clawhammer banjo playing. In the early 1930's, Wade and his older brother Crockett

Top songs

  1. Lone Prairie
  2. Chilly Winds
  3. Old Joe Clark
  4. Shady Grove
  5. Cumberland Gap - Remastered
  6. Cluck Old Hen
  7. June Apple
  8. Married Man's Blues
  9. Chilly Winds - Instrumental
  10. Peachbottom Creek
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  1. Mississippi Sawyer
  2. Nitches Over The Hill
  3. Sourwood Mountain
  4. Cumberland Gap
  5. Cripple Creek
  6. Half Shaved / High Atmosphere
  7. Half Shaved
  8. Sally Ann
  9. Chilly Winds - Remastered
  10. Paddy on the Turnpike
  11. Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe? - Remastered
  12. Hollyding
  13. Cumberland Gap (Remastered)
  14. John Lover's Gone
  15. Arkansas Traveler
  16. Old Reuben
  17. Half-Shaved Nigger
  18. Married Man's Blues (Unissued)
  19. uncle eef got a coon
  20. Chilly Winds (Remastered)
  21. Molly Put the Kettle On
  22. ida red
  23. Old Jimmy Sutton
  24. New River Train
  25. Little Sadie
  26. Johnson Boys
  27. Polly Put the Kettle On
  28. Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe?
  29. Waterbound
  30. Black Mountain Rag
  31. Interview - Cripple Creek
  32. A Married Man's Blues
  33. Sally Johnson
  34. john lover is gone
  35. foxchase
  36. New River Train (Version 1)
  37. Nancy Blevins
  38. Molly, Put the Kettle On
  39. Western Country
  40. Barbry Allen (Barbara Allen)
  41. chicken reel
  42. Katy Hill describes Wade learning to play music / Billy in the Lowground
  43. ragtime annie
  44. Conversation Between Wade Ward and Glen Smith / Arkansas Traveler / Katy Hill's Recollections of the Fiddler's Convention
  45. Old Joe Clark / Katy Hill's reminiscences / Peach Bottom Creek
  46. Chilly Winds (Instrumental)
  47. Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe? (Remastered)
  48. Train On the Island
  49. Mississippi Sawyer - 1
  50. Johnson Boys (Version 2)
  51. John Henry (Version 1)
  52. Half Shaved/High Atmosphere
  53. Mississippi Sawyers
  54. Mississippi Sawyer - 2
  55. Lost Indian
  56. Half Shaved-High Atmosphere
  57. Lone Prairie - Wade Ward
  58. Conversation With Granny Porter / Cluck Old Hen
  59. Western Country / Katy Hill's Reminiscences About Old Time Dances / Old Jimmy Sutton (Medley)
  60. Cacklin' Hen
  61. Cindy
  62. Chilly Winds - Wade Ward
  63. Arkansas Traveller
  64. Fox Chase (banjo tuning gGGAD & vocal)
  65. Katy Hill's Reminiscences About One of Wade's Escapades / Sally Goodin'
  66. Chilly Winds (banjo & vocal)
  67. Dance All Night with a Bottle in your Hand (fiddle & guitar)
  68. May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister (Fiddle & Guitar)
  69. A Married Man’s Blues
  70. Charleston #1
  71. New River Train (Wade Ward & "Granny" vocal)
  72. Cripple Creek - Wade Ward
  73. Mississippi Sawyer - Wade Ward
  74. Half-Shaved N****r
  75. Fall On My Knees
  76. Jesus Died on the Cross (vocal & guitar)
  77. Ida Red - Wade Ward
  78. Shady Grove (banjo)
  79. Down Yonder (fiddle & guitar)
  80. Old Joe Clark - Wade Ward
  81. Wade Ward - Lone Prairie
  82. Little Maggie
  83. Billy in the Lowground
  84. The Fox Chase
  85. Chilly Winds (Remastered) - Wade Ward
  86. Old Joe Clark (Wade Ward)
  87. June Apple - Wade Ward
  88. Sally Ann - Wade Ward
  89. The Mississippi Sawyers
  90. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

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