Funding for Down Home Radio is provided in part by The Puffin Foundation and by Virgil Anderson – On the Tennessee Line
I think Virgil Anderson is my favorite banjo player right now. He’s great. I picked up this old out of print County LP last summer when I was at the Clifftop banjo and fiddle convention and I’ve been listening to it a lot ever since. Virgil Anderson has such a mellow feel, very bluesy and laid back. This record is great for the early morning and late at night, or any time!
The material on this record was recorded, I believe in the late 1970’s, by folklorist Bobby Fulcher. Bobby Fulcher also produced a film called “Chase the Devil: Religious Music of the Southern Appalachians (1986) which features great footage of Virgil Anderson.
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See below for the back of the record and notes:
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Recent podcast with Bobby Fulcher – I just listened to this, Bobby Fulcher is awesome, and he plays some incredible field recordings on here, although they are abbreviated. Well worth listening.
May 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
virgil anderson was my great grandfather. He passed away in the 90’s so i didnt get t see him much with me being born as of 1991 but from what i remember he was a very enjoyable person to be around and a great banjo player
June 7th, 2008 at 1:16 am
that’s awesome! Virgil Anderson is great!
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Very good, thank you. I play clawhammer banjo and this is a treat to hear. The track names aren’t named. I can figure out the ones with lyrics but not the instrumentals. Can you help me out please? Thanks!
September 1st, 2008 at 3:25 am
Brian– Look at the back of the album and enlarge to get tracks.
October 28th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
People have always asked me “Who is Virgilio Anderson?” but now I realise it should have been “Who is Virgil Anderson?” I am clearly his namesake as my father loves playing his banjo.
‘Station House Blues’ is one of my all-time favourites but does anyone know if he ever recorded ‘Battenburg Cakewalk Blues’?
Virgilio Anderson
Macedonia
November 12th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Im listening to Virgil right now.Absolute quality music.Someone should re-issue his music.
December 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Virgil Anderson is my great great uncle… I am so happy to have found this online finally! My mom (Ruth Anderson) and her mom (Hallie Anderson) both had this record and I hadn’t seen the cover since I was a kid, brings back so many memories, thank you!
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Awesome. Very happy you found it. Regards to you and your family. Virgil was just great, a joy to listen to and a big influence on my own banjo playing.
June 1st, 2010 at 2:03 am
i liked to hear grandpa;after supper setting onthe porch he played sometime when we visited.sometimes dad ralph burke ;would holler real loud. grandpa laughed and played harder;sometimes;itsounded like two instruments;IT WAS GOOD>tom burke