Glory To the Meeting House, by Charlie Stamper

"Willow Creek" - Charlie Stamper and J.D. Wilkes in Cadiz, Ky. 2014

Glory To the Meeting House

by Charlie Stamper

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tom wareham Just such a cracking version of this tune - and played with such vigour. It's such a shame that Charlie Stamper didn't get to record more. His playing was really inventive. Favorite track: Cattle In the Cane.

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1.	Cattle In the Cane 02:32 video	buy track
2.	We Were a Big Family 00:16	buy track
3.	Glory To the Meeting House 02:42	buy track
4.	Lookin' For Horse Hair 00:37	buy track
5.	Leather Britches 01:56	buy track
6.	Kitchen Girl 01:41	buy track
7.	Frosty Morning 01:54	buy track
8.	He Just Liked It 00:39	buy track
9.	Sally Goodin 02:18	buy track
10.	Buck Creek Girls 01:30	buy track
11.	Midnight On the Water 02:40	buy track
12.	Old Joe Clark 02:24	buy track
13.	Cruel Willie 02:38	buy track
14.	About the Stamper Blues 00:48	buy track
15.	Stamper Blues 02:00	buy track
16.	You Never Bought a Block of Rosin 00:37	buy track
17.	Sourwood Mountain 02:20	buy track
18.	Margaret's Waltz 02:10	buy track
19.	Young Edward 01:41	buy track
20.	Charlie's Hornpipe 02:22	buy track
21.	Arkansas Traveler 00:41	buy track
22.	Wood Chopper's Red 01:59	buy track
23.	That Stick With a String On It 00:36	buy track
24.	The Girl I Left Behind Me (Mouth Bow) 00:34	buy track
25.	The Girl I Left Behind Me 02:45	buy track
26.	Tennessee Waltz (Mouth Bow) 00:35	buy track
27.	Drunken Billy Goat 02:32	buy track
28.	My First Instrument 00:38	buy track
29.	Glory To the Meeting House (Reprise) 02:29	buy track

about

Charlie Stamper (1930-2017) was 84 years old when he released his sole album, Glory To the Meeting House. Older brother to Bluegrass Hall of Famer Art Stamper, Charlie was a master musician in his own right. This album features 29 tracks of solo fiddle, mouth bow, string band music, and snippets of conversation that offer an unprecedented glimpse into a deep-rooted musical heritage that is uniquely Kentucky.

Glory To the Meeting House was co-produced by J.D. Wilkes, leader of Southern-gothic punk band The Legendary Shack Shakers. A fellow Kentuckian, Wilkes discovered Stamper while researching his book "Barn Dances and Jamborees Across Kentucky" and he set out to capture Stamper's spry, often blazing, fiddling.

In his liner notes Wilkes, who plays banjo on the album, writes, "It was an honor, a privilege and a blast for me to play banjo alongside such a master."

credits

released January 1, 2014

Musicians:
Charlie Stamper – Fiddle, mouth bow & vocals
J.D. Wilkes – Banjo
Josh Coffey – Mandolin
Nathan Blake Lynn – Guitar
Ray Wyatt – Guitar on tracks 15 & 19
Kelly Layne Hendrickson – Gutbucket on track 29

Produced by J.D. Wilkes & Josh May.
Recorded Jan. 2014 at Charlie’s home in Cadiz, Kentucky by Kelly Layne Hendrickson. Mastered by Josh May.

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June Appal Recordings Kentucky

Founded in 1974 in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, June Appal Recordings is the non-profit record label of Appalshop. It was established to record and distribute the music and stories of accomplished central Appalachian artists.

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