Road To Home, by Marion Sumner

Marion Sumner joins Phebel and Flora Wright in their home for an old time jam session and discussion of their lives in music. 30 min.

Road To Home

by Marion Sumner

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Also includes scans of original liner notes by Sharon Hatfield and inner sleeve tune notes by Charles Wolfe.

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Road To Home
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Sealed Vinyl LP of Road To Home by Marion Sumner. Includes liner notes by Appalachian journalist Sharon Hatfield, and inner sleeve notes about the tunes by historian Charles Wolfe. The inner sleeve on sealed originals may be discolored due to age (see image), but vinyl LPs have shown no signs of age and are in mint condition when unsealed. Individual LP sleeves may also include vintage June Appal feedback cards.

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1.	Dragging the Bow 01:40 video	buy track
2.	Who's Sorry Now 01:22	buy track
3.	Steel Guitar Rag 01:30	buy track
4.	The Waltz You Saved For Me 03:30	buy track
5.	Sweet Georgia Brown 01:13	buy track
6.	Darling Nellie Gray 01:07	buy track
7.	There'll Be Some Changes Made 02:13	buy track
8.	Beaumont Rag 03:03	buy track
9.	Blackey Rag 01:26	buy track
10.	Bill Cheatum 02:35	buy track
11.	Gold Rush 02:30	buy track
12.	Little Rock Getaway 01:16	buy track
13.	Whispering 01:51	buy track
14.	Lady Be Good 01:53	buy track
15.	Dreaming of the Georgiana Moon 02:33	buy track
16.	Up the Lazy River 01:24	buy track
17.	Texahoma Boogie 01:47	buy track
18.	Hollow Poplar 02:35	buy track
19.	Sally Goodin 02:01	buy track

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"Marion Sumner is one of my favorite breakdown fiddlers of all time. I have admired his talent and technique for over 30 years and I'm happy to know that through this album others will do the same." Chet Atkins, 1979

"Fiddle King of the South" Marion Sumner (1920-1997) was raised on George's Branch in Perry County, KY. After winning a fiddle contest during the 1937 Black Gold Festival in Hazard he gained the attention of Cousin Emmy and performed with her group for several years. During WWII, Sumner worked briefly for Molly O’Day and Lynn Davis, and then with Eddie Hill and Johnny Wright. In the post-war period, Marion worked as a sideman with many bands on radio station WKIC in Hazard. He later joined Don Gibson and Chet Atkins in Knoxville and Esco Hankins in Lexington.

Marion spent briefer periods with Cowboy Copas, the York Brothers, Preston Ward, Archie Campbell and the then youthful duo of Jim & Jesse. Sumner also fiddled extensively on the night club circuits in Cincinnati, Columbus and Knoxville. He recorded sparingly in his wide travels, doing sessions with Preston Ward and Don Gibson in the 1940s. In his later years he frequently played with eastern Kentucky banjo master Lee Sexton.

In 1979, Marion cut his first album, Road to Home, for June Appal. In the mid-80’s, he made two more albums, both with the assistance of Jesse McReynolds, who always held Marion’s fiddling in high regard. Sumner lived in retirement in Isom, Kentucky in Letcher County until his death in 1997.

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released January 1, 1979

Recordings were made for JA030, Road To Home, Marion Sumner's first solo album, by Dudley Wilson and Jack Wright. The release was produced by Sonny Houston, Marion Sumner and Jack Wright. Musicians on the recordings and release included Marion Sumner on fiddle and lead guitar, Sonny Houston on bass, Alfred "Badeye" Combs on electric guitar, Phyllis Moyer on guitar and mandolin, Terry Tipton on banjo, Ken Moyer on bass, Joe Stuart on fiddle, Josh Graves on dobro, Gordon Reid on banjo, George Helton on bass, and Clyde and Mary Denny on guitars.

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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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