Kentucky TV show - JP Fraley

[nickp]

This probably needs to go in another section but I'll start it here and it can be moved...

From the Google old time newsgroup

Kentucky Educational TV came to JP Fraley's Mountain Music Gatherin' this past September and filmed a documentary about old-time/mountain music highlighting it and fiddling in particular at the Fraley Festival. It's going to begin to be aired in Kentucky, starting this week (Jan. 22 is the first). You can get more info at:
www.ket.org/cgi-bin/tvschedules/episode.pl?nola=KMUSE+000102

It includes folks talking about mountain music, a history of the
Fraley Festival that includes 1980's footage of JP and Annadeene
playing and singing, and then highlights some fiddlers from Kentucky and West Virginia who attend the Festival: Paul Smith, Roger Cooper, Bobby Taylor, John Harrod, Michael Garvin, Jesse Wells, and Rossi Clark.


So far so good but being too far away I looked at the web site, decided that they appeared to provide copies for private purposes (they're an educational setup), took a chance and emailed them to ask about availability.

This is a summary their response:

Mountain Music Gatherin' is available on DVD for $24.95. Generally the shipping cost inside the US is $3.95, but for outside of the US it will depend on the weight of the package and where it is going. To order call (U.S. number may need international code) 1-800-945-9167 (or 859-258-7217), fax [phone], or mail KET Tape Duplication, 600 Cooper Drive, Lexington, KY 40502. They take Visa/Mastercard or check.
You can also send details by email but I'm a bit wary of sending credit card numbers in an open email.

And..... it's supposedly region free!!! I'll let you know what I think when my copy arrives.

Nick

[nickp]

It arrived yesterday - surface mail, hence the delay. It plays without problem on my UK player and has some very nice interviews and performance clips. Good archive film of JP & Annadeene although it's not made apparent from the dvd that JP is still alive and there's no recent film of him. The last time I saw him - about 4 years ago - he was struggling to play but was still a dream to see and hear. We camped next to him at Fiddler's Grove. Such a charming gentleman.

[deleuran]

Hey Nick.

I took a look at the link you mentioned, and it looks interesting. I tried to follow some other links on the page and came to this one: www.ket.org/muse/mountainmusic/
And then a link on that site: www.ket.org/muse/mountainmusic/footage.htm
There are some fine small videos from the festival. Among others some performances with J.P. and Annadeene Fraley.

[Ptarmigan]

Thanks Nick. Sorry, I missed your original post, but I have now posted a link to that site.

Thanks too Jesper for the link to the Videos, I've also posted a link to them.

Cheers
Dick

P.S. A charming old Gentleman of Irish Music, Joe Ryan, passed away yesterday & will be sadly missed by thousands of Irish Music enthusiasts, being, as he was, one of the OLD SCHOOL which is what I suspect JP Fraley is to Old Time Musicians.

[nickp]

Those clips that Deleuran has found appear to be 'out-takes' from the feature. I can't be certain as the page took forever to display and I ran out of time to watch them

[Ptarmigan]

Nick, you should have asked Santa for Broadband![/i] ;D

Cheers
Dick

[nickp]

Nice one Dick.

I only (only!) have 2 meg broadband which is usually enough for anything I need. I suspect in this case it's an issue at the Kentucky end because I have trouble getting any kind of speedy response anywhere on the site - and it's a problem at the 'thumbnail' stage not actually playing the clips. Nick

[Ptarmigan]

;D Yes, only 2 Meg eh! I suspected as much.

Speaking of net problems, I'm finding that when I'm on MySpace these days, more & more often I lose Safari! I guess there's just so much info on that site now, but it's annoying all the same.

Cheers
Dick