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'''NANCY BLEVINS.''' ~~Old-Time~~, ~~Breakdown~~ & Song. USA, southwestern Va., western North Carolina. ADad tuning (Albert Hash). The melody is known as a Surry County, North Carolina, regional tune. Kerry Blech queried Kilby Spencer, Albert Hash's nephew, about the tune. Kilby and Albert discussed it in a c. 1970's taped interview, wherein Albert Hash (1917-1983) said he learned the tune from Jim Reedy, who learned the song from his father, Bob Reedy. Albert recalled:

'''NANCY BLEVINS.''' American, Reel & Song (cut time). USA, southwestern Va., western North Carolina. D Major. ADad tuning (Albert Hash). One part. The melody is known as a Surry County, North Carolina, regional tune, sourced to fiddler and instrument maker Albert Hash [https://mountainmusicmagazine.weebly.com/mountain-music-legacies/2] (1917-1983), who lived in nearby Whitetop Mountain, Grayson County, Virginia. Kerry Blech queried Kilby Spencer, Albert Hash's nephew, about the tune. Kilby and Albert discussed it in a c. 1970's taped interview, wherein Albert Hash (1917-1983) said he learned the tune from Jim Reedy, who learned the song from his father, Bob Reedy. Albert recalled:

[[File:hash.jpg|~~200px~~|thumb|left|Albert Hash]]

[[File:hash.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Albert Hash]]

''That was one that my grandfather--he had a cousin named Nancy Blevins...and''

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~~Some find similarities between this~~ tune ~~and~~ the first strain of Norman Edmonds' "[[Hawks and Eagles]]."

The tune is similar in the first strain to another tune by a regional fiddler, Norman Edmonds, called "[[Hawks and Eagles]]."

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''Recorded sources'': Rounder 0058, Albert Hash & Thornton Spencer - "Old Originals, vol. 2" (1978). Smithsonian Folkways FW02380, Wade Ward - "Uncle Wade - A Memorial to Wade Ward: Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker, 1892-1971" (1973).

''Recorded sources'': Field Recorders Collective FRC 411, "Albert Hash vol. 1: Recordings from the collection of Kilby Spencer" (2015). Rounder 0058, Albert Hash & Thornton Spencer - "Old Originals, vol. 2" (1978). Smithsonian Folkways FW02380, Wade Ward - "Uncle Wade - A Memorial to Wade Ward: Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker, 1892-1971" (1973).

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Hear/see versions on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwFLu7AyA9c] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUfz5gP0Tb8]

Hear a clip of Wade Ward (1892-1971) playing the tune at Smithsonian Folkways [http://www.folkways.si.edu/TrackDetails.aspx?itemid=3110]

Hear Albert Hash's recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/nancy-blevins]

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-'''NANCY BLEVINS.''' Old-Time, Breakdown & Song. USA, southwestern Va., western North Carolina. ADad tuning (Albert Hash). The melody is known as a Surry County, North Carolina, regional tune. Kerry Blech queried Kilby Spencer, Albert Hash's nephew, about the tune. Kilby and Albert discussed it in a c. 1970's taped interview, wherein Albert Hash (1917-1983) said he learned the tune from Jim Reedy, who learned the song from his father, Bob Reedy. Albert recalled:
+'''NANCY BLEVINS.''' American, Reel & Song (cut time). USA, southwestern Va., western North Carolina. D Major. ADad tuning (Albert Hash). One part. The melody is known as a Surry County, North Carolina, regional tune, sourced to fiddler and instrument maker Albert Hash [https://mountainmusicmagazine.weebly.com/mountain-music-legacies/2] (1917-1983), who lived in nearby Whitetop Mountain, Grayson County, Virginia. Kerry Blech queried Kilby Spencer, Albert Hash's nephew, about the tune. Kilby and Albert discussed it in a c. 1970's taped interview, wherein Albert Hash (1917-1983) said he learned the tune from Jim Reedy, who learned the song from his father, Bob Reedy. Albert recalled:
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-Some find similarities between this tune and the first strain of Norman Edmonds' "[[Hawks and Eagles]]."
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-''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Rounder 0058, Albert Hash & Thornton Spencer - "Old Originals, vol. 2" (1978). Smithsonian Folkways FW02380, Wade Ward - "Uncle Wade - A Memorial to Wade Ward: Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker, 1892-1971" (1973).</font>
+''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Field Recorders Collective FRC 411, "Albert Hash vol. 1: Recordings from the collection of Kilby Spencer" (2015). Rounder 0058, Albert Hash & Thornton Spencer - "Old Originals, vol. 2" (1978). Smithsonian Folkways FW02380, Wade Ward - "Uncle Wade - A Memorial to Wade Ward: Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker, 1892-1971" (1973).</font>
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 Hear/see versions on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwFLu7AyA9c] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUfz5gP0Tb8]<br>
 Hear a clip of Wade Ward (1892-1971) playing the tune at Smithsonian Folkways [http://www.folkways.si.edu/TrackDetails.aspx?itemid=3110]<br>
+Hear Albert Hash's recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/nancy-blevins]<br>
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