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From ancient ballads at the heart of the tradition to instruments that express this dynamic music, Ritchie and Orr chronicle the details of an epic journey. Enriched by the insights of key contributors to the living tradition on both sides of the Atlantic, this abundantly illustrated volume includes a CD featuring 20 songs by musicians profiled in the book, including Dolly Parton, Dougie MacLean, Cara Dillon, John Doyle, Pete Seeger, Sheila Kay Adams, Jean Ritchie, Doc Watson, David Holt, Anais Mitchell, Al Petteway, and Amy White.
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Wayfaring Strangers
This book was published with the assistance of the Blythe Family Fund of the University of North Carolina Press.
Additional assistance was provided by generous gifts from:
Joel and Marla Adams
John and Annie Ager
Agua Fund
Thomas S. Kenan III
Jack and Cissie Stevens
We also wish to thank the following, who donated through power2give.orgwith matching funds provided by the North Carolina Arts Councilin support of the production and inclusion of the CD:
Anonymous
Bell Family Foundation
William and Martha Terrell Burruss III
Bob and Sally Cone
Tom Cox
Pam Curry
Rebecca Evans
Neal and Katherine Forney
Estelle B. Freedman
Carole Harris
Elizabeth Harris
Joanna and Norman Harris
Penny Hodgson
Mary Holmes in honor of Robert G. Ray
Howard Holsenbeck
Bea Hoverstock
John and Joy Kasson
Betty Kenan
John and Missy Kuykendall
Madeline Levine
Joan Lorden
Tom and Joanna Ruth Marsland
D. G. and Harriet Martin
William P. Massey
William and Anne McLendon
Mary Beth Norton
Aidan and Joyce OHara
Jane McAlister Pope
Lew and Dannye Powell
James Dennis Rash
Carole Reid
John and Talia Sherer
Kevin Spall for Thomson Shore
Ann F. Stanford
Karl and Hollis Stauber
Richard and Jere Stevens
Suzanne Taichert
Rollie Tillman
Allen and Kate Douglas Torrey
Andrew Willard
Ed and Marylyn Williams
Jim and Martha Woodward
All interview excerpts Fiona Ritchie Productions/The Thistle & Shamrock, as heard on NPR, with the exception of Mike Seeger, African American and European Roots of Old-Time Music and Impact of Radio and the Recording Industry, and Joe Thompson, African American String Bands, which were recorded in conversation with Banning Eyre for BBC Radio 3s World Routes, produced by Peter Meanwell. An Appalachian Road Trip was first broadcast on October 17, 2009. The interviews with Doc Watson and Rhiannon Giddens/Dom Flemons were by Doug Orr.
2014 The University of North Carolina Press
All rights reserved.
Designed by Kimberly Bryant and set in Galliard types by Rebecca Evans.
Manufactured in Canada
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ritchie, Fiona, 1960- author.
Wayfaring strangers : the musical voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia / Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr with the assistance of Darcy Orr ; foreword by Dolly Parton.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4696-1822-7 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4696-1823-4 (ebook)
1. Folk musicAppalachian Region, SouthernHistory and criticism. 2. Folk musicAppalachian Region, SouthernScottish influences. 3. Folk musicAppalachian Region, SouthernIrish influences. I. Orr, Doug, 1938author. II. Parton, Dolly, writer of supplementary textual content. III. Title.
ML3551.7.A57R57 2014
781.6213 075dc23
2014012347
18 17 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1
Jacket illustrations: Travelling Fiddler, photo by Gordon Shennan, courtesy of Highland Photo Archive, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, High Life Highland, Scotland; photo of Appalachian Mountains courtesy of Al Petteway; photo of Halaman Bay, island of Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, by Jem Wilcox/LGPL/Alamy.
For Douglas and Charlotte Orr, Robert and Anne Ritchie, and Maurice and Sarah Williams, who kindled the spark, and Colin MacGregor Abernathy, Eliza Campbell Abernathy, Quincy Scavron Orr, Eilidh Ritchie Hodgson, and Finley Charles Ritchie Hodgson, who will carry the flame.
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Dolly Parton in front of her statue in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee. (Courtesy of the Sevierville, Tennessee, Chamber of Commerce)
Fiona Ritchie has spent over thirty years telling the stories of Celtic music on her show broadcast over National Public Radio, The Thistle & Shamrock. Rightfully, she has received numerous awards and recognition for her contributions to this music. The Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage has even honored her as a musical ambassador for helping listeners understand the importance of this beautiful and essential music.
This music is close to my heart and part of my DNA. My ancestors, the Partons, came from the Gloucester area of England. It also seems that other Partons may have gone to Scotland. There are various spellings, such as Partan, Parten, Partin, Partyn, and, of course, Parton. There is even an area in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, called Parton. Make no mistake: the music of that area of the Old World is in my blood.
This is why Fionas new book, Wayfaring Strangers, coauthored with Doug Orr, is so important to me and to anyone who loves this music. They have done an outstanding job in researching the origins of the troubadours and balladeers that created this music and spread it throughout the lands, including the United States.
I grew up in the Smoky Mountains listening to these ancient ballads that had crossed oceans and valleys to become an important basis for American folk, bluegrass, and country music.
In Wayfaring Strangers, Fiona and Doug have captured the stories of the people, the times, and the songs. They describe the transition in the music as it made its way across the Atlantic and through the valleys of the Appalachian Mountains. They even go into detail about the songcatchers who helped preserve these treasures of songs for future generations.
In 1994 I recorded a live album entitled Heartsongs: Live from Home. My coproducer, Steve Buckingham, and I wanted to show the close connection of Celtic music from Scotland, Ireland, England, and Wales with what became bluegrass, country, and old-timey mountain music. We used the finest bluegrass and acoustic musicians from the United States and combined them with one of the greatest traditional Irish groups, Altan. It was a match made in Heaven as the fiddles, guitars, and dobros interacted with the Irish squeezebox, uilleann pipes, whistles, and bouzouki. We often found that a song known by the Irish musicians under one title would be familiar to the bluegrass musicians under another title.
One of the songs we recorded was the ancient ballad Barbara Allen. While I sang the lyrics in English, Mairad N Mhaonaigh of Altan sang the Gaelic translation (CD track 1). The combination was unbelievable.
Fiona Ritchie and Doug Orr have captured this magic in their beautiful book, Wayfaring Strangers a song which, by the way, we also recorded on my live album. It just goes to show that the impact and connection of this timeless and classic music will live forever.
Well done!
Dolly Parton
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Dear Doug,
The fireside chats, pub planning sessions, and transatlantic trips are behind us. Now at last we are ready to embark upon our voyage through
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