Kilby Snow

Kilby Snow

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Kilby Snow, born on May 28, 1905 in Grayson County, Virginia, United States, was an autoharp player known for his unique "drag note" playing style. At the age of five, he was awarded the title of Autoharp Champion of North Carolina. His left-handed technique allowed him to produce slurred notes that were distinctive and challenging for right-handed players to replicate. In the 1960s, Snow recorded a single album titled Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp (1970) for Folkways Records. Kilby Snow passed away on March 20, 1980.

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10
He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
Kilby Snow
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
02:19
Composers: L. L. Brackett - H. M. Ballew
13
Ain't Going to Work Tomorrow
Kilby Snow
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
01:56
Composers: Traditional
12
Precious Jewel
Kilby Snow
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
03:38
Composers: Roy Acuff
18
Wildwood Flower
Kilby Snow
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
01:27

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Albums
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
(P) 1969 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.
01-01-1969
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
01
Molly Hare
Kilby Snow
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
01:48
Composers: Traditional
02
Greenback Dollar
Kilby Snow
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
01:47
Composers: Unspecified
03
Wind and Rain
Kilby Snow
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
03:08
Composers: Traditional
04
Budded Roses
Kilby Snow
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
03:29
Composers: Unspecified
05
Sourwood Mountain
Kilby Snow
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
01:49
Composers: Traditional
06
The Cannonball
Kilby Snow
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
02:13
Composers: Unspecified - A.P. Carter
07
Mean Women
Kilby Snow
Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp
02:37
Composers: Kilby Snow
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Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
(P) 1962 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.
01-01-1962
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
01
Stoney's Waltz
Ernest V. Stoneman
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
02:09
Composers: Ernest V. Stoneman
02
Sweet Marie
Kenneth and Neriah Benfield
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
02:04
Composers: Cy Warman - Rayman Moore
03
May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?
Kilby Snow
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
01:41
Composers: Traditional
04
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
Kilby Snow
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
01:15
Composers: Traditional
05
Flop-Eared Mule
Kilby Snow
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
02:01
Composers: Traditional
06
Bile Them Cabbage Down
Ernest V. Stoneman
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
02:40
Composers: Ernest V. Stoneman - Traditional
07
All I Got's Gone
Ernest V. Stoneman
Mountain Music: Played on the Autoharp
02:40
Composers: Uncle Dave Macon
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The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
(P) 2021 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
24-09-2021
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
01
Beaumont Rag
Hank Bradley
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
03:15
Composers: Unspecified
02
Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
Larry Hanks
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
04:00
Composers: Pete Seeger
03
Westphalia Waltz
Ron Hughey
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
02:54
Composers: Cotton Collins
04
Raggedy Pat
LaWanda Ultan
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
01:39
Composers: Traditional
05
8th of January
Sweet's Mill Mountain Boys
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
02:23
Composers: Unspecified - Jimmy Driftwood
06
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Merritt Herring
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
02:35
Composers: Anthony J. Showalter
07
The Billboard Song
Doc Watson
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes
02:14
Composers: Charles Grean - Cy Coben
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Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
22-10-2002
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
01
Omie Wise
Doug Wallin
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
03:06
02
Sugar Baby
Dock Boggs
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
02:53
03
I am a poor pilgrim of sorrow
Old Regular Baptists
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
05:27
04
Sixteen Tons
George Davis
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
03:07
05
John Henry
Lesley Riddle
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
02:27
06
Lost Indian
Marion Sumner
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
00:55
07
Southbound
Doc and Merle Watson
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
02:42
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Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
(P) 2005 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
24-05-2005
Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
01
I'm Working on a Building
Bill Monroe
Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
01:51
Composers: A.P. Carter
02
No Disappointment in Heaven
Dock Boggs
Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
02:29
Composers: Frederick Martin Lehman
03
Wondrous Love
Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee
Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
02:06
Composers: Traditional
04
Are You Washed in the Blood?
Red Allen
Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
02:43
Composers: Traditional
05
What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?
Harry and Jeanie West
Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
02:16
Composers: Rev. Charles Tindley
06
The Lost Soul
The Watson Family
Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
02:57
Composers: Traditional
07
Hallelujah Side
Ernest V. Stoneman
Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
02:20
Composers: Rev. Johnson Oatman - J. Howard Entwistle
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If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
(P) 2007 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
13-03-2007
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
01
Wall Street Rag
Ann Charters
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
03:51
Composers: Scott Joplin
02
Empty Pocket Blues
Pete Seeger
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
01:29
Composers: Pete Seeger - Lee Hayes
03
Do-Re-Mi
Woody Guthrie
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
02:37
Composers: Woody Guthrie
04
Bill Morgan and His Gal
The New Lost City Ramblers
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
02:55
Composers: Halsey Mohr - Will Mahoney
05
One Meat Ball
Josh White
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
03:09
Composers: Hy Zaret - Lou Singer
06
Jim Fisk
June Lazare
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
02:51
Composers: Unspecified
07
Gallis Pole
Lead Belly
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi
02:44
Composers: Traditional - Huddie Ledbetter
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Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
(P) 1997 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
17-06-1997
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
01
In the Sweet Bye and Bye
Elizabeth Cotten
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
01:24
Composers: S. Fillmore Bennett - J. P. Webster
02
Tie Your Dog, Sally Gal
Will Adam
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
02:41
Composers: Traditional
03
Banjo Instrumental
J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
02:01
Composers: Unspecified
04
Lost Train Blues
V.L. Sutphin
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
01:16
Composers: Henry Whitter
05
Shortening Bread
V.L. Sutphin
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
01:45
Composers: Traditional
06
The Train That Carried My Girl from Town
V.L. Sutphin
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
01:30
Composers: Frank Hutchison
07
Old Gambling Man
J.J. Neece
Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection 1952-1967
03:24
Composers: Unspecified
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50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
(P) 2009 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
25-08-2009
50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
01
Colored Aristocracy (1)
The New Lost City Ramblers
50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
02:08
Composers: Sanford Rich
02
Hopalong Peter
The New Lost City Ramblers
50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
02:08
Composers: Frank Dumont
03
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
The New Lost City Ramblers
50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
02:30
Composers: Traditional
04
When First Unto this Country
The New Lost City Ramblers
50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
02:48
Composers: Traditional
05
Sales Tax on the Women
The New Lost City Ramblers
50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
03:17
Composers: Dorsey Dixon - Wade Mainer
06
Rabbit Chase
The New Lost City Ramblers
50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
02:33
Composers: Charlie Parker
07
Leaving Home
The New Lost City Ramblers
50 Years: Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go?
03:08
Composers: Charlie Poole - Norman Woodlieff
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Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
(P) 2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
25-04-2006
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
01
Stoney’s Waltz
Ernest Stoneman
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
01:56
Composers: Ernest Stoneman
02
Sweet Marie
Kenneth Benfield
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
02:00
Composers: Cy Warman - Rayman Moore
03
John Henry
Kilby Snow
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
02:07
Composers: Traditional
04
May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?
Kilby Snow
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
01:37
Composers: Traditional
05
She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain
Kilby Snow
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
01:11
Composers: Traditional
06
Sweet Sunny South
Ernest Stoneman
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
02:30
Composers: W. L. Bloomfiled
07
Bile ‘em Cabbage Down
Ernest Stoneman
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
02:02
Composers: Traditional
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