Counties of Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick and the City of Galax, Virginia

However, other amazing musicians were unable to make the trip to Bristol for the auditions because of work and family obligations.  

The music and talent of the Blue Ridge Plateau was revealed by others who later came in to make records of the old time music.   People here weren't making music to become famous because music came as natural as breathing.  It was the fabric of life in this rural environment. After neighbors worked together on their farms, they would make music and dance well into the night.  In the winter, when crops had been gathered in, they would visit from house to house and share music.  Some did become famous, such as the Stoneman Family who recorded “The Ship That Didn’t Return/The Titanic” and Henry Whitter who recorded “The Wreck of Old 97” but that was never the focus. The songs they played and created accompanied a whole generation through the Great Depression, World War II, and into the vigorous growth of the 50s and 60s. More recently Wayne Henderson and others have achieved international recognition for their playing and carrying on the traditions of “old time” music in their performances and in the instruments they construct.

        All of these musicians influenced the birth, growth and continued development of the Galax Fiddlers Convention that is known throughout the world by old-time mountain music fans.

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