• Inquiry: There Ain't No Ash Will Burn

    From banjotune@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Mark Wingate on Wed Nov 28 04:49:19 2018
    On Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at 9:43:17 AM UTC-5, Mark Wingate wrote:
    This is not an old-time song, but lots of folks with ties to old-time
    have done it. I'm curious who learned it from what recordings, etc.,
    and what was the original, seminal recording, if there was one.

    I think the first time I heard it was at the Mt. Airy fiddlers
    convention, 1993 or '94. Can anyone add any more information or recollections?

    Here are some of the (possibly) older recordings -- I couldn't find the release dates of all of them.
    Vulcan's Britches -- they're from Alabama, as is Walt Aldridge, the
    guy who wrote the song.
    Alice Gerrard --
    Ranch Romance -- 1993
    Renegades -- 199?
    -- there are others, but they are more recent.

    Mark Wingate
    Nashville, TN

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