Black Twig Pickers

about

Black Twig Pickers is an American old-time Appalachian band consisting of Mike Gangloff on fiddle/banjo/jawharp/vocals; Nathan Bowles on banjo/percussion/vocals; Isak Howell on guitar/mouthharp/vocals; and Sally Anne Morgan on fiddle, flat-foot dancing, square dance calling, and vocals. The band got their start at the 1999 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, choosing their name from an archaic apple variety in founding fiddler Ralph Berrier Jr.'s family orchard. Since then, the Black Twig Pickers' fiddle/banjo/ guitar/washboard/whatsis racket has sounded in dives, barns, streets and dances from Amsterdam to Atlanta, yet remains solidly rooted in a corner of Southwest Virginia where four other states are closer than the Virginia capital. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Hobo Handshake

North Fork Flyer

North Folk Flyer

Soon One Morning

Friend's Peace

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Oh Michael, Look What You've Done : Friends Play Michael Chapman

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Hobo Handshake (2008, VHF)

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Honest Strings: A Tribute to the Life and Work of Jack Rose

Ironto Special

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Oh Michael, Look What You've Done: Friends Play Michael Chapman

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A Valentine for Jack Rose (2/14/10)

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