Backroads and Banjos

Earl’s Kitchen

On this Backroads & Banjos, Art and guitarist Pat Shields join 93-yr old fiddler Earl Murphy in his kitchen to play a couple of traditional songs as well as Pat’s original tune, “These Old Green Hills”, that addresses the issue of strip mining and mountaintop removal in Virginia. Earl Murphy grew up in Georgia and Murphy, learned to play fiddle from his father and won his first contest at the age of eight.

Backroads & Banjos - Earl's Kitchen

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