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Music Makers Gather at Leesville Jam Session
Old time fiddler music and singing filled Leesville on August 29 1981 at the monthly free jam session held in the Littlefield Store Building owned by Glenn and Dorothy Salmon. United Fiddler Association members Glenn Salmon and Hampton O Neill attended with others from July’s meeting noted elsewhere. The event ran 2 p m to midnight with sandwiches Frito pies and drinks. Local and visiting musicians performed including Alfred Pfeiffer Missy Rice Robbie O Neill Sandra and Will Gandre Willie O Neal and the Salmons as well as Hartwell Hill Wallace Bowman Norman Appling and Nathan Gordon. Bowman displayed a self fashioned metal fiddle and Appling recalled playing 21 instruments. Songs included One Day at a Time Mansion on the Hill My Son Calls Another Man Daddy and How Great Thou Art. The Salmons invite Country Blue Grass and Old Time fans to Leesville every fourth Saturday to participate or listen. The host notes instruments are being dusted off and emphasizes fiddles are meant to be played.