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Charlie Poole & The North Carolina RamblersCharlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers-Shootin' Creek (July 23, 1928)

Reorded on July 23, 1928. This tune is clearly related, if not the same tune, to the old-timey and bluegrass standard "Cripple Creek." Alan Jabbour has speculated that the "Cripple Creek" title may be related to certain labor disputes in the Cripple Creek area of Colorado during 1903 and 1904. On the other hand, a Cripple Creek flows through Grayson and Carroll Counties in Southwest Virginia. As for the title "Shootin' Creek," there exists a Shooting Creek region in Franklin County also in Southwest Virginia. This area was famous as a center for distilling homemade whiskey and it appears that Poole was a frequent visitor.


This audio is part of the collection: 78 RPMs & Cylinder Recordings

Artist/Composer: Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
Date: 1928-07-23 00:00:00
Source: 78RPM>CD>MP3
Keywords: Music; Acoustic; Country; Old-Time Appalachian; Fiddle Tune; 78rpm

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Reviewer: stacy27 - - April 18, 2008
Subject: Charlie was awesome!
I am sitting here-right now-as we speak in Charlie Poole's home town of Eden. The man is buried a couple of miles (?) from where I am now. Its a treat to find this song here and, just so ya know, Charlie was also a bluesman of sorts.( he recorded country-like blues) He wasnt just your average Joe Hillbilly. .....and I DONT consider his music to be bluegrass. Bluegrass came later if Im not mistaken. GOD BLESS ya Charlie! xx

Reviewer: freemem - - August 25, 2007
Subject: Creek
Another great tune.Ther's only one problem, there's not enough of it

Reviewer: BloodyBill - - February 14, 2005
Subject: Very familiar with me.
As the reviewer above this is the version of Cripple creek i grew up with. Living here in the hills of N.C. this song has always been a staple at all the Bluegrass festivals, and fiddlers conventions ect.

Nothing like hearing the original, kinda takes me back in time. I played it for my grandmaw and she remebers it from those long gone years.

Reviewer: cowtime - - January 16, 2004
Subject: Good version
This is the version of Cripple Creek that I heard and learned as a child growing up in Southwest VA.

The neighbors in the valley would get together in the summer most every weekend and "make music".
There were some top-notch musicians there who had learned the tunes as children from other musicians, so their tunes were passed down in the true traditional way of "folk music".

I am excited to find this since it is so very much like the way I learned it as a child.