Wade Ward
Benjamin Wade Ward, also known as “Uncle Wade,” (1892–1971) was an American old-time music banjo player and fiddler from Independence, Virginia. He was widely known playing the clawhammer banjo and frequently won the Galax, Virginia Old Time Fiddler's Convention. His instrument, a Gibson RB-11 5-string banjo, is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Along with Kyle Creed, Wade Ward is known for his 'Galax' style of playing the clawhammer banjo.
Genre: bluegrass, country-blues
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Top Tracks
- Chilly Winds - Remastered
- Did You Ever See the Devil, Uncle Joe? - Remastered
- New River Train (Version 1)
- Married Man's Blues
- Johnson Boys (Version 2)
- John Henry (Version 1)
- Jesse James
- Train on the Island
- John Hardy
- Ragtime Annie
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- Sally Ann
- John Lover Is Gone
- Sally Goodin'
- Soldier's Joy
- Walkin' in the Parlor
- Fly around My Pretty Little Miss
- Paddy On The Turnpike
- Chilly Winds
- Barbry Allen (Barbara Allen)
Albums (22)
- Clawhammer Banjo Volume One (2018)
- Clawhammer Banjo Volume Three (2018)
- Legends of Old-Time Music: Fifty Years of County Records (2018)
- Banjo Classics from the Vaults of County Records & Old Blue Records (2012)
- Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929) (2012)
- Fiddle Classics from the Vaults of County Records & Old Blue Records (2012)
- Sounds Of The South (2011)
- Hillbilly Blues (2011)
- Hillbilly Folk (2011)
- I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down: Alan Lomax’s "Southern Journey," 1959–1960 (2011)
- Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long: Alan Lomax’s "Southern Journey," 1959–1960 (2010)
- Wave the Ocean, Wave the Sea: Alan Lomax's "Southern Journey," 1959–1960 (2010)
- Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways (2007)
- The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Super Rarities (2006)
- Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways (2003)
- Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (2002)
- There is No Eye: Music for Photographs (2001)
- Close to Home: Old Time Music from Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967 (1997)
- High Atmosphere: Ballads And Banjo Tunes From Virginia And North Carolina (1975)
- Ballads and Songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains: Persistence and Change (1968)
- Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward (1962)
- Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia: Songs, Tunes with Fiddle, Banjo and Band (1962)
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