Wyatt Ellis - Hills of Roane County + Rabbit in a Log (Live at the Grand Ole Opry)
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East Tennessee's Own Wyatt Ellis and Alex Leach perform a selection of old-time duets in the style of the mountains. "Hills of Roane County" (Willis Maberry) Is a murder ballad based on Maberry’s 1884 poem “The Roane County Prisoner” which tells the tale of his murdering of his brother-in-law Tom Galbreath in 1884. "Feast Here Tonight" (Rabbit in a Log) was was first collected as a one-verse fragment, identified as of African-American origin and in 1913, in Brown's North Carolina Folklore, Vol. III, 166, as Rabbit in the Log.
Wyatt Ellis (16) - Mandolin, lead vocals
Alex Leach - Guitar, tenor vocals
Video courtesy of the Grand Ole Opry
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