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LISTEN: Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle Have The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle perform on Mountain Stage in Morgantown, West Virginia.Chris Morris/Mountain Stage
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This week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage was recorded in Morgantown, West Virginia at the Canady Creative Arts Center on the campus of West Virginia University (WVU) with our friends at WVU Arts & Entertainment. Guest host David Mayfield welcomes modern string band The Steel Wheels, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson, Cincinatti-based roots-ensemble Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle, the intricate harmonies of Upstate, and Ivory Coast-born musician Peter One.
Our Song of the Week is “Jim Devlin,” from the acoustic toe-tapping group Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle. The song is about Louisville Grays pitcher Jim Devlin, who was an accomplished hitter and pitcher in the late 1800s, and the first pitcher to use the drop ball or “sinker” in baseball.
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Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill HustleFinale with David MayfieldPeter OneUpstateThe Steel WheelsLeslie Mendelson
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