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'Swannanoa Town' — Julie Boone's Appalachian tune at The Palace, Yancey County

murphydoesnotmatter · 2026-07-08T21:42:39.000Z · in Music
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'Swannanoa Town' — Julie Boone's Appalachian tune at The Palace, Yancey County
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A performance of 'Swannanoa Town' (as played by the musician's relative, Julie Boone) filmed at The Palace in Yancey County, North Carolina. Traditional western North Carolina repertoire with a family lineage.
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• Family-passed versions of traditional tunes preserve regional variants

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Some of my relative’s Julie Boone’s Swannanoa Town. Julie was too amazing of a woman who lived too big of a life to condense here in this caption - but know that when it comes down to why I play the music I play, she is always on my mind. This was filmed at The Palace in Yancey County. Video by Alexei Mejouev
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I got a letter, well from a little lover Said come home, baby said come home Both I have to say, baby I'm gonna

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