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Give Me Just A Little More Time by E.C. Ball

Artist Biography For E.C. Ball

Estil C. Ball 1913–1978 Was An American Singer-Songwriter Fingerstyle Guitarist And Country Gospel And Folk Musician From Rugby Grayson County Virginia. From The Mid-1950s Until 1975 Estil Cortez Ball Performed With His Wife Orna And Their Friendly Gospel Singers In Churches And On The Radio Especially On WKSK AM In West Jefferson North Carolina And WBOB AM In Galax Virginia. Ball's First Recordings Were Made By John A. Lomax On Behalf Of The Library Of Congress At The 1937 Galax Fiddler's Convention In Galax Virginia Where E.C. Performed With His Rugby Gully Jumpers String Band Named After Paul Warmack's Gully Jumpers . Lomax Recorded The String Band And Several Duets By E.C. And Orna. John's Son Alan Lomax Recorded Ball Three Years Later In 1941 At E.C.'s Home In Rugby Virginia And There Again In 1959. County Records Released Ball's First LP In 1967 As E.C. Ball And The Friendly Gospel Singers. Two More LPs Followed In The 1970s On Rounder Records E.C. Ball And Fathers Have A Home Sweet Home. Ball Was Also Recorded By John Cohen For His 1975 Compilation Album High Atmosphere Ballads And Banjo Tunes From Virginia And North Carolina. E.C. Ball's Most Famous Composition Was A Piece He Called "Tribulations " Based As He Told Alan Lomax In 1959 "on The Last Book In The Bible Revelations." It Has Been Frequently Covered By Other Musicians As "Trials Troubles Tribulations." Ball Died In 1978 In Grassy Creek North Carolina And Is Buried At Corinth Baptist Church In Rugby Grayson County Virginia. In December 2009 A Tribute Album Was Released Entitled Face A Frowning World An E.C. Ball Memorial Album On The Tompkins Square Label Produced By Nathan Salsburg. Singers Interpreting Songs From E.C.'s Repertoire Include Jolie Holland Bonnie "Prince" Billy Jon Langford The Handsome Family Rayna Gellert And Catherine Irwin Among Others.

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