"Sprout Wings and Fly" is a compassionate, life-affirming, altogether extraordinary document by Les Blank (www.lesblank.com) on old-timey Appalachian fiddler Tommy Jarrell. It's a fascinating film on the theme that art, music, dance, food and earthly pleasures help human beings live joyously in the face of certain death. It offers fine old-timey music, crazy jive, and a fascinating cast of backwoods characters." --Michael Goodwin, Berkeley Monthly
![Tommy Jarrell and string band at the Edwards-Franklin House during the annual Sonker Festival, Mount Airy, North Carolina, July 23, 1983. Jarrell (fiddle and vocal); Chester McMillian (guitar); Frank Bodie (guitar and vocal); Ray Chatfield (five-string banjo). [03.23.02] Folk Dance, Dance Music, Banjo Tuning, Franklin House, Bill Monroe, Mount Airy, The Andy Griffith Show, Bluegrass Music](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9c/18/cf/9c18cfa04fd00dde8e1dc196b3e19a0b--breaking-up-world-famous.jpg)
