Uncle Eck Dunford
Musician · d. 1953 · Carroll County, Virginia
Best known for
Fiddle
Alex “Uncle Eck” Dunford (died 1953) was a fiddler, singer and comedian from Ballard Branch in Carroll County, Virginia, best known for his work alongside Ernest Stoneman and, later, with the Bogtrotters out of Galax.
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- Married into the Stoneman family around 1908 and recorded at Ralph Peer’s 1927 Bristol sessions for Victor.
- Cut the first commercial recording of the traditional “Angeline the Baker” for Victor in 1928 (V-40060).
- His “Old Shoes and Leggins” was chosen for Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music in 1952.
- Sources disagree on his birth year — his tombstone reads 1875, other records give 1878.
