Charlie B. Slaughter

Charlie Slaughter Birthday Dinner, October 3, 1971
This was recorded with a hand-held cassette tape recorder at my grandfather’s home in Jasper, NC. He was using an amplifier with his banjo this year. If you will notice at about 23.5 minutes, he stops playing. A string broke on his banjo. I found another banjo and handed it to him so he could continue playing. At the beginning, you will hear Johnson Slaughter singing and playing the piano. He and his sisters play and sing later on the tape. Others you can hear on the tape are Abner Slaughter and Thad Lilly on electric guitars, and Theodore Morris on banjo.

 

Charlie Slaughter Birthday Dinner, October 8, 1972
This tape is only 19 minutes. It is similar to the previous year. It starts out with Johnson Slaughter playing the piano. Then Charlie Slaughter joins in with banjo. After a few songs, Johnson and his sisters sing “Jesus Is Coming Soon” and “Mansion Over The Hilltop.” Then there’s more of Charlie Slaughter, accompanied by his son, Abner, on electric guitar.

 

You Are My Sunshine
Charlie Bratcher Slaughter, age 88 (right channel)
and Theodore Morris (left channel)
vocal by Charlie Bratcher Slaughter
Recorded October 13, 1974

 

Aloha Oe
Charlie Bratcher Slaughter, age 88 (right channel)
and Theodore Morris (left channel)
Recorded October 13, 1974

 

Sunshine In My Soul
Charlie Bratcher Slaughter, age 90
Recorded October 10, 1976