The property has great potential to be a huge tourist attraction, but it seems like the neighbors might be a nuisance. He would have to fight in court to get things accomplished.

There's the giant chair in Thomasville

My grandfather' worked there for a little bit

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks 👍

Great video!

Ola emigo

What a great history lesson!

What's your favorite TV or movie scene with a Gatling gun?

I had no idea! Interesting that the structure was inspired by his seed planters.

Thanks for taking the time to speak and educate us about him and the blues

Great Christmas lights! Thanks.

Clingmans dome and mount Mitchell are both absolutely beautiful especially on a motorcycle

I know Link came first and I think Lou Reed must have been a disciple of his.

Black Dome Mountain Sports in Asheville takes its name from this mountain.

This is an amazing video man, the low view count and subscriber count is crazy to me considering the high quality.

Kinda related. There’s been a movement afoot with hikers going up Mt LeConte just out of Gatlinburg stacking rocks at High Point trying to get Mt LeConte higher than Clingmans Dome. In the many years this has gone on, Clingmans is still taller. This I think is still going on even with the rock huggers poo pooing it!

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Father's family lived on Alston Ave 1919-30ish. G-PA (Squirrley) drafted WWI (got gassed in France 1918) Both dad's parents worked cigarette factory. When G-ma started having kids in 1920 (Dad & 2 sisters) she worked out of their house stringing the gold thread through Bull Durham tobacco pouches. Paid by the piece. G-PA worked Liggett Meyers. His father had a small grocery at 106 Alston Avenue. Found him murdered on RR Tracks Pettigrew Street. (Behind now DPAC). G-PA took over but depression came and couldn't continue lending victuals to the Haytai residents. Moved the family out to his sister's husband land on Briar Creek, Wake County. Hwy 70. Tobacco farmer and moonshiner. When Dad retired from Navy in 1962 he moved back home out there on Briar Creek on family land. I got an instant education on flue-cured tobacco farming. Did that 7-12th grades. Today, Briar Creek is an.Arnold Palmer Golf Community, retail business, banking,,,, RDU Airport expanded, too. Cemetery is still there on Hwy 70. Was Westland now call Briar Creek?

Real talent not what we have today Johnny From Alabama

Interesting history, that I wasn't fully aware of. I currently live in Morganton NC and have spent a lot of time in the mountains.

the old tower on mt mitchell was much higher than the current observation deck, though i dont know what its height was.

Great video. Thanks, bt

ya we mountain bike down the road from mount Mitchell..all the way down..awesome

Clingman's last laugh bit doesn't tell the actual story. There was a tower on Mitchell that was torn down around 2010ish, and it was easily 3 to 4 times the height of the one rebuilt in its place. So when Clingmans tower was constructed, the old tower on Mitchell was still standing! So it wasn't anyone with the department of the interior saying, let's win one for Clingmans. Nice "tall tell", I guess this is how they start. Facts are facts though.

The heat index in Nashville hit triple digits in early Friday afternoon traffic. I was in my van and I said, “Siri, I want directions to nearest, highest elevation near me.” Four hours later I was stretched out watching the Sunset from Mt. Mitchell at 67 degrees. Probably the smartest, most therapeutic trip ever. Thanks for your work

Visited both places back in the early 80's with my family on Vaca, beautiful place.

It's still commonly used, often in Indian Country, because people are not a monolith. And Link Wray didn't just self identify, he was Shawanooki, or Shawnee. And the Shawanooki people still live today!

Absolutely Loved this Tribute to Don Gibson !! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

My first trip putop Mt Mitchell was with my father in1956. I was born in1950. Charleston, S.C. is my home.

I went there and there was absolutely no one around! There was one couple coming down from top of the bridge and my dad had to pull over to the side to let them pass and i thought we were gonna roll down the hill cause it was so narrow and the hill was so steep. But nothing happened and the area is gorgeous! My brothers even called Helen’s name but luckily she didn’t make our car have trouble lol

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There is an annual 102 mile bicycle ride that ends at the summit of Mt Mitchell. It draws pros and amateurs from all over the world. The 74 mile Assault of Marion bike ride was required to be accomplished before you could try the Assault of Mt Mitchell in years past. That ride starts in Spartanburg, SC and ends at the base of Mt Mitchell in Marion, NC at the fifth rest stop. For the Mt Michell ride you continue up the mountain for 4 more rest stops but if you don’t reach that Marion rest stop by a certain time they won’t let you proceed up the mountain. Now you can pay the registration fee and ride either Assaults (without qualifying with the Marion ride first). The Assault on Marion is a challenge of itself and has mountains of its own. Many riders don’t complete it on their first try. If you continue on and do the 74 miles of that ride to do the Assault on Mt Mitchell it’s a steep 28 more miles all uphill climb. Each ride is a continuous one to be completed in one day for many hours of riding. No eBikes are allowed. There are cut off times for each ride with SAG vehicles to pick up riders that quit or have mechanical difficulties along the route. And don’t worry-you don’t ride your bike back down from the mountain to Marion-there are buses to take you and your bike back down to Marion where you can pre-park your car the day before. (You’re not allowed to park your car at the summit.) But the weather does change on top of the mountain to cold, foggy, rainy or sometimes even snow! Rode the Assault on Marion twice, once in 102 F degrees in the shade and once in the freezing rain. Now just help out with the rest stops as a volunteer. You’d be amazed how many riders push themselves to get to the top of Mt Mitchell to be the first!! To show you how hard that ride is, the first rest stop on Mitchell is only two miles from the base of the mountain at Marion’s rest stop with three more rest stops before the summit!!!

Wow if Morganton was his last stop before he started walking, that's 30 miles away from that mountain peak! in straight line! what a journey, I got lost for a few hours hiking from a few miles away from the peak, found a beautiful unmarked waterfall, still unmarked. I envy the ability to navigate lands like these people.

For over 20 years I have Known Attacoa as Tablerock the Cherokees Holy Mountain--THis according to The US Government with their Brochure on Linville Gorge--It does have a Holy Altar on It that was desecrated 6/6/99

One of my favorite is " IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE "

What a perfect video - educational, great combination of comments, music, effects and camera work! Thank you!

I could imagine even Pink Floyd makes itse own version of Rumble. Early Floyd sounded rough.

Forgotten hell, not by those that recognise a blues god when they hear one.

One can definitely see his influence on music through the years... The coffeehouses were full of young people singing his tunes, throughout the '60s...

I’m from Michigan, thinking of a July vacation to Hyco lake. Is the lake good for swimming/water sports at that time of year?

As far as I know there has never been a book published about Link's life & music. That would be a fantastic project, while there are still people around who knew him.

In the late 70's I explored Zealandia and Helen's Bridge pretty extensively. It was abandoned at the time. I even wrote a term paper on the place for one of my history classes. Been up there day and night. Many years later I was fortunate to get a short tour of the interior. Employees who worked there agreed the place was haunted but it had only been pleasant experiences nothing bad. One thing you may find interesting is that there once was a large carriage house associated with the property that did burn down. I have explored its ruins. Is that perhaps the source of the fire mentioned in the Helen story? Was it perhaps large enough for someone to live there? I do not know. Once, very late one night, after picking up my son and his GF from a movie, I drove them up to Helen's Bridge and called for Helen to come forth. Nothing happened....then. As we were driving back down, just before we came to the first homes I came to a stop sign. My son's GF says: "what's that"?, I turned my head to see that a woman with long dark hair, wearing what appeared to be a flowing white night gown had just appeared by some bushes not very far from our car. We watched as she crossed the street and began to pick what seemed to be unseen berrys or something from a bush that was not there. We immediately left the area and never looked back. I've taken a few car loads of teenagers up there over the years since and except for some druggies we have not seen anything else up there at night.

Excellent documentary abt this incredible musician. Interestingly it turns out Rumble WAS conjoined with fighting.

Totally skipped emo. The Get Up Kids, The Anniversary, the Rentals, Motion City Soundtrack etc. You can't spell emo without Moog.

Totally undervalued and underrecognised as fundamentally important to the development not just rock and roll but rock music as a whole. Come on Dunn and America, give this legend the full credit he so rightly deserves!

If the city of Dunn builds it. We will come. We will come, and see his pictures. We will come and reminisce listening to his music. But most importantly, we will come and spend our hard earned money in a town we'd have no other reason to visit.

I am a little surprised that Durham does not make more of its connections with Piedmont blues given the interest there is today - even in terms of self - interest, the popularity of this music would enhance the town's reputation. I am very into this form of country blues, and play several Blind Boy Fuller tunes in an acoustic duo. People really dig Piedmont blues as it's upbeat and has a little more going on than the Delta style....which I also love. Thank you for this documentary; it's concise and informative, and I'm sure folk who know little about this regional style of blues will be turned on to it.

Just to think that so many musics and soundtracks wouldn't even exist without Robert's invention is mindblowing! There's even a kid's animated series, the Regular Show, which practically in every episode uses the sound of synthesizers in the soundtracks! Robert Moog is a legend!

First time I heard about Link Wray from Pulp Fiction movie, about 15 years ago. I downloaded an mp3 album with his hits, and since that moment he became my favorite musician. Didn’t knew anything about him before that. And I’m so happy that I found him. I have his two vinyl albums for about 7 years, but I still didn’t open them, keep them to some special moment maybe. there is something special about him, something mystical..