Steam & Excursion > Steaming Up the New River Gorge

I know this isn't 100% related to railroading but I have a question about this particular video. Throughout the course of the tape, Steaming Up the New River Gorge, a folk artist and banjo player is prominently featured and plays songs about the C&O Railway. Does anyone here happen to remember the name of this banjo player? I would really like to try and find some of his work because he plays an excellent banjo and I love good railroad songs. Thanks for the help.

Chris Tokarcik
Morgantown, WV

I believe his name is Jim Costa. I found a couple links providing some information about him; you might be able to find more. The man certainly does know his way around a banjo.

http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/Fall01/costa.html

http://wvstorytellingproject.com/storytellingproject/costastories.html (contains a slightly altered version of the "Ballad of John Henry" song from the film.)

That's him! Thanks for finding that info. I couldn't for the life of me remember what his name was.

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Chris Tokarcik
Morgantown, WV