Learning Henry Reed's music is also learning about the man who sought old-time Appalachian musicians and devoted his life to learning and sharing their music.  That man is Alan Jabbour (1942 - 2017).   Henry (1884 - 1968) was in his 80's when Alan "discovered" him.  Reed had lived all his life in Giles County, Virginia.  The many, many recordings of Henry's fiddle became the foundation for a group called the Hollow Rock Stringband which were based in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the 1960's -- the hotbed for old-time music.  Alan was fundamental in preserving music in the Library of Congress, available for anyone to search on-line today.  The old tunes Reed had learned from his family are included in the staples of old-time music today.  Here is a small sampling, arranged by me for clawhammer banjo with tabs available on this site.