West Virginia Legacy Songs & Family Story Songs

Honoring Our Legacy

Honoring the People, Places, Faith, and Histories of West Virginians Through Music & Story

Legacy Story Songs creates original Legacy Story Songs inspired by the people, families, communities, coal towns, churches, and mountain memories of West Virginia.

These songs honor the lives, roots, struggles, triumphs, faith, and lasting contributions of those whose stories deserve to be remembered.

A Legacy Story Song may tell the story of a beloved mother, father, grandparent, ancestor, hometown, church, founder, family triumph, migration journey, or public figure whose life has touched many.

This is more than music.

It is memory.
It is honor.
It is sacred storytelling.
It is a way to preserve what should not be forgotten.

A Son of Slab Fork - We are Honored that our Legacy Story Songs were played at the 2026 Annual Bill Withers Festival in Beckley, West Virginia

A Son of Slab Fork

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A Son of Slab Fork is a tribute to the great Bill Withers, the West Virginia-born singer and songwriter whose voice, honesty, and unforgettable music touched people around the world.

Born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, Bill Withers rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most beloved artists of his generation. Through songs filled with soul, truth, tenderness, strength, and simplicity, he gave the world music that continues to comfort, inspire, and bring people together.

This Legacy SongStory honors the extraordinary artist he became, the mountain roots that helped shape him, and the timeless musical legacy he left behind.

Songwriter/Producer: Deloris Marie Foster
Mountain Mama Soul Sister Roots

Independent Tribute Notice: This independently created tribute song is not affiliated with, authorized by, endorsed by, sponsored by, or produced in partnership with Bill Withers, his estate, family, representatives, record label, publishers, or any related organization.

 

Son of Slab Fork

Deloris Marie Foster, Songwriter/Producer

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Personal Listening Download Only This purchase is for private listening and personal enjoyment only. Public, organizational, educational, broadcast, promotional, video, film, television, advertising, special-event, or Read more

Personal Listening Download Only

This purchase is for private listening and personal enjoyment only. Public, organizational, educational, broadcast, promotional, video, film, television, advertising, special-event, or commercial use requires separate written permission and licensing.

A Son of Slab Fork is a tribute to the great Bill Withers, the West Virginia-born singer and songwriter whose voice, honesty, and unforgettable music touched people around the world.

Born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, Bill Withers rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most beloved artists of his generation. Through songs filled with soul, truth, tenderness, strength, and simplicity, he gave the world music that continues to comfort, inspire, and bring people together.

This Legacy SongStory honors the extraordinary artist he became, the mountain roots that helped shape him, and the timeless musical legacy he left behind.

Songwriter/Producer: Deloris Marie Foster Mountain Mama Soul Sister Roots

Independent Tribute Notice: This independently created tribute song is not affiliated with, authorized by, endorsed by, sponsored by, or produced in partnership with Bill Withers, his estate, family, representatives, record label, publishers, or any related organization.

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Lyrics:

Verse 1

 Down in Slab Fork, where the coal dust lay

 A mountain child was born one day 

West Virginia held him near 

In a humble place where his song grew clear

 With a quiet heart and a working hand 

He grew up strong on mountain land 

No silver road, no easy way

 Just truth in his soul and light for the day

Chorus

 A Son of Slab Fork 

A voice from the hills 

He sang from his soul

 And his songs live still 

From the coal dust rising

 To the whole world’s ear 

West Virginia remembers 

Her native son so dear 

Verse 2 

He sang of Grandma’s hands

 And the love that made him strong

 The prayers of those who raised him

 Still echo through his songs 

He taught a hurting world 

There was strength in “Lean On Me”

 That love can hold us up

 And help the heart be free

 A son of Slab Fork

 A voice from the hills 

He sang from his soul

 And his songs live still

 From the coal dust rising 

To the whole world’s ear

 West Virginia remembers

 Her native son so dear 

Verse 3

 Bill traveled far beyond these hills 

All across the world, his music healed

 Still West Virginia held his heart 

No fame could pull these roots apart 

He knew the fog on mountain roads 

The green hills rising soft and slow

 A coal miner’s son, a sailor’s roam 

His heart would always love

 his West Virginia home

 Bridge

 His daddy told him stories

 In words both plain and strong 

That country church gave him the soul

 That lived on in his songs 

He carried Appalachian soul

 In every note he gave

 A West Virginia kind of truth

 That time could never fade

 Final Chorus

 A son of Slab Fork

 A voice from the hills

 He sang from his soul

 And his songs live still

 From the coal dust rising

 To the whole world’s ear 

West Virginia remembers 

Her native son so dear

 Outro

 West Virginia remembers

 And the whole world does too

 From the mountains to the music,

 Bill, we love, honor, and remember you

 Bill, we love, honor and remember you 

Bill, we love honor and remember you. 

© 2026 Deloris Marie Foster. All Rights Reserved.

A Son of Slab Fork

Deloris Marie Foster, Songwriter/Producer

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A Son of Slab Fork is a tribute to the great Bill Withers, the West Virginia-born singer and songwriter whose voice, honesty, and unforgettable music touched people around the world. Born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, Bill Read more

A Son of Slab Fork is a tribute to the great Bill Withers, the West Virginia-born singer and songwriter whose voice, honesty, and unforgettable music touched people around the world.

Born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, Bill Withers rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most beloved artists of his generation. Through songs filled with soul, truth, tenderness, strength, and simplicity, he gave the world music that continues to comfort, inspire, and bring people together.

This Legacy SongStory honors the extraordinary artist he became, the mountain roots that helped shape him, and the timeless musical legacy he left behind.

Songwriter/Producer: Deloris Marie Foster Mountain Mama Soul Sister Roots

Independent Tribute Notice: This independently created tribute song is not affiliated with, authorized by, endorsed by, sponsored by, or produced in partnership with Bill Withers, his estate, family, representatives, record label, publishers, or any related organization.

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