Sounds good...it really sounds like the beginnings of Johnson Boys. Johnson Boys, raised in the ashes, didn't know how to court a young maid....turned their backs and hide their faces, sight of a purty girl made 'em afraid... Do you know that one?

Farmer Jones, nice fiddling...I think Red-Haired Boy is also called or similar to one called Little Beggar Man, ain't it? I always thought that was hard to play, myself. I have fumbled through it some but seems difficult. Cherokee Shuffle is a fun one. Nice playing, all around with 'em both.

Is that a photo of your fiddle sitting in a bucket of drywall paste?????

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Farmer Jones, nice fiddling...I think Red-Haired Boy is also called or similar to one called Little Beggar Man, ain't it? I always thought that was hard to play, myself. I have fumbled through it some but seems difficult. Cherokee Shuffle is a fun one. Nice playing, all around with 'em both.

Is that a photo of your fiddle sitting in a bucket of drywall paste?????

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Thanks Peggy!

We have a farm store here called Bomgaars. That's a Bomgaars chore pale. I had to look twice. I did have a pickle bucket. 

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Sounds good...it really sounds like the beginnings of Johnson Boys. Johnson Boys, raised in the ashes, didn't know how to court a young maid....turned their backs and hide their faces, sight of a purty girl made 'em afraid... Do you know that one?

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I'll look it up now, maybe a good idea for a new tune :)

I like playing Fiddling Around, Windy City Rag, April’s Reel, The Silver Spire, Angel’s Waltz, Gardenia Waltz and Westphalia Waltz. I don’t play much but these are my favorites.

I like to couple Fiddin Around with Kansas City Kitty. My guitar pickin buddies seem to catch it well too.

Fred...nice hearin' from you!

My current tune for today (and past several days) is : Wait Until You Hear This One, Boys!

It is a challenge is more ways than one!!

Been polishing on some A tunes this week:

Icy Mountain
Good Bye Girls, I'm Going To Boston
Jenny Ran Away In The Mud In The Night
Lost Indian
Happy Hollow
Pretty Little Shoes
Red Bird
Devil In 'The Haystack

28th of January - fell in love with this tune yesterday. Such fun to improvise to.

Old time player here........I have always played only in standard tuning and could never get some tunes to sound like the recordings that I heard.
Recently I bought a "second fiddle" and tuned it to sawmill; wow!... Happy Hollow ,among other A tunes, now sound like what I have been trying to do, and they are easier to play. Such fun. Thanks to this group for the idea to try something different.

28 Jan - Interesting tune name! So apparently nothing of great importance actually happened on that date? That’s what the internet seems to say…?

Just a short month. Should be titled "29th of January" a.k.a. "Leap Year" to make it something special.



Of course, there would be a tune called "Leap Year Reel."

  https://thesession.org/tunes/24099

Luckily we only have to play that reel only every few years...hahaha...

Hmm...so the news here is, I got invited to play in a short unpaid gig with my flute friend! For a Gaelic association. The bad news is, we will be out of town that week visiting our kids...so I can't participate...but it's also a relief since performing is scary to me anyway! Off the Hook, phew! :-D

Chickenman - Some confusion here. I'm quite sure January has 31 days. February is a short month, so if the tune were "28th of February" your comment might make sense but its not. Or am I missing something?

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Chickenman - Some confusion here. I'm quite sure January has 31 days. February is a short month, so if the tune were "28th of February" your comment might make sense but its not. Or am I missing something?

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No I was missing something. Should be maybe more focused on work apparently.

Billy, maybe you need a little help from AI - I hear its very powerful. Like "Thirty days hath September, April, June and November etc."

imapicker2 - I've heard the title "Happy Hollow" but don't know the tune, so I looked it up. It seems that Marcus Martin actually played that tune in AEac#. Maybe something new for you to explore.

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Sounds good...it really sounds like the beginnings of Johnson Boys. Johnson Boys, raised in the ashes, didn't know how to court a young maid....turned their backs and hide their faces, sight of a purty girl made 'em afraid... Do you know that one?

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I was surprised when I heard Walt Koken en Claire Milliner version; yes it sounds like it .. might have picked something up from watching YT. 

Today working on my fidldle version of In de stille kempen .

Thanks Doug...
I have a list of tunes to try in that(Black Mt. Rag ?) tuning next, and I will add "Happy Hollow".

I did not want to mess with the standard tuning on my no.1 fiddle but I might put geared tuners on this new no.2 and play with half a dozen tunings.

>28th of January
AKA The 8th of January, commemorating Colonel Jackson's victory over the British on that date (2 weeks after a peace treaty had been signed).
Jimmy Driftwood composed words to the tune. which I can recite from memory because Johnny Horton's version used to get airplay on Top 40 radio well into the '60s and 70s.

JonD - If by "AKA" you mean they're the same tune, that's not so. Here's "28th of January" by the Fuzzy Mountain String Band: youtu.be/7aVj9DsM46U?feature=shared

SO many versions of this tune!, 28th of January.
Walt Kokens

https://youtu.be/8V126R8XNwA

the Bing Brothers

https://youtu.be/cWqZ08x1EuE

And I love this version 

https://youtu.be/8KEtFs1pTA4

To me the last 2 are where its at for this tune.  

Like ‘em all…amazing how differently it gets played…

…the last version has some kind of gigantic bodhran! I like the beginning a lot, when it’s just pure fiddle and bodhran…:-)

Ah yes! Fuzzy Mt. That's where I'd heard it. Walt and Claire play it in that same fashion, which likely comes from a source recording. Fun one I should commit to memory.