Open mouth... insert foot!

Jon D, I always thought that was a strange saying…like, how can anybody do that without yoga training… :-)

And speaking of odd tune names, here is one I am thinking about learning:
“Granny Hold the Candle While I Shave the Chicken’s Lips”

!!??

Billy, the source in the M-K Collection is this recording of Franklin George (made by our friend "Yew Piney"): slippery-hill.com/content/twen...h-january
Frank George was not your typical old timer, but he said he learned it from someone from VA\NC who came to work with his father.
All the versions posted are derived from that, even that slightly mysterious crossover one.

Searching for a new cool tune...fiddle currently fcfc....while worrying about my old violin .... Luthier needed to go to an auction yesterday so cancelled the appointment. Same time the Belgian Post came with an excellent solution for lack of visa or paypal... Finally I can order over the ocean without any help phew. Bad news and good news here in other words ...
Life is like a fiddle bow... Can go up can go down and if you put too much tension on it it might start to bounce :-)

Yay found the coolest tune and so many good takes on it on YouTube: piney woods <3 And this way I stick to my plan ... Edit: cheating a bit with the annotation on The Traditional Tune Archive.... Gives me an idea of the notes involved...but still trying to pay more attention to the play by ear aspect.

More reason for yay! I got my old fiddle back, the neck problem is solved, the fiddle has been cleaned and got new Helicores with a titanium A string, and it now has a bridge that has made to fit. Very reasonable price for this work also.

So no new tunes but some hasty try out of the thing :

Playing with Liza Jane theme again:
youtu.be/xXA469WFDds

The dog made it finally go wrong lol so I ask her to just go away ... She knew she interrupted me :-D

Currently learning O Carolan tunes…
going to a house session with a Harp, and we are gonna play O Carolan all night!
It’s a dream come true…happy sigh!
( Also, it’s a potluck (I am planning to bring spinach artichoke lasagna :-) in case there are vegetarians…)

There's a weekly jam at my shop. One of the players keeps a log of what we play each week. Here is this year's list so far:


011325
Booth Shot Lincoln
Goat Creek
Greasy Coat
Hangman's Reel
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot
Breaking up Christmas
Josie-O
Jonah in the Windstorm
Katy Hill
Kate & Rose's
Roscoe
Spotted Pony
Cattle in the Cane
Long Cold Winter
Marching Through Georgia
Spiking the Punch
Santa Claus

012025
Acorn Hill Breakdown
Roscoe
Polecat Blues
Ducks on the Millpond
Ducks on A Mill Pond
I Get my Whiskey in Rockingham
Greasy Coat
Hangman's Reel
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot
Josie-O
New Five Cent Piece
medley:
  Angeline the Baker 
  Liberty 
  Whiskey Before Breakfast 
Cousin Sally Brown
Crippled Turkey

012725
Acorn Hill Breakdown
Ashland Breakdown
Banging on the Hood
Cousin Sally Brown
Hangman's Reel
Boys them Buzzards are Flying
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot
Squirrel Hunters
Hell up Coal Hollar
Crippled Turkey
Shove That Pig's Foot Further in the Fire
The Golden West
Hamilton Ironworks

020325
Acorn Hill Breakdown
Flannery's Dream
Gilsaw
Cattle in the Cane
Jailbreak
Cincinnati Rag
Soppin the Gravy
Squirrel Hunters
Spotted Pony
Yellow Barber
Stony Lonesome
Stamper
Josie-O
Old Horse and Buggy
Cousin Sally Brown

021025
Rocky Road to Dublin
Rosin on the Gourd
Brandywine
Jonah in the Windstorm
Land of Lincoln
Winds of Shiloh
Hamilton Ironworks
Tennessee Wagoner
New Jerusalem
Northern White Clouds
Old Ebenezer Scrooge
Paddy on the Handcar
Katy Hill
Crippled Turkey
medley:
Angeline the Baker
Liberty
Whiskey Before Breakfast

021725
Indian Eat the Woodpecker
Rocky Road To Dublin
Rosin on the Gourd
Soppin’ the Gravy
Tom and Jerry
Cincinnati Rag
Cotton Baggin
Big Sciota
Long Cold Winter
Waynesboro
Carroll County Blues
Maggie in the Doldrums
Polecat Blues
High Dad in the Morning
Farewell to Ireland
Highlander's Farewell
Gilsaw
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot

022425
Get Up in the Cool
Banging on the Hood
Carroll County Blues
Kennedy Rag
Apples in Winter
Bill Cheatam
medley:
  Angeline the Baker 
  Liberty 
  Whiskey Before Breakfast
Booth Shot Lincoln
Shove That Pig's Foot Further in the Fire
Squirrel Hunters
Nancy Blevins
Baltimore Jonny
The Golden West
Five Miles from Town
Denver Belle 
Cincinnati Rag

030325
Get Up in the Cool
Gilsaw
Ginni in the Teepee
Goat Creek
Greasy Coat
Hangman's Reel
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot
Cousin Sally Brown
Spotted Pony
June Apple
Jonah in the Windstorm
Flannery's Dream
All Young
Acorn Hill Breakdown

I like this list,Brian........a lot!

Any cross tuning ? ......or all standard?

I like that Dirty Old Boot tune. Thinkin on stealing the Wilders version - very hot!

quote:

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Originally posted by Brian Wood

There's a weekly jam at my shop. One of the players keeps a log of what we play each week. Here is this year's list so far:


011325
Booth Shot Lincoln
Goat Creek
Greasy Coat
Hangman's Reel
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot
Breaking up Christmas
Josie-O
Jonah in the Windstorm
Katy Hill
Kate & Rose's
Roscoe
Spotted Pony
Cattle in the Cane
Long Cold Winter
Marching Through Georgia
Spiking the Punch
Santa Claus

012025
Acorn Hill Breakdown
Roscoe
Polecat Blues
Ducks on the Millpond
Ducks on A Mill Pond
I Get my Whiskey in Rockingham
Greasy Coat
Hangman's Reel
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot
Josie-O
New Five Cent Piece
medley:
  Angeline the Baker 
  Liberty 
  Whiskey Before Breakfast 
Cousin Sally Brown
Crippled Turkey

012725
Acorn Hill Breakdown
Ashland Breakdown
Banging on the Hood
Cousin Sally Brown
Hangman's Reel
Boys them Buzzards are Flying
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot
Squirrel Hunters
Hell up Coal Hollar
Crippled Turkey
Shove That Pig's Foot Further in the Fire
The Golden West
Hamilton Ironworks

020325
Acorn Hill Breakdown
Flannery's Dream
Gilsaw
Cattle in the Cane
Jailbreak
Cincinnati Rag
Soppin the Gravy
Squirrel Hunters
Spotted Pony
Yellow Barber
Stony Lonesome
Stamper
Josie-O
Old Horse and Buggy
Cousin Sally Brown

021025
Rocky Road to Dublin
Rosin on the Gourd
Brandywine
Jonah in the Windstorm
Land of Lincoln
Winds of Shiloh
Hamilton Ironworks
Tennessee Wagoner
New Jerusalem
Northern White Clouds
Old Ebenezer Scrooge
Paddy on the Handcar
Katy Hill
Crippled Turkey
medley:
Angeline the Baker
Liberty
Whiskey Before Breakfast

021725
Indian Eat the Woodpecker
Rocky Road To Dublin
Rosin on the Gourd
Soppin’ the Gravy
Tom and Jerry
Cincinnati Rag
Cotton Baggin
Big Sciota
Long Cold Winter
Waynesboro
Carroll County Blues
Maggie in the Doldrums
Polecat Blues
High Dad in the Morning
Farewell to Ireland
Highlander's Farewell
Gilsaw
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot

022425
Get Up in the Cool
Banging on the Hood
Carroll County Blues
Kennedy Rag
Apples in Winter
Bill Cheatam
medley:
  Angeline the Baker 
  Liberty 
  Whiskey Before Breakfast
Booth Shot Lincoln
Shove That Pig's Foot Further in the Fire
Squirrel Hunters
Nancy Blevins
Baltimore Jonny
The Golden West
Five Miles from Town
Denver Belle 
Cincinnati Rag

030325
Get Up in the Cool
Gilsaw
Ginni in the Teepee
Goat Creek
Greasy Coat
Hangman's Reel
Hell and Scissors
Old Dirty Boot
Cousin Sally Brown
Spotted Pony
June Apple
Jonah in the Windstorm
Flannery's Dream
All Young
Acorn Hill Breakdown

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Dang!!! that looks like a typical  tune list for a week of Clifftop!!!!

quote:

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Originally posted by imapicker2

I like this list,Brian........a lot!

Any cross tuning ? ......or all standard?

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Many of the A tunes are cross, but I play them in standard. The other fiddle player plays them crossed.

Trying to learn this man's take on Bull at the Wagon, I so far only learned a basic version of this tune. What style is he playing? Can anyone telll me more on this player? He teaches also, I wonder if I could shop a couple of lessons with him in order to learn this tune version. I like it that much :-D Trying now to figure out the first part, it's fun!

youtu.be/_1tYi7aYuZw?feature=shared

His playing has a nice bounce, but I really miss all the notes he's leaving out. Also I really love the Spanish tinged guitar playing on the original recording by the Lewis brothers, which is where I first heard this tune. I never could get the ins and outs of their melofy quite right though.

Wow, this kid (young man?), and this tune:

youtube.com/watch?v=1dbkrVROGLY

F#B F#C# is a kick ass tuning! I am having this video on repeat, each now and then I slow down and try to figure out a phrase.

Beautiful!!

Damn, he is a seriously great fiddler! Listening to more of his videos <3

Half an hour later, became a huge fan of this young player :-D He also has a kick -ass version of Bonaparte's retreat with little plucking on his channel. It is SOOOOO COOL!!!!

That kid seems to be studying Isham Monday's tunes, he's posted a bunch. Here's Isham playing it (possibly tuned even lower, I didn't check)

Nancy Dawson

Yes, so I noticed. The Isham Monday version is seriously good!

We need some new slow dance tunes. Working up 'Saltchuck' and 'Sonny's Mazurka'.

Today I'm playing playing Old Chattanooga along with a budding banjo player.. Boy, is he picking it up quickly..

The Nancy Dawson I know is the traditional tune used in the Royal Navy from 1700's until July 31, 1970, to call the hands for their ration of grog. Totally different tune.
 

https://youtu.be/RdwX6qoemF0

That is indeed something completely different!

The way it's played by the young man in the video is kick ass because he continuously makes it sound like there are two fiddles playing!

Hey Good Lookin'(Hank Williams)
Iko Iko
Jolie Blon
I made backing tracks for each of the above in C. Remade today in D for Iko & Jolie. G for HGL.
Started on Black Mountain Rag. Ran out of time.

Saint Patrick's Day, so I sang and played on the banjo "Leaving Dear Old Ireland" from Charlie Poole. No fiddle though. That song always reminds of the sadder side of Irish immigration to the US, which is part of my family history.