Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 6

A hornpipey tune in D. Collected by Garry Harrison and included in Dear Old Illinois.

Rush and the Pepper played by Jesse James Abbott of Toledo, Illinois, circa 1975

Plus a version played by his son, Glen Abbott at a square dance in LaPlace, Illinois, 1983.
(First tune in the right hand column; in a medley with Eighth of January.)

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | June 2, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – weeks 4&5

Week 4 – Run Down Boot – in D, from Pete Priest of Mattoon, Illinois

Run Down Boot by Garry Harrison

Run Down Boot medium

Week 5 – Saturday Night Breakdown – in C

Saturday Night Breakdown Leake County Revelers from Mississippi [link to iTunes store]

Saturday Night Breakdown medium

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | May 26, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 3

As always, we’re current and topical . . .

The Story of the Mississippi by Ernest V. Stoneman, 1927
[preview on iTunes]

lyrics

The Story of the Mississippi by the Volo Bogtrotters, 1996.

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | May 11, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 2

The original recording of Seneca Square Dance by Fiddlin’ Sam Long from 1926. [iTunes store preview]

Seneca Square Dance by the Bunkhouse Orchestra

medium tempo (fiddle only)

Arthur Smith’s classic song, Adieu False Heart from 1938. [iTunes store preview]

Adieu False Heart by the WAZO County Warblers with the Fly Boys

Here are the separate voices
medium tempo fiddle part & harmony

Click arrows to listen or right-click highlighted title to download and save.

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | May 8, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 1

A tune in G we learned from Mel Durham, a native of Wayne County, Illinois who moved to Long Beach, California in 1948. Mel learned it from his father, also named Mel. They also called the tune Whoa Mule, Till I Get Your Bridle On. The recording of Mel was made in Malibu, California at a dance weekend in 1994.

Old Johnny Booker Mel Durham with Tom Sauber – banjo

medium tempo fiddle version (from a couple years ago, a tiny bit different)

Just added:
Steve & Paul’s duet

Note: meet in room B6 next week.

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | April 29, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 6

Won’t Get Drunk No More played by the Indian Creek Delta Boys

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | April 10, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Sat) – week 4 & (Wed) – week 5

A Finnish tune, taught to us by our friend Arto Järvelä during his stay at the Old Town School in 2009. Oh yeah. He composed the tune.

Kissakallion Ylitys

Crossing Kitty Rock medium tempo fiddle-banjo duet

[Sorry for the abrupt ending.]

Click here for Steve’s banjo tab.

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | March 30, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 4

A tune in cross tuned A (AEAE) from West Virginia . . .

Jimmie Johnson played by Ward Jarvis from Athens, Ohio
Folks back in his home area of Braxton County, West Virginia remember this as Ward’s tune.

Jimmie Johnson, played by Melvin Wine of Copen, West Virginia

banjo-fiddle duet

slow fiddle version

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | March 23, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Wed) – week 3

Little Dutch Girl played by Earl Collins of Downey, California

Click on Earl’s name above for info of the film about him shot by Bess Lomax Hawes.
Come to Fiddle Club of the World this Sunday to see this film and others.

medium tempo

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | March 17, 2011 | Comments (0)

Old-Time Ensemble (Sat) – week 2

Boatsman played on banjo by Franklin George of Bluefield, West Virginia in 1967

From a great CD full of classic old-time music. For purchase info go here (click)

Johnny Don’t Get Drunk played by Owen “Snake” Chapman of Kentucky

Avalon Quickstep by Willie Narmour & Shel Smith of Carroll County, Mississippi, circa 1930

Filed under: Old Time Ensemble,Paul Tyler,Steve Rosen by Paul | March 13, 2011 | Comments (0)


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