Leaving Nelson County today was done with the kind of determination you need to rip off a bandaid. I could have gotten used to that life- or rather, I had gotten used to it.
But the trip is coming around the home stretch, and so I write to you now from my last stop on the journey- which was the first stop. I'm back in Warrenton, VA.
Between my first stop in, and now, here are just SOME of the tunes I have been formally taught: (not including the ones from my lesson this morning, or the ones I have gleaned from jams...or even some of the ones that I was taught, but can't recall as I write this, and am too lazy to look up, but will later. Those ones make up a whole other enormous list.)
Coon Dog- Alfred Bailey
The Golden Ticket- Eric Merril
Bitter Creek- Texas/Missouri
Hollow Poplar- Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
Indians Over The Hill- John Hanna
Black Eyed Susie- Albert Hash
A kind of Cumberland Gap (that's literally what Gerry called it)
Indian killed the woodchuck
Adeline-Luther Strong
Glory In The Meeting House- Luther Strong
Fortsmith Breakdown
Skyland Rag- Rector Trio
Walk Along John
Shortstack- Jim Childress
Firefly- Jim Childress
Rainbow 'Mid Life's Willows
Becky/Matt: Hangman's Reel (Clog routine)
Clearly, I have some work to do... so with this, I leave you! Stay tuned for the final entry for this amazing journey, coming soon...
But the trip is coming around the home stretch, and so I write to you now from my last stop on the journey- which was the first stop. I'm back in Warrenton, VA.
Between my first stop in, and now, here are just SOME of the tunes I have been formally taught: (not including the ones from my lesson this morning, or the ones I have gleaned from jams...or even some of the ones that I was taught, but can't recall as I write this, and am too lazy to look up, but will later. Those ones make up a whole other enormous list.)
Coon Dog- Alfred Bailey
The Golden Ticket- Eric Merril
Bitter Creek- Texas/Missouri
Hollow Poplar- Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
Indians Over The Hill- John Hanna
Black Eyed Susie- Albert Hash
A kind of Cumberland Gap (that's literally what Gerry called it)
Indian killed the woodchuck
Adeline-Luther Strong
Glory In The Meeting House- Luther Strong
Fortsmith Breakdown
Skyland Rag- Rector Trio
Walk Along John
Shortstack- Jim Childress
Firefly- Jim Childress
Rainbow 'Mid Life's Willows
Becky/Matt: Hangman's Reel (Clog routine)
Clearly, I have some work to do... so with this, I leave you! Stay tuned for the final entry for this amazing journey, coming soon...