Groucho Marx - Posted - 10/05/2007:  04:24:43

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An homage? A tribute? Sheer hacksmanship?

http://www.fiddlehangout.ws/users/a...15102007.mp3

-Clifford

I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

drdosido - Posted - 10/05/2007:  08:06:12

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Nicely done, Clifford. I feel homaged.

Groucho Marx - Posted - 10/05/2007:  11:36:51

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Originally posted by drdosido

Nicely done, Clifford. I feel homaged.

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Thanks, Paul. That's a fun tune. Can't wait till I can really play it like you guys did.

Can you (or anyone) tell me where that version comes from? I don't have the notes to the Volo Bogtrotters compact disc (the V.B.C.D.).

-Clifford

I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

Midwest_Fiddler - Posted - 10/05/2007:  15:34:44

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Excellent job. I too feel appropriately hommaged (if that's a word).

I heard that version from Byron Berline on one of the Country Gazette LPs. I would guess that perhaps he heard it from Eck Robertson, but I really don't know for sure.
The Volo innovation on that selection was the use of banjo sticks (like fiddle sticks but....well you get the idea).
Chirps

Groucho Marx - Posted - 10/05/2007:  18:10:59

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The Volo innovation on that selection was the use of banjo sticks (like fiddle sticks but....well you get the idea).
Chirps

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Ohhh, so that's what that clicking sound is. I would have never thunk it.

I have at least a dozen versions of tunes called Lost Indian on my computer, but only Bob Holt's comes close to sounding like the version you all recorded.

And nobody's sounds like the version the Indian Creek Delta Boys recorded.

-Clifford

I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

-Clifford

I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

Midwest_Fiddler - Posted - 10/05/2007:  18:25:53

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And nobody's sounds like the version the Indian Creek Delta Boys recorded.

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You got that right. It's totally unique.
Chirps

bsed - Posted - 10/05/2007:  18:53:06

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Did the Volos record more than one Lost Indian?
This is the version I learned right off their CD:

http://www.fiddlehangout.ws/users/a...47472007.mp3

But on Clifford's recording I don't hear the E tuned to C# (maybe its just my hearing). I mean, they sound similar, but kinda like 2 different takes on the same tune.


"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot

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Edited by - bsed on 10/05/2007 18:53:57

Groucho Marx - Posted - 10/05/2007:  22:04:10

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Originally posted by bsed

Did the Volos record more than one Lost Indian?
This is the version I learned right off their CD:

http://www.fiddlehangout.ws/users/a...47472007.mp3

But on Clifford's recording I don't hear the E tuned to C# (maybe its just my hearing). I mean, they sound similar, but kinda like 2 different takes on the same tune.


"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot

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You're right, Dwight. I played it in standard tuning in the key of G. It sounds like we might be playing two different tunes with the same name, as the one you recorded sounds like it's in A. Don't know how to explain learning two tunes from one source. Then again, that's probably happened more than once in the history of traditional music. The CD I learned from is called Old Time String Band with Vocal Accompaniment.

-Clifford

I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

bsed - Posted - 10/06/2007:  18:52:13

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Yeah, same CD as I learned it from. And I thought them guys had fiddle(s) tuned AEAC#, so that's how I play it.

BTW, Dwight is the name of the guy with the quote. He's my favorite character on The Office.

"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot

Groucho Marx - Posted - 10/07/2007:  18:23:44

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Originally posted by bsed

Yeah, same CD as I learned it from. And I thought them guys had fiddle(s) tuned AEAC#, so that's how I play it.

BTW, Dwight is the name of the guy with the quote. He's my favorite character on The Office.

"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot

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To paraphrase Bob Walters: Well, Dwight, here's Lost Indian. In A, like you wanted it.

-Clifford

I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

lg - Posted - 10/08/2007:  01:37:56

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Hey Clifford, you're the first person I've heard play that version besides the Volos. Very nice job. It's a killer tune - always made my hair stand on end.

See you in 2 weeks!

Midwest_Fiddler - Posted - 10/08/2007:  09:40:33

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If I recall correctly we recorded it in the G equivalent of AEAC#. That would be GDGB I believe. I may be mis-remembering that however. I'll check it out later at home.
Chirps

Additional info: You can hear a sample of Byron Berline & Country Gazette playing this tune at this link:
http://www.cduniverse.com/productin...517505&BAB=M
Apparently someone has reissued thes two great Country Gazette LPs on CD.
Chirps

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Edited by - Midwest_Fiddler on 10/08/2007 11:37:15

mojo_monk - Posted - 10/08/2007:  11:57:01

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Originally posted by bsed

Yeah, same CD as I learned it from. And I thought them guys had fiddle(s) tuned AEAC#, so that's how I play it.

BTW, Dwight is the name of the guy with the quote. He's my favorite character on The Office.

"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot

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To paraphrase Bob Walters: Well, Dwight, here's Lost Indian. In A, like you wanted it.

-Clifford

I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

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HAHAHAHA!!!!! Nice job on the Bob Walters "Dwight-ing"...well played indeed.

Grease.

Laya - Posted - 10/08/2007:  12:41:42

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Excellant Job!!! Nice tune

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Life is too short, so leave on a good note *wink*

Groucho Marx - Posted - 10/08/2007:  14:58:10

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Man, that Byron Berline version smokes! Does anyone here play his "Hot Burrito Breakdown?" I think I got that one time down in Texas. I was laid up for a week.

Lynn and Laya: Thanks!



-Clifford

I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

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Edited by - Groucho Marx on 10/09/2007 00:18:20

bsed - Posted - 10/09/2007:  19:04:05

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Originally posted by bsed

Yeah, same CD as I learned it from. And I thought them guys had fiddle(s) tuned AEAC#, so that's how I play it.

BTW, Dwight is the name of the guy with the quote. He's my favorite character on The Office.

"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot

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To paraphrase Bob Walters: Well, Dwight, here's Lost Indian. In A, like you wanted it.

-Clifford
I am the Groucho Marx of fiddle playing.

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HAHAHAHA!!!!! Nice job on the Bob Walters "Dwight-ing"...well played indeed.
Grease.

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I guess I didn't get the joke. Maybe someone can fill me in.

"I can, and do, cut my own hair."
-Dwight Shroot