Big Sciota that is. How is it pronounced? I've also seen it spelled Scioty. A friend has ancestors named Sciota and they pronounced it sy-oh-tah with the second syllable accented.

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  14:25:43          

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scioto_River

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  15:04:08      

Fabulous tune......fabulous musicians....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyj7m0QdFkM

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  15:43:30    

I had wondered that myself. Thanks for the info and the great tune

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  16:02:00    

I thought you meant scordatura, at first. yeah... the river... called si-ota, or si-oty if your in certain hollers, which would be hollows if you're someplace else.

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  16:54:07        

So is this considered a BG or OT tune, or does it just depend on how you play it?

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  17:31:09      

Mudbug, it's in the BG category on FHO.

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  17:35:52      

I play it as an old time tune, repeating the third phrase of the B part during the B's first runthrough just to give it that OT crookedness.

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  17:49:00      

Here's the story on this old time tune: http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/BI_BILE.htm I think I learned it from the Hot Mud Family, but I could be wrong.

And baylady, you're right - you gotta like that bunch. Sometimes that series really got it (whatever "it" is).

Edited by - DougD on 02/08/2010 17:54:09

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  17:49:34        

Big Scioty bluegrass? No WAY! It's as OT as you can get!

BTW, our banjo player pronounces it SKEE-AA-TY

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  20:37:00    

bluegrass versions ive heard suck the life out of it

Posted - 02/08/2010 :  22:41:39          

I'm have to disagree with the anti bluegrass versions. There is no bad way to play this tune. Nice and peppy bluegrass style, or nice and slow and melodic, old time.
Russ Barenberg, Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer absolutely kill it on Hop, Skip, Wobble. If you don;t have that CD or version, run out and get it.

Big Sciota is a great tune.

Posted - 02/09/2010 :  02:29:22        

I agree 100% with Fiddlecraver.

But the same can be said about some of the versions I have heard by new OT groups.

The old Burl og Sherman Hammons versions seems to be ignored by many these days.

/Tobias

Posted - 02/09/2010 :  04:43:25      

Tobias, I may be wrong, but I don't think the Hammons Family recordings are currently available, which doesn't help.

Posted - 02/09/2010 :  04:46:29        

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Tobias, I may be wrong, but I don't think the Hammons Family recordings are currently available, which doesn't help.

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Posted - 02/09/2010 :  04:53:39      

Rounder has made an arrangement with Amazon to provide "on demand" versions of some out-of-print titles, which seems promising. I've still got the LP set.

Posted - 02/09/2010 :  05:00:20        

Sounds good.
I have a "non-official" version, but really want an original...especially for the extensive liner notes.

Posted - 02/09/2010 :  05:46:15        

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Originally posted by Tobias

The old Burl og Sherman Hammons versions seems to be ignored by many these days.
/Tobias

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Posted - 02/09/2010 :  08:24:09    

I guess i made a strong statement there. Lol! Its just my knee jerk reaction to the bluerass versions Ive heard... something inside says NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Im not antibluegrass. Just like any other genre, there are a few players who have the ability to cross into other genres effectively.

Posted - 02/09/2010 :  08:38:49      

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Originally posted by baylady

Fabulous tune......fabulous musicians....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyj7m0QdFkM

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Posted - 02/09/2010 :  15:38:06  

Thanks for the link, Baylady, great version. What a great series of videos, I keep seeing new ones and it seems like they're all good. But I must admit that the tune that really hit me is a bluegrass version, I just heard it as a cheesy TablEdit MIDI file. This version is more Sally Ann-ish than the one I heard (not that there's anything wrong with that).

Posted - 02/09/2010 :  16:33:38      

David Bragger does a beautiful version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fJQBJ1PhPQ

Edited by - Lonesome Fiddler on 02/09/2010 16:34:37

Posted - 02/10/2010 :  07:49:00    

Bing Brothers caught something really nice with this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR8_p5PQoqI

I like Aly Bains fiddling too... which I dont think is bluegrassy at all.

Posted - 02/10/2010 :  11:05:22      

Thanks for starting this thread!

I've been asked to learn this tune, and I was hesitant (since I couldn't even SAY it, let alone play it)!

Now I can say it two or three (acceptable) ways and (thanks to the links) play it too!!

dave

Posted - 02/10/2010 :  11:12:59        

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Originally posted by Lonesome Fiddler

David Bragger does a beautiful version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fJQBJ1PhPQ

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Posted - 02/26/2010 :  14:43:52      

Perhaps this is the same as baylady's, but since I can't follow that link, I thought I would throw in my two cents...

My favorite version is a clip from the Trans-Atlantic series. Filmed at Mountgreenan Mansion House Hotel in Troon, Ayrshire Scotland.
Aly Bain - Fiddle
Jay Ungar - Fiddle
Molly Mason - Bass
Russ Barenberg - Guitar
Jim Sutherland - Bodhrán
Jerry Douglas - Lap Steel Guitar
Brilliant playing, whether a fan of this style or not, it is flawless, and they look like they're just having so much fun playing it. I wish they had mic'd the guitar better, lots of cool stuff going on in his riff. plus... you can watch it in 480p

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LVnjQwUXrA