Black Mountain Break-Down

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Oscar Sherwood Scholes, fiddle, with guitar second by Bobby Blair. Recorded in 1971 at St. James, Arkansas.

Bodard Waltz

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Played by Oscar Sherwood Scholes (1891 - 1984), at Buckhorn, Arkansas. Recorded in 1971. Second by Bobby Blair. Os called this "Bodard Waltz", but it was known by the fiddlers in the Younger family, in the same area, as the "Bardot Waltz", or the "Bordeaux Waltz". The latter is probably the correct name, with the others being transliterations.

Cotton-Eyed Joe

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This is but an excerpt, taken from a larger file, of my friend Sam, who is now 83, and still a great dance-fiddler.

Dry and Dusty

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Played by Billy Mathews, 2 February 2008, at the Old-Time Fiddle Workshop held at the Inn at Mountain View, Mountain View, Arkansas. Key of D, Italian (standard) tuning.

Durang's Hornpipe

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Played by James Eugene "Gene" England (15 April 1927 - 20 April 1995), in April of 1963, at Mountain View, Arkansas, though he lived just north of Bee Branch, Arkansas. Gene learned to fiddle from his mother, Veora Hightower England, who learned from her father Jim Hightower. Gene read no music, and played the fiddle in the crook of his arm, rotating the fiddle, rather than the bow, for string crossings. All tunes ended up being modified for square or jig-dancing, in the Ozarks, sooner or later. This one is no exception. The tempo is about normal for that.

Fiddle-Sticks in the Arkansas Ozarks

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Beatin' the strings at Mtn. View

Fort Gibson/Jasper Morris

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Played by Os Scholes, on the occasion of his 90th birth-day, 8 May 1981. Seconded by Sam Younger, on guitar. Os learned this tune from his brother-in-law, Jasper Morris, in the late 1800s, but never knew the name of it. It was known, however, as Fort Gibson. The tune was known to have been played by the brothers Stan and Lothey Younger, but they may have learned it from Os.

Kiss Me Waltz

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Played by Robert Earl Blair (1898 - 1971), at Red Stripe, Arkansas, on Christmas Day, 1963. Second by Bobby Blair.

Leslie Home-Coming Waltz

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Not known who played this. Recorded at the home-coming at Leslie, Arkansas, in 1964. The real name of this tune is not known.

Liberty

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Played by Sam Younger, 1981, at Os Schole's 90th birth-day party. Sam is the last of the old dance-fiddlers in this area of the Ozarks.

New Five Cents

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Played by Billy Mathews, 2 February 2008, at the Old-Time Fiddle Workshop held at the Inn at Mountain View, Mountain View, Arkansas. Key of D, Italian (standard) tuning.

Old Cumberland

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Played by Billy Mathews, 2 February 2008, at the Old-Time Fiddle Workshop held at the Inn at Mountain View, Mountain View, Arkansas. Key of D, Italian (standard) tuning.

Red Rocking Chair

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This is played by my friend Luke's ensemble from Berklee. He posted this over on the BHO, too. Musicians are: Cello/Vocal: Emma Beaton Mandolin/Vocal: Eric Robertson Fiddle: Mike Barnett Guitar: Stash Wyslouch Mandolin: Dominick Leslie Bass: Samson Grisman Banjer: Lukas Pool Progressive Old-Time!

Tennessee Wagner

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Fiddle: Sam Younger Banjo: Luther Horton Guitar: Ervin Freeze Made at Luther Horton's house, 1980 Luther Horton played an up-picking style of banjo, common to the Ozarks. He learned this as a young man, from Collie Dodson. Collie died in 1939. Luther did play a Martin Vega resonator banjo, which leads one to think of bluegrass banjo, and does tend to over-power the other instruments in this recording.

Untitled 1

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Played by Oscar Sherwood Scholes (8 May 1891 - 27 December 1984), at St. James, Arkansas, in 1979. Guitar second by Walter Scholes. We've yet to find a name for this tune.

Warsaw 42nd - DDAD

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A transliteration of the title "Wha Saw the Forty-Second?" Played by Jimmy Driftwood

White Rose Waltz

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Played by Billy Mathews, 2 February 2008, at the Old-Time Fiddle Workshop held at the Inn at Mountain View, Mountain View, Arkansas. Key of C, Italian (standard) tuning.

Will Packett's Horn-Pipe

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Played by Oscar Sherwood Scholes (1891-1984). He was 88 years of age when this recording was made. This is Os's version of Willott's Horn-Pipe, though he called it by the title given, after a neighbour who lived up the road from him. It is played in a manner consistent with how a dance-fiddler from this area would have played it, as all tunes were.