Thank you Curt. ... miss you.
Today is Ol' Bob. Who is that from? Garry Harrison)
...and Redbird (Bob Townsend)
Edited by - tonyelder on 05/29/2023 08:35:53
Monday's list ... The Lover's Waltz, Alabama Jubilee, Black and White Rag , still struggling with that one, Westphalia Waltz, Arkansas Traveler, Backup and Push, Beaumont Rag, Billy In the Lowground, Blackberry Blossom, Bonaparte's Retreat, Panhandle Country ... I have a list for each day of the week. R/
Today I'll start playing Plowboy Hop in A....
Working on "Ciaran O Raghallaigh" p. 9 "50 Irish Fiddle Tunes" by Tommy Peoples.
Five Miles From Town. Lost Boy.
Going to be playing some Civil War tunes/songs at an event in celebration of Declaration Day. (as that's the origin)
I think you mean "Decoration Day."
Don't think I'll be playing any today (not unusual for me) - it seems more a day for solemn remembrance. But I'm working on some tunes and songs from Ulster - "Flowers of Antrim" and "Belle of Belfast City (Tell my Ma)" so far.
From Flatt and Scruggs: youtu.be/I26B9VoBQ_I
I'm attaching a version of Pete Seeger's take on this idea.
Edited by - DougD on 05/29/2023 08:07:40
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Originally posted by DougDI think you mean "Decoration Day."
Don't think I'll be playing any today (not unusual for me) - it seems more a day for solemn remembrance. But I'm working on some tunes and songs from Ulster - "Flowers of Antrim" and "Belle of Belfast City (Tell my Ma)" so far.
oops Yes Decoration Day... dang auto correct
For the past several days I've been oddly stuck on Pages 132 and 133 of my O'Neil's Irish tune book. For one, there's Kiss Your Partner. For another there's Rolling on the High Grass.
I have a set list to work on for a public appearance in a few weeks. The new tunes on the list are Poor Little Mary, Sitting in the Corner; Pat Him on the Back; and Sam Hill.
Ol' Bob is on the list, but that's not new.
Edited by - RinconMtnErnie on 05/29/2023 18:02:06
Rolling on the High Grass.
Could that be 'Ryegrass'....
Super into Chips and Sauce at the moment.
Besides my usual run of tunes that I know, I have been working on smoothening out Starry Night and Candlelight Waltz by Vivian Williams, and Set Du Le Baie Saint Paul, a Galope... then I am working on learning Charmaine, the Kenny Baker version and Jitterbug Waltz by Fats Waller....
Play Happy
Swing
buckhenry Yeah, you're right...
Everybody is busy...interesting tunes!
Yesterday met with a guitar friend and we played St. Anne's Reel through a few times at different speeds (pretty much learned it now but it's not creative/personal yet) and Flatwater Fran (Irish waltz).
When I mentioned that tune via text message, it spell-corrected to "Flatware Fran"...
she wrote, "Flatware Fran followed by Silverware Sal"? :-)
On the "learning and refining" rotation now:
Trombone Rag (ala Dwight Lamb, Bob Walters, Clark Kessinger, et. al.)
Neil's Favourite Old Time Waltz
Golden Ticket
President Garfield's Hornpipe (Bb)
I'm stuck with the frikkin "Taco Bell's Canyon in D" because of an upcoming wedding. Also "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" which was surprisingly immediately under my fingers, several hymns and one called "You Raise me Up." None of this is all that fun 
especially since I'm no violinist and the gig started out as an after wedding dance. The hymns have unremarkable melodies that are similar to one another (like fiddle tunes 
except for the unremarkable part) and so far I only two melodies have stuck in my head without need for some sheet music prompts.
On the up side of "whacha playin?" because all work and no play makes Billy something something, I've been preparing for a concert next weekend and will be getting the opportunity to play with many friends I haven't seen since covid and new folks who I've only heard about and on recordings. For me, none of that is work!
Edited by - ChickenMan on 05/30/2023 16:57:41
I'm going back to Sugar in the Gourd, after hearing what a fine job Tim O'Brien does on it
I'm working on "Call of the Shepherd" and "Florida Blues."
ChickenMan -- play 'em with feeling. I messed up my share of notes when I fiddled a wedding march & recessional for my nephew. Nobody cared. I got praise left & right.
Road To Boston, Snow Deer, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Sourwood Mountain, Cumberland Gap, Inisheer, Hundred Pipers.
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Originally posted by Randy WadeRoad To Boston, Snow Deer, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Sourwood Mountain, Cumberland Gap, Inisheer, Hundred Pipers.
Busy boy!!
Whiteface and Saint Anne's for now.
I am practising the easy version of Vivaldi's Largo, beginning on the G on the D string. I wanted something else and am planning to take a dive into classical techniques to see if I find useful stuff.
I played Countryman's Reel at Battle Ground (in Bb). Great tune that Cyril Stinnett used to play.
Also playing lots of Irish and Klezmer.
Irish: I'm constructing my 2nd large set of tunes (10 or more) which I call Irish Filibusters. What's nice is that I can go to any Irish jam and break off smaller sets of 3 tunes that I can already play.
Klezmer: Brooklyn-based violinist Jacob Shulman-Ment performed here in April. He played a suite of 7 melodies from Romania that sounded accessible to me. I i succeeded in transcribing by ear the entire suite, and now I'm working on perfecting it.
Good time of year to dust off Watermelon on the Vine. Either the Skillet Lickers version or that faster one Monroe used to open his shows with
