The Texas Shorty/John Hartford recording called Old Sport is a master class in true old time fiddling. And while it was out of print for many years, Shorty now has it re-issued and you can buy it directly from him and Ruthie. And if you're just into fiddle tunes, you just can't go wrong with any of Shorty's recordings. He's one of the best.
http://www.texasshorty.com/Home.html Mark Seale On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:32 PM, avalo...@gmail.com <avalo...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Boy, I love this tune. I pick it a lot. Texas Shorty and John Hartford > did it on a rather rare recording which is where I learned it. If you > can find it, and good luck, it's the best. The album was discontinued > pronto pup over some legal issue. John's banjo playing on this is just > a masterpiece all by itself. This tune makes a great solo mandolin > tune I have found. I just play it in regular tuning key of D and it > works quite well. > > On Apr 1, 2:16 pm, Robin Gravina <robin.grav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Got hooked on A.A. Gray's Bonaparte's retreat - I think Pete Seeger does > it > > similarly, but frankly I'm not really up on fiddle tunes: only what is on > > the legacy ipod.. I was trying to quietly figure it out in regular > tuning > > and it fits nicely into an F shape in regular tuning, apart from the > drones. > > Then I checked out Mr Google who tells me DDAD... Is this possible? Can > one > > do this on the mandolin without the whole thing rattling or exploding? > Out > > of stubbornness I may have to just work out some way of doing it myself, > but > > would be interesting to hear points of view. > > > > All answers please in Sonnet form or simple Iambic Pentameters if that is > > too challenging. > > Robin > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
