A friend has a copy of the Hartford/Texas Shorty and it's worth a listen to be sure. Hartford's banjo work is pretty amazing.
________________________________ From: Don Grieser <adobeinthepi...@gmail.com> To: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:28:52 AM Subject: Re: Bonaparte Mark, thanks for that link! On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Mark Seale <mark.se...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
