My pleasure Don. Shorty is a friend of mine and when he re-released all of these recordings recently he did us all a major service. Shorty learned at the feet of the masters of the early 20th century and he still plays incredibly well. A funny side story: at the Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association fiddle camp last year, Shorty was relating about how he had learned a tune from Eck Robertson. A young student blurts out "You knew Eck?!?!?!!" The implication being that it shouldtn't possible for someone to be old enough to have known Eck.
Anyway, if you're a big fan of fiddle tunes, Shorty's collections are some of the best around. Mark On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Don Grieser <adobeinthepi...@gmail.com>wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
