Some Great Old-Time Tunes in D from West Virginia & Eastern Kentucky for Clawhammer
Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EST
Online, Zoom
Description
West Virginia & Eastern Kentucky were ground zero for traditional old-time fiddling throughout most of the 20th century. Learn some great tunes from those regions collected directly from iconic roots fiddlers by two of my musical colleagues - fourth-generation West Virginia fiddler Bobby Taylor (founder of the Clifftop Festival) and the incomparable Alan Jabbour (one of the founders of the contemporary old-time music scene). I learned these tunes directly from Bobby and Alan, then translated them to banjo. Among the tunes we'll look at are "Folding Down the Sheets," "New Five Cents," "Martha Campbell," Henry Reed's version of "Bonaparte Retreat," and "Quince Dillion's High D."