Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Clawhammer and Old-Time Songs

Home recording with Edirol R-09HR, unedited aside from fade-in. Played 9/10/2011 on a Washburn B-10.

Home recording with Edirol R-09HR, unedited. Played 3/12/2009 on a Washburn B-10.

Home recording with Edirol R-09HR, unedited. Played 3/10/2009 on a Washburn B-10.

a little improv on this Henry Reed tune...

Original CH Jig. D tuning

When I heard this tune on the double CD set The Hammons Family it struck me as a unique fiddled version of Lost Indian. This is the fourth distinct tune I've learned with the same title and, really, I like them all. Mose Coffman was a good friend of the Hammons and was praised by Dwight Diller for his love of the music and his affinity for teaching.

This tune comes from the repertoire of famed Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley (1883-1951). Ed Britt and I recorded this back in November, 2014. Ed is picking clawhammer style on his OME Columbine, in open G tuning, capoed on the second fret. I am three finger picking my semi-fretless short scale Paramount, in an A variant tuning (aEABE).

For the old-time Tune of the Week, 7/22/16, this is a song originally recorded for Okeh Records in 1931 by the Woodie Brothers. It has since become part of the old-time repertoire. I found it's a catchy melody with fun words. Learning it has caused me to look into ash cakes and starry crowns. I haven't tried making ash cakes yet, though....