A rare and beautiful tune that may have come from the old world: Grandma's uncle played it!
An old square dance tune
Mack used to hear this on the Grand Ole Opry in the Late 1930's
This barnyard tune was popular in Mack's family
From Mack's father who learned it from a cylinder recording
Mack calls this a "picnic" tune, one that he learned while attending an outdoor dance and picnic
From Willie Dreadfulwater. This and "Six Months" may be survivors of an older body of traditional Cherokee music that was adapted to the fiddle a hundred or more years ago
Mack adds an unusual low part to this tune which comes from his dad
From Willie Dreadfulwater. When Mack was learning the tune, Willie came over to play the night before his death. Before leaving, Willie stood outside by the gate for a long time and said, "I could play all night, I feel so lonesome." A falling tree limb killed him the next day.
Mack believes this tune came to the family about the time of the Civil War
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