"Button Up Shoes" - Old-Time Fiddle скачать в хорошем качестве

"Button Up Shoes" - Old-Time Fiddle

This funky little tune comes from the playing of Manon Campbell (1890 - 1987) of Letcher County, Kentucky, who likely learned it from Will Christian. Tuning is GDGD Manon Campbell was born, raised and lived on Line Fork in Hallie, within Letcher County. The Campbells (of Scots-Irish descent) first came to this locale in 1809, migrating from North Carolina. Most of Manon's family were musicians; his grandfather, John Campbell (b. 1838), had twelve children who all played the fiddle, and one of which was also a fiddle maker. One night as a boy of around 10 years of age, Manon just picked up his uncle's fiddle and played. His first tune was "Coal Creek." He recalled that when he was a young man in southeastern Kentucky, the fiddle was played with banjo "all the time." Most fiddlers could also play banjo, he said, but not guitar, that came later, after about 1910. He thought it made the music sound better to have a guitar. On playing from music (notation) he said, "You can halfway play a tune by using music." Campbell learned many old-time tunes orally from his father's sister, the fiddler Elvina "Viney" Campbell Lusk, born in the 1870s, who lived nearby on Line Fork. Her son Ferdinand "Dandy" Lusk, born in the 1890s, also played the fiddle, but he died before any folklorists could record him, though one exception, there is a home field recording compilation featuring Dandy Lusk (along with Squire Campbell, Lee Sexton and other relatives) which can found on Berea Special Collections and Archives. https://berea.access.preservica.com/u... Manon Campbell also learned tunes from Bev Baker, who would play for him in the Hazard jail. He also learned tunes from Will Christian, an African American fiddler who played regularly for the local dances. With his brother Green Campbell on banjo, Manon also fiddled for local dances, frolics and other get-togethers. Field recorded by Bruce Greene, Bob Butler, Mark Wilson, and John Harrod he featured many different tunings, played on a single string at a time except at cadences, and knew many rare local tunes that would have otherwise been lost. Unfortunately as he grew older his memory for the tune titles was not a s good as his memory for the tunes themselves. Manon Campbell was kin to Lee Sexton (1928 - 2021), a legendary East KY banjo player. Lee often mentioned Manon as a great fiddler who lived not too far from him. Here's a link to hear Manon Campbell play this tune https://www.slippery-hill.com/content... #fiddle #oldtimefiddle #folkmusic #fiddlemusic #folklore