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Old-Time TOTW #300 is Belle of Lexington from the playing of Emmett William Lundy (May 6 or 9, 1864- October 16, 1953) of Grayson County, VA. His death certificate gives his date of birth as May 6, 1864, but his tombstone says May 9, 1864. He was the son of Churchwell Lundy (1818-1888) and Caroline Ward Trimble (1821-1902). The Lundy family came to PA from England in 1687 and acquired land in Grayson Co., VA in the late 1780s. Caroline Ward Trimble’s maternal gr-gr-gr grandparents were born in New Kent Co., VA in the early 1670s. (source: FamilySearch, Find a Grave, Ancestry, and public documents) Emmett learned to play the fiddle in his late teens from an older man named Greenberry Leonard. Leonard was reputed to be the best fiddler in the area, somewhere between 65 and 80 years old when Lundy met up with him in the early 1880s. The tunes he learned from Leonard were obviously quite old, dating at least to the early 19th century. In 1925, Lundy teamed up with Ernest Stoneman, a guitar and harmonica player who was 29 years his junior. They recorded Piney Woods Gal and The Long Eared Mule for Okeh records. Lundy was not happy with the recording, and this marked the end of his venture into commercial recording. In 1941, Lundy recorded almost two dozen tunes for the Library of Congress. He often collaborated with other musicians, but was never formally part of any band. He remained content playing his fiddle after dinner to entertain himself and his family. Lundy was a farmer, but also worked as a blacksmith, watch and fiddle repairman, and also pulled teeth. Those were the days in rural areas where one person often took on various tasks, the combination of which seems very odd to modern minds. He is said to have won the first $10 gold piece awarded at a Galax, VA fiddle contest. That would have been equivalent to approximately $150 today. (above information derived from various sources, including Eugene Chadbourne) The tune is derived from Smith's Reel, and both are related to Kitty's Wedding, a hornpipe found in O'Neill's. Joining me are friends Adam Schweigert and Stephen Rapp on banjo (Pittsburgh, PA, and Kent, OH, respectively), and Bonny Shiplet and Mark McNulty on guitar (Columbus, OH, and Oberlin, OH, respectively). Paul Kirk has been playing bowed string instruments since 1980 and has been teaching them privately, in classroom settings, and in workshop formats since 1988. He studied music theory, composition, music education, music history, and musicology at Cleveland State University. While at CSU, Paul played violas da gamba, krummhorns, and recorders in early music ensembles. He was a founding member of Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble and has founded many of his own bands over the years including A Hundred Thousand Welcomes Celtic Ensemble, Knives and Forks English Country Dance Ensemble, and Down the Road Old-Time String Band. He has composed over 500 folk tunes in a variety of styles. Paul has closely studied the music from Appalachia, the history of American old-time fiddling, source fiddlers, as well as the social aspects of the music. Since July 1, 2018, he has been creating and sharing videos each Sunday through his Old-Time Tune of the Week series on YouTube. Paul puts a great focus on fiddle bowing patterns and techniques and has devised practical methods for teaching with excellent results. One of his specialties is teaching old-time fiddle to crossover students, especially those coming from a background in classical violin and other musical traditions. Subscribe to Paul's Patreon: www.patreon.com/paulkirk Join the Old-Time TOTW group on Facebook:   / 33100.  . In 2022, Paul was designated as a master old-time fiddler and received a Traditional Arts grant from the Ohio Arts Council to work with an apprentice of his choice. Paul taught viola, choir, music history, and assisted with drama and art for ten consecutive summers at orchestra and fine arts camps for The Music Settlement when it was known as Cleveland Music School Settlement. Subscribe to Stephen Rapp's YouTube channel:    / rappstephen