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Old-Time TOTW #335 is Old Melinda from the playing of Robert Elvin “Uncle Bob” Walters (16 June 1889—26 December 1960) of Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska. He was the son of William Wilson “Willis” Walter (1864-1933) and Ida C. Shoemaker (1867-1914). William was born in Iowa. His father was born in Indiana, and his mother was born in Tennessee. Ida was born in Iowa, and both of her parents were born in Ohio. Uncle Bob married Eva Sparks (1891-1979) on 2 March 1908 and Goldie Mae Brockway (1892-1980) on December 1910). Walters ancestor Daniel Shoemaker was born in Loudoun County, VA, in 1755. R. P. Christeson collected tunes from Walters. Of him he said Walters was “by far the smoothest fiddler I ever heard and knew the largest number of tunes of different kinds.” The tunes he played were family tunes and ones he learned from commercial recordings and radio broadcasts. Walters’ father was also a fiddler who read music and learned tunes from Gems of the Ballroom (published by E. T. Root and Sons, Chicago, 1896) and Beauties of the Ballroom (John Church & Co., Cincinnati. Church & Co. was established in in 1859 as a retailer of pianos and sheet music). Bob’s grandfather, Ike Walters, was described by long-time residents of Burt County as a “legendary fiddler.” Walters began playing fiddle as a child on his father’s fiddle. At his mother’s behest, he held the fiddle over the bed, lest he drop it. During WWII Walters had a radio program in Lincoln, Nebraska, and in 1949, he began a series of recording sessions. Those went to 1958. Christeson met with Walters to record him in 29 sessions over the course of ten years. Biographical information about Walters from R. P. Christeson, printed in The Old-Time Fiddler’s Repertory (University of Missouri Press, 1973). From Traditional Tune Archive: Bob Walters announced the tune as "Old Malindee" on his recording, and is known simply as "Malindy" in Ozark County (Lonnie Robertson introduces it as "Gonna play Malindee" on his CD). It may be that Walters learned the tune from a Missouri fiddler, perhaps Casey Jones, who also played the tune (as did fiddler Lyman Enloe). Fiddler Jesse Wallace learned the tune from Frank Waters, who called it "Muddy Water." Joining me is friend Mark McNulty (Oberlin, OH) on guitar. My book, Marion Thede and the Fiddlers of Oklahoma: The Fiddle Book, the Musicians and Their Tunes will be published by McFarland & Company. I will give updates as information becomes available to me. Subscribe to Paul's Patreon: www.patreon.com/paulkirk Join the Old-Time TOTW group on Facebook:   / 33100.  . 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. 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