Under the Silvery Moon
Players: Bobby Joe Caldwell, fiddle; Matt Wyatt, guitar
Recorded by Matt Wyatt.
Blue Flame
Players: Vesta Johnson, fiddle; Steve Hall, guitar
Vesta Johnson learned this tune from a a fiddler from California at a jam session at a fiddle contest in northeastern Oklahoma in the 1970s. It is collected on “Now That’s a Good Tune.”
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Players: Carol Hascall, fiddle; Don Carricker, guitar; Joyce Carricker, bass
From the collection, “Now That’s a Good Tune.”
Spotted Pony
Players: Carol Hascall, fiddle; Don Carricker, guitar; Joyce Carricker, bass
“The Spotted Pony” is Carol Hascall’s signature tune. She learned this tune as a young girl while her family was living in Oklahoma. It is collected on “Now That’s a Good Tune.”
Flop Old Turkey Buzzard
Players: Bob Holt, fiddle; Alvie Dooms, guitar
From “Got a Little Home to Go To” (Rounder Records, 1998)
Aunt Mary’s Hornpipe
Players: John White, fiddle; Amber Gaddy, accordion; David Cavins, guitar
Learned from the Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, from a transcription from the playing of Vee Latty of Fulton, MO, and from hearing a fiddler named Charlie Dalton play it. This tune is played by other mid-Missouri fiddlers as well, but John’s unique bowing makes the high part a bit magical.
Included on the 2017 CD “A Little Further Down the Road.”
Billy in the Lowground
Players: John White, fiddle; Amber Gaddy, banjo; David Cavins, guitar
John’s unique version came from his grandfather Thurman Fields. John says he was quite young when he learned it, and did not get the melody quite like his grandpa played it, but that it is a good example of his bowing style, which John still uses for square dance tunes.
Included on the 2017 CD “A Little Further Down the Road.”
Over the Waves
Players: John White, fiddle; Amber Gaddy, pump organ; David Cavins, guitar
“Sobre Las Olas” was the original Spanish-language title of Over The Waves, a waltz written by Juventino Rosas in 1888. It’s become a chestnut in fiddle repertoires of all sorts and remains a very popular waltz at dances today. John learned this from his mother, Lucille White, early in his fiddle playing days.
Included on the 2017 CD “A Little Further Down the Road.”
Chris Jerup’s Polka in G and D
Players: Dwight Lamb, fiddle; Nate Kemperman, fiddle; Amber Gaddy, pump organ; David Cavins, tenor banjo
This tune comes from Dwight’s Grandpa Jerup. He played this on fiddle; he never learned it on the buttonbox because his button box was in the wrong keys. From the album “80,” Missouri Valley Music, 2015.
Bill Gray’s Dubuque
Players: Dwight Lamb & Nate Kemperman, fiddles; David Cavins, guitar.
Dwight Lamb teaches Nate Kemperman an unusual version of a common Midwestern tune, Dubuque. Dwight learned this version from the playing of his father, Clarence Lamb, but he mentions that it’s Bill Gray’s version–Bill Gray, a contemporary of Dwight’s father, was a well-known fiddler in the Loess Hills near Dwight’s boyhood home. Recorded at Dwight’s house in Onawa, Iowa, October 18, 2014.