John McCutcheon Fiddle and Banjo Tune Teaching Tape; 1979

A C396

Artist: John McCutcheon

Album/Event: Teaching tape for fiddle and banjo tune learning.

Tracks:

Side A (Fiddle Tunes):

1. Soldier’s Joy (in D tuning)
2. Forked Deer (in D tuning) – Composite from J.P. Fraley and Tommy Hunter, a fiddler from NC
3. The Kitchen Gal (in A modal tuning) – from Henry Reed in Glen Lyn, VA
4. Hog Eye (in A modal tuning)
5. Santa Anna’s Retreat (in A modal tuning)  – from Henry Reed
6. Sugar in the Gourd (in A tuning) – from Charlie Osborne
7. Sally Ann (in A tuning)
8. Miller’s Reel (in A tuning) – from fiddler in Sulphur Spring’s, TN
9. The Gray Eagle (in A tuning) – from Creed Powers
10. Shoot That Turkey Buzzard (in G tuning) – from Charlie Osborne
11. Give The Fiddler a Dram / Dance All Night with a Bottle in my Hand (in G tuning)
12. Nancy Blevins (in D tuning) – from Albert Hash in Whitetop, VA
13. Rock the Cradle Joe (in G tuning) – from around Patrick County, VA
14. Going Across the Sea (in G tuning)
15. Breaking Up Christmas (in A cross tuning -AEAE) – from Tommy Jarrell in the Round Peak area, NC

Side B (Banjo Tunes):

1. Arkansas Traveler (in the key of D)
2. The Blue-Eyed Gal / Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (in the key of D)
3. Shady Grove (in the key of D)
4. The Kitchen Gal (modal tune)
5. Sourwood Mountain (in the key of A) – from Currence Hammonds
6. Shortening Bread (in the key of A) – from Charlie Osborne
7. The Old Hen Cackled (in the key of G) – from Beecher Smith
8. Leather Britches (in the key of G)
9. Free Little Bird (in the key of C) – from Roscoe Holcomb
10. Cluck Old Hen (in the key of C)
11. Rag Time Annie (in the key of C)
12. Going Across the Sea (in the key of C)
13. Cumberland Gap (tune in CGCDG) – from Ralph Ford in Grassy Fork, TN
14. Sugar Babe (unusual tuning instructions – DGACD) – from Donnie Gum in Mill Springs, WV

Collected / Recorded by: Possibly self-recorded by John McCutcheon

Date: 1979

Location: Unknown

Notes:

The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes with earlier dates that others sent to him.