Howdy. I don't know if you folks know about Samuel P. Bayard and his contribution to the preservation of stringband/fiddle music. Mr. Bayard was a musicologist from Pennsylvania and put out a couple very popular and increasingly rare books primarily on fiddle tunes from that area. There are both on Ebay right now. The smaller is titled "Hill Country Tunes". The link is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250381106589 This little book is a gem. I bought a number of these for around $25 to give away, but they aren't around for that anymore. Under $100 is a bargain anymore. The other Bayard book is titled "Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife". This is the book John Hartford got "Squirrels Hunters" from. Here is a link to this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dance-to-the-Fiddle-March-to-the-Fife-Folk-Tunes-in-PA_W0QQitemZ120383351193QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116 There are two copies of "Dance..." but this one is the cheaper of the two. The other is listed at a mere $385. I found a copy a few years ago for $50 and seems to me brother Don Grieser got one a few weeks later for about $65. I have not seen another copy for under $125 since. I have seen them listed as much as $800. Just thought I'd put this out there. Oh, I am watching the auction for the smaller book so be forewarned. <G> Tater --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
