Wow - Dance to the fiddle, march to the fife. They had that at the UMass library when I was just learning. I used to try to play the tunes from it along with recordings. I remember learning that Gotta Quit Kicking my Dog Around was McKinley's (I think) campaign song! Shame they are so expensive!
On Mar 8, 2009, at 9:57 PM, mistertaterbug wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
