Nice Steve! It's cool that everybody hears such different things in one single tune. I tried to stay close to the crookedness of the tune, like the fiddlegirls played it. But I think the other versions posted here have all sorts of cool stuff in them. Keep it up! :)
/Jonas 2010/12/7 Steve Cantrell <[email protected]> > Here's my run at it. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUOlD-Nv2fQ > > I guess mine falls more on the crooked side since that's what I had heard > until that point, but I think that there's comfort in knowing there's one > that sticks closer to the path. Curious to see what my buddy Josh has on it > for fiddle when we get together later this week. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* kathy nichols <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, December 6, 2010 6:31:57 PM > > *Subject:* Re: Song of the Month-December 2010 > > Thank you for bring this up. I wondered if I was the only one > confused by the difference between the mp3, the youtube, and the tab. > > I went to a jam this weekend and asked an old time fiddler there if he > knew Hatcher's version of Grub Springs. He promptly played the > straight version of the tune found on most of the other youtube > videos. > He has played around Michigan for many years, just never heard the > crooked version but thought the one he played was Hatcher's version. > > I find working on one measure at a time is helping some. Still > confused about which fingers to use on the slides, especially in the > 7th measure. > > Interesting spelling for the blogger's first name > Daevid.............kinda crooked. > > Kathy > > On 12/6/10, mgromkey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know if this'll help the effort, but as Don pointed out to me > > in a sidebar discussion, the Hatcher version, and the reference video > > of the two women playing fiddle, plays the B part one and a half > > times. In the middle of the second time through, Hatcher has kind of a > > brain bubble, drags out an A chord, and inexplicably kicks back to bar > > 1. Truly kinky. Tater's gentlemanly transcript has a straight repeat > > on the B part, which is a lot more civilized. There is, however, > > something appealing about the more insane version. > > > > Below is a link to an interesting "Exhibition Of Weird Fiddle Tunes" > > found when I Googled Hatcher as an alternative to actually doing work > > at the end of the day. It's filled with amusing observations about old- > > time fiddlers who seem to have taken composition lessons from > > aliens. > > > > http://www.myspace.com/davidbragger/blog/175439660 > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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 taterbugmando+ > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- > 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]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > -- 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.
