I learned this C tune from a 1931 Okeh recording of the Mississippi old time string bad the Newton County Hillbillies, featuring Alvis Massengale on fiddle. It&#39s a practice recording from a few years ago, uploaded for the 11/11/22 Old Time TOTW. I am three finger picking my 1928 Vega Tubaphone with a semi-fretless conversion neck, in double C tuning (gCGCD)

My take on Roscoe Holcomb&#39s (Rosko Halcomb&#39s) classic 2ftl version of &#34Single Girl&#34 in open D tuning (f#DF#AD)

2010 on Jason Burns #3

TOTW 03/11/23: Waltz written by James Scott Skinner, also known as &#34The Rose Of Sharon Waltz&#34 and &#34Rosebud Of Avonmore&#34

A bit of Prohibition and Depression era history here, the poor farmer couldn&#39t make enough money raising cotton. Four Cent Cotton led to raising corn instead for whiskey. Times haven&#39t changed so much, sad to say. This arrangement comes from the early recording of fiddler Lowe Stokes.

This traditional Cajun waltz sings of the sad loss of a loved one. I like its melody and found it easy to play on clawhammer banjo.

Elizabeth Cotten learned this tune in 1910 from a man aged about 50. She added the words.

Two finger thumb lead. Banjo tuned fDGCD.

Trad reel in G played CH style.

Rose Conley, 2 finger thumb lead, based on Grayson & Whittier&#39s 1927 version, tuned a half step or so low out of standard &#34G&#34

Based on Doc Watson&#39s banjo playing, he learned this as a child from his uncle Jake Miller and said it was a courting song. It was a pleasure to look at the video, hear his banjo and vocals, and learn his solo, as well as see him performing with his son Merle. The video is an entire live performance if you&#39re interested. Nice TOTW choice by Neill Connor!

TOTW for 2/5/2021. Played CH in G tuning on a Wildwood.

I&#39m uploading this Marcus Martin tune as my contribution to the 1/29/21 old time Tune of the Week. The fiddler is my good friend John Maguire. We recorded it exactly one year ago, today.

Such a compelling old time tune handed down to us from the great Hobart Smith. I prefer to play it at this slow groove tempo.

From the CD &#34The Old Texas Fiddle, Vol. II&#34, with Howard Rains and Tricia Spencer, fiddles; Brendan Doyle, banjo; Nancy Hartness, guitar; Charlie Hartness, ukulele; Virginia Musser, bass. Recorded in December, 2014 by Mike West at the 9th Ward Pickin&#39 Parlor, Lawrence, KS.

Upload for the Old Time TOTW for December 4, 2020. The tune is generally called Too Young to Marry, but the fiddler I learned it from called it Buffalo Nickel.

Dock Boggs&#39 Country Blues/Hustling Gambler in f#CGAD tuned a half step or so low...

A fine Tune of the Week from North Carolina with a crooked part that suits the title Green River.

A wonderful champion fiddler, Tatiana Hargreaves, plays the Tune of the Week and bases it upon the older fiddler Emma Lee Dickerson. In an interview Tatiana claims that&#39s her doppelg?nger, a new word for me. They look alike in photos. The tune is very familiar to me, but Emma Lee&#39s is unique, so I also include the more traditional one in this recording.

Rose for Polly is a pretty, 3-part song in a minor key. Perhaps it makes for a good love story -- a hopeful suitor gives her a rose, she responds sweetly, but with a bit of reservation, though continuing to offer hope.