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NO 44 WINTER 2006
IN THIS ISSUE...
New friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Temporary Editors
Ramblings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
The AGM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Chewing The Fat . . . . . . . . . . .3
Don Messer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Chairman Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Sorefingers Review . . . . . . . .4
Gainsborough
Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Charlie Poole
...didn’t he ramble...
Banjo Tabs (Maysville) . . . . . . . .6
Playing for Dancers . . . . . . .6
New Dance Shoes . . . . . . . . .7
Dance Around
the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
CD Review (Peggy Seeger) . . . .8
Members Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Old Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Events and Tours (Spring) .10
Our American
Festival Guests . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Gainsborough
Festival 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
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Old Time News Winter Issue 44
New Friends
Temporary Editors’ Ramblings
Number Name & Location
707 Pete Peterson
Pennsylvania, USA
708 Kellie Allen
Pennsylvania, USA
709 Ken Sykes
Caersws, Powys
710 Min Gould
Blandford, Dorset
711 Chris Taylor
Dunkirk, Kent
712 Derek Jones
Old Coulsdon, Surrey
713 Michael Fox
Eastbourne, E.Sussex
714 Pete Shaw
Peterborough, Cambs.
715 Nigel Morland
Jacksdale, Notts.
716 Charles Hibbert
Worksop, Notts.
717 Margaret Hibbert
Worksop, Notts.
718 Trevor Jones
Dorchester, Dorset
719 Mrs Ann Pywell
Rochester, Kent
720 Mr Mick Pywell
Rochester, Kent
721 David Allen
Bridport, Dorset
722 Jackie Pritchard
Coventry, W. Midlands
his is the fourth of our new reformatted Old Time News and those of
you who have wondered about the colour changes may finally have
noticed the seasonal link with the blue of this winter one. I’m sure that you
will appreciate the hard work that has gone into it.
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It takes at least three people - an editor to put it together, Mo Jackson to take that information
and turn it into the copy you see before you and Michi Matthias who has the unenviable task of
‘stuffing, licking and sticking’ - to get those magazines in the mail. And to think that for many years
it was the entire responsibility of previous editor Neil White and before him Anita Kermode and
Colm Daly! Thanks are due to them all for past, present and future services.
We still have no permanent editor, although perhaps that will change at the forthcoming AGM.
Ray Banks and I have alternated on a temporary basis and it seems to work well but it is a
concern. There is always the possibility of a challenge of bias or conflict of interest with our other
roles - let alone the struggle to find time amongst our other commitments. If we are unable to fill
the position of Editor at the AGM, would YOU be interested in a shot at Temporary Editor for an
issue? Guidance and proofing helpfully supplied, of course. Email and computer access preferable
but not essential.
Nick Pilley
AGM...
THE OLD TIME NEWS
The Annual General Meeting of the
Friends of American Old Time Music and
Dance will take place during the morning
of Sunday 19th February 2006 at the
Gainsborough Festival.
If you have anything you wish to be raised
please contact a Committee member
beforehand. The AGM will also include the
election of the Committee and ALL of the
Committee positions are open to contest.
With the exception of the vacant Newsletter
Editor, all of the current committee members
have expressed a willingness to continue.
However, if you have an alternative proposal,
you may nominate any current member (with
their agreement) to any of the positions.
All nominations must have a Proposer and
Seconder and be countersigned by the
nominated member and delivered to the
Secretary, 19 Beloe Road, Bristol, BS7 8RB, or
in person before the meeting. Proposer,
Seconder and Nominee must all be fully paid up
members of FOAOTMAD.
The relevant positions are:
Chairman
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Newsletter Editor
Publicity Officer
Dance Representatives
Secretary
currently Ray Banks
currently Jim Pycroft
currently Eve Morris
(vacant)
currently Nick Pilley
currently Paul and
Clare Sheridan
currently Sibs Riesen
As mentioned in Chairman Ray’s report, we are
also looking to co-opt a member who is
prepared to co-ordinate the Gainsborough
Festival for 2007 onwards.
John Fisher - Mo Jackson
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CHEWING the fat...
WRONG KEY
MEMBERS ADVERTS
I would like to correct an
error on the back cover of
the last Old Time News,
issue 43. Contrary to popular
opinion I was not playing in
the key of Z. As anyone can
tell from my posture, it was
actually Z Flat! (Nick Pilley)
These are included as space permits - although
usually we find space anyway. However, trying to find
space for every item means that we often don’t
know if details have changed or items have been sold
or found. If you have an entry there, please check it
is still relevant. If not, let either Ray or Nick know so
they can keep things tidy.
NEW FLYERS
Hopefully you will have all received a copy of the
new FOAOTMAD publicity flyer in the previous issue
of OTN. If not, I have several thousand just sitting
waiting for opportunities to be distributed and there
will be plenty available at Gainsborough for you to
collect and fill those little corners in instrument
cases. That way you’ll be able to hand them out to
passers-by who take an interest in old time. If you
have an event coming up and want a heap to leave
on display please write to Nick Pilley, 53 North
Street, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3PW.
BACK ISSUES
Issues 41, 42 and 43 can now be downloaded in
Acrobat format (pdf) from our website and future
issues will be added as they ‘expire’. For the
serious archivist, issues 1 to 8 are also available but
these are large files. Those in between will be
added as time permits. Check out
www.foaotmad.org.uk
I also have a few printed copies of issue 42 still on
the shelf if required - address as above.
DWIGHT DILLER
As you will read in Chairman Ray’s ramblings,
Dwight was injured in a car accident recently.
Being immediately prior to the banjo workshops a
bit of hasty rethinking was done. At the time of
writing, Dwight is still in hospital and likely to be
there beyond Christmas. We all wish him a speedy
recovery.
TOURING MUSICIANS
We’ve been blessed over the last few years by an
increase in American artists prepared to chance a
tour. With the exception of the Gainsborough
Festival, it is not a formal policy of FOAOTMAD to get
involved in organising any of these, although
individuals on and off the Committee often provide
help in an informal way with suggestions of venues to
approach, providing hospitality or even promoting
their own concerts. Because it is a personal
involvement there is unlikely to be any control over
where those tours go. Having said that, the dates and
venues are announced as soon as possible (certainly
in the emails I send out most weeks) and you may
see gaps that could be filled in at a venue near you
without excessive travelling. If you see an option and
really want a performance in your area, get in touch
with a tour contact (if specified) or with a Committee
member to pass on the suggestion. Don’t leave it too
late - and don’t moan when they come near… but
not near enough!
AND ON THE SAME SUBJECT
Beverly Smith and Carl Jones are touring again in
September. The Cornlickers (from North
Carolina) hope to make a brief visit in August and
the Crooked Jades (from San Francisco) are
planning on a visit for June or July.
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DON MESSER
The mention of Don Messer in Chewing the
Fat issue 43 deserves a little expansion for
those whose fiddling interests stop at the
Canadian border.
FILM ON TOUR
Here's a strange one that might prove interesting to
some of you...
There is an upcoming tour selected documentary
films starting at the National Film Theatre, London
in Feb 2006 that tours the UK for 2 to 3 months.
One title in particular, ‘Homemade Hillbilly Jam’
may be of interest and I quote from the publicity:
The brothers and cousins who make up the band Big
Smith are proud to consider themselves Hillbillies.
They combine traditional roots of Scots-Irish jigs,
church music and folk songs handed down over
generations, with more modern elements of country
and western and a sensibility they describe as ‘neohillbilly’. Director Rick Minnich’s beautifully shot film
celebrates Missouri’s Ozark countryside and the way
music can transcend conflicting attitudes, to bring and
hold generations together.
'Hillbilly' will be screening at the NFT on Thursday
2nd February at 6.20pm. Confirmed venues for the
remainder of the tour are found in our Events listings
on page 10.
www.homemadehillbillyjam.com/main.html
LICENSING ACT
Lost in all the publicity about the ‘delights’ of 24-hour
drinking, the new Licensing Act also has bearing on
live music in pubs, village halls, schools etc. According
to the Government, all will be much easier and
musicians will benefit. At a recent conference of the
Association of Festival Organisers (of which we are
a member), Feargal Sharkey, Chair of the Live
Music Forum reputedly took away a great deal of
the concerns raised by festival organisers. I wasn’t
there and must own to having a disbelief of most
things the UK Government comes up with but I hope
he’s right, otherwise live music could well be on the
way out. However, he did say that he was certain
the Act had every opportunity to improve live music
but it would need some serious monitoring.
on Messer was the star of his own music
variety program, Don Messer's Jubilee which
ran on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(CBC) from 1958 to 1969. The program featured
the ‘Down-East’ fiddling style of Messer and his
band. During its run, it was one of the most popular
television programs in Canada, and in 1961 its
ratings were even higher than the formidable Ed
Sullivan Show.
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Born at Tweedside near Harvey, New Brunswick in
1909 and playing fiddle from the age of 5, he began
his career on radio in 1934 and moved to Prince
Edward Island in 1939. He brought the traditional
music of east Canada and especially the Maritimes
to the general public in much the same way Jimmy
Shand was able to present Scottish music.
His show's success, according to Messer himself, lay
in its down-home sincerity and simplicity,
contrasting sharply with the more ‘showbiz’
Canadian variety programs which emulated the
more appealing American programs. Its appeal was
largely among Canada's far-flung rural population,
reaching nearly one-half of Canadian farm homes
and its greatest appeal was among the fishing
population of the Maritimes. He sold over 20 million
singles and more than a million LPs in his career.
He died in 1973. A large statue of a fiddle and bow
was raised a few years ago in the centre of Harvey
in his memory.
DILLER TAB BOOK
David Dry reports that the long-awaited, and
superbly illustrated Diller Tab Book - Yew Piney
Mountain - will hopefully be on sale at
Gainsborough Festival. Price £20, including CD
AND FINALLY…
Three souls appear before St. Peter at the pearly
gates. St. Peter asks the first one,
"What was your last annual salary?"
The soul replies,
"£200,000; I was a trial lawyer."
St. Peter asks the second one the same question.
The soul answers,
"£95,000; I was in real estate."
St. Peter then asks the third soul the same question.
The answer was,
"£8,000"
and St. Peter immediately replies,
"Ah, you must be a banjo player"
CAPTION
COMPETITION
In a hard fought
contest, the winning
caption to go with the
photo of Eve
Morris's shredded tent
(OTN 43) is...
"The Punch and Judy Show at the Old Time
summer camp went down a storm"
and comes from Bill Cox. He wins a CD of his
choice from Eve Morris's catalogue.
Congratulations Bill and thanks to all of
you who entered.
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Old Time News Winter 2006 Issue 44
Chairman Ray
Dwight Diller Accident
A week before this year’s November fiddle
and banjo workshops in Gainsborough,
banjo instructor Dwight Diller had a car
accident near his home in Pocahontas
County, West Virginia, which left him in
hospital with a dislocated hip. This prevented him from attending
the workshop, and his place was very ably taken at very short
notice by Dwight’s “walkin’ boss” Diane Jones, the fine banjo
player with the Reed Island Rounders who instructs with Dwight
at his Brown’s Creek banjo retreats. This involved some extra
expense that was covered by our funds. We all hope that Dwight
will make a good recovery, and be back with us next year. Good
wishes and greetings can be sent to him at PO Box 148,
Hillsboro, WV 24946.
The Workshops
Despite Dwight’s absence these were of course excellent as usual.
Because I live near Gainsborough, I was able to drop in on the
beginner weekend for the fine Saturday night session. The following
Thursday, Dave Bing, Diane and Keith Johnson came over to the
Three Horseshoes in Doncaster for a session with some local
musicians, which included a surprise visit from Alan Green and Dave
Dry. At the weekend I did my usual trick of pretending to be an
intermediate fiddle player purely for the pleasure of hearing Dave
Bing playing and deconstructing some wonderful tunes, including
Harvey Sampson’s version of Carroll County Blues and a really
tricky but excellent Maysville from JP Fraley. It was very hard but
interesting work, and it was a pleasure to relax with the banjo for the
evening sessions.
Festival Organiser Needed
When we hold the 2006 AGM at the Gainsborough Festival in
February, we will need a new Festival Organiser. Keith Johnson is
doing the job this year but feels he won’t have the time next year.
Keith and Brenda will continue to provide hospitality to the American
musicians we bring over for the festival, but we will need someone
to take overall charge to carry out, or ensure that committee
members will carry out, the list of tasks which make the festival
possible.
This would be a huge job for one person, but there will be much
help and advice available from the committee and in many cases they
will deal with these aspects themselves and just need co-ordinating.
SOREFINGERS
Old Time Banjo Class 2005
Stuart Todd
had not been at the Sorefingers week for about
nine years for a few reasons; distance, cost and
not enjoying the first one I had done with Jody
Stecher. When I saw this year’s was with Tom
Sauber, I bit the bullet. I really love Tom’s playing
and he is also a very good teacher. Was it worth
it? Read on.
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In the class were a lot of ‘old’ faces from the
FOAOTMAD camp and a few others I did not know
but was glad to meet, Michaelina and Alex to name
two. The tuition took Tom through a few tunes that
we learned (or tried to), lots to listen to, techniques,
licks, different tunings and styles and so on. In all, it
was a very interesting and inspiring week.
These include:
Ensuring the committee’s selected performers are booked and
arranging an:
• MC for the festival.
• Arranging for a PA system.
• Booking the school on a suitable weekend - currently the first
weekend of the school Spring half term (for 2007 this is 16th - 18th
February).
• Arranging with the school management to ensure we have access to
the theatre and classrooms, a stage and seating, indoor camping with
showers, and the kitchen and restaurant area.
• Ensuring the school has a suitable entertainment licence.
• Arranging the provision of a bar.
• Liaising with Rob and Brenda Johnson, who will organise the
provision of meals.
• Organising the activities timetable for the weekend, including concert
running orders, and the who, what, and where of workshops and
dance arrangements.
• Organising a team of festival stewards to handle admissions and
security.
• Arranging festival insurance.
• Co-ordinating publicity and ticketing arrangements.
Details of nominations for the other committee roles can be found
on page 2.
Sewerby Hall Camp
Last year’s May Day weekend camp in the grounds of Sewerby Hall,
Bridlington was such a great success with musicians, dancers, visitors
and Hall staff that it will be repeated this year, and hopefully become a
regular event. It is free to Foaotmad musicians, dancers and friends. A
dance floor will be made available for the teams who come, either in
the superb Orangery or outside if the weather’s good. John Yeaman,
the brains behind the event, tells me that people wanting to spend
more time in the area would be welcome to arrive after mid-day on
the Thursday, and can stay till Wednesday morning. The weekend will
apparently be advertised nationally in local authority literature and
elsewhere as the start of a month long Bridlington music festival. Full
details will appear in the next Old Time News.
The Gathering
Shortly after this year’s festival I shall be off for my annual driving and
Foaotmad promotion jaunt with Debby McClatchy (who’ll be at
Gainsborough as a punter) and Tom, Brad and Alice round the concert
halls of England. The details of the tour are on the back page, and I
hope I’ll see a few of you at a concert.
Accommodation was, as before, a bunk in a
dormitory, which was comfortable enough BUT we
had the worst snorer in the world in ours! Even ear
plugs were ineffective as the vibrations shook the
whole room! Food was excellent although three big
meals a day was a bit much for the old constitution.
Since my first time there the numbers have doubled
or even tripled. This made sessions a bit bigger but
on the whole the OT camp managed to take over
the dining room and make their presence felt. The
tutors sessions were very enjoyable with some of
the other top players joining Tom, Brad & Alice
wherever they played. This included a broom
cupboard type alcove - Talk about closet players!
As previously said “Was it worth it”? Well, even
with the £400 for the tuition and accommodation,
£150 for the petrol (1300 mile round trip) and
other sundry items like the copious amounts of real
ale, the answer is “yes”.
Will I be back - again “yes” - but it all depends on
who the tutor is and, of course, funds.
GOOD Points
• Tom’s teaching
• Organisation and facilities
• Sessions, both big and small
• Much better bar than my first time there
• Seeing Tom’s face when Basil started
dancing beside him!
BAD Points
• The damn snoring in the dorm!
• Having to miss Gainsborough for this.
• Hearing about Stuart Toff at the morning
assembly - low point of my week!
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Gainsborough
Banjo Workshop
David Dry
wight Diller was unfortunately involved in a
road traffic accident shortly before he was
due to fly to the UK with Dave Bing. He
sustained injuries to his hip and sternum (showing
your medical training, Dave - Temporary Editor)
requiring hospitalisation. He is progressing
satisfactorily. Our thoughts are with him, and we
all wish him a speedy recovery. At the time of
writing he remains in hospital, but is now mobile
in a wheelchair.
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Diane Jones - Dave Dry
Suddenly, we were left without a banjo teacher, but
Dave Bing was able to obtain the services of Diane
Jones at very short notice. Diane is well known to
most of you from the Gainsborough Festival 2003
when she appeared with the Reed Island Rounders,
and did a 3 day workshop afterwards which I was
privileged to attend - just one of five! Diane has also
produced an instructional DVD that was favourably
reviewed by John Woodman (OTN 43).
Despite Dwight's misfortune, we were pleased to see
her again. Her classes are quite different from
Dwight's, with much more accent on lyrical melodies
and singing. Again the whole class of 18 got to
singing - which may be a helpful aid to assimilating
a tune, but with the huge variation in individual
performance, even the banjos sounded good!
A gentle start with ‘Pig in a Pen’ was followed by
the difficult ‘Little Rose has Gone’. Saturday's class
ended with a lovely tune from Melvyn Wine, retitled as ‘Wine's Delight’. During the teaching of this
tune, Diane asked if anyone had perfect pitch?
There was a deathly silence. “Good,” said Diane. “If
so, you have the wrong instrument!” After the bar
opened, Saturday gently drifted away in a great
session, playing many of Dave Bing's G tunes.
‘Maysville’ from J.P. Fraley took up Sunday morning
and teaching finished with ‘The Hangman's Song’
from Harvey Samson. Maybe Diane felt like hanging
us all by this time! Most of us stopped back to
record Diane playing several tunes to take home and
work on. It was a memorable weekend. Thanks to
Diane, Dave Bing and to Keith and Brenda for
getting it together.
Playing for Dancers Colin Tipping
lan Jabbour’s workshop at Gainsborough 2005, plus his talk on Henry Reed and other
old time musicians, gave rise to some discussion on playing for dancers and there was
general agreement that it improves your fiddling to a considerable degree. If you are
fortunate enough to play with a regular group you have to be able to keep in time and play
the tunes the dancers require. Dancers, like musicians, come in all shapes and sizes and all
level of fitness, so a Bruce Molsky technique is seldom required.
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This brings me to the second point. You may be playing for quite some time so you need to
be as relaxed as possible. Simple tunes, where you can concentrate on playing with a swing
rather than snatching at the notes, are best. “Dill Pickle Rag” is better left for solos when the
dancers are having a breather. You should also have time to be aware of what your bowing arm
is doing, this is the engine that gets everything going - and remember to breathe normally!
About a year ago I started playing for the “Washington Downtown Cloggers”. Up to this time
they had mainly used a tape machine. I knew most of their tunes and picked up a couple of
others - unfortunately they also loved to dance to a bluegrass version of “Blackberry Blossom”.
It took me best part of a year to get it (mostly) right and up to speed, so it gives you something
to aim for and measures your progress. It also liberates the dancers - they can now dance miles
from an electric socket, and choose their own music.
This, of course, is point five. Learning to read music opens up every tune book ever written.
It’s tedious, hard work, raises your blood pressure, and it’s time consuming but in the long
term the rewards are immense.
Old Time News Winter 2006 Issue 44
Take your feet
and pat a tune…
Nick Pilley and Claire Rudd
n appropriate quotation for cloggers although
we can't remember it's source. Mind you, we
reckon that most cloggers would consider 'shoes' a
necessity too. Clogging shoes are a very personal
thing. Favourite old brogues from charity shops, flat
heeled tap shoes or Oxfords, rarely Cuban-heeled
dance shoes. Usually leather soled, often with taps
for team dancing or plain leather soles for
flatfooting. It goes on...
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For us, a trip to North Carolina raised the opportunity
of replacing Claire's 6-year-old favourites (2 sets of
leather soles later) and also Bluefield's performance
shoes. Yes, we could buy shoes here in the UK but
those old favourites of Claire's came from one of
America's best-kept clogging secrets, Carl's Clogging
Supplies of Salem, South Carolina.
Carl and Patsy Blanton started supplying shoes and taps
to cloggers in the mid 70’s. Now they have a staff of 7
and manufacture 10,000 pairs a year, with 40% of the
home market.
Claire had first discovered the company’s shoes at a
modern clogging convention in 1998 and liked them so
much that when Bluefields needed new performance
shoes 2 years later, a trip to the Appalachians included
another visit to a convention and more purchases
were made. Predominantly they come in white, fitted
with a range of different ‘jingle’ taps including one of
Carl’s own design, for the modern American clogging
market. However, black and ‘un-tapped’ are also
options, if less common when the ‘store’ is away from
home.
You can order from web site, although we phoned and
arranged to make a two hour each way drive to visit
the factory. About 2 miles north of Salem and situated
maybe 8 miles south of the North Carolina border, the
factory is about 5000 sq ft and oozes the smells of
leather ... and glue! Fortunately for us, there was a
delivery taking place and the big side door was open.
Even so we were glad of a picturesque walk on the
return journey to clear our brains.
A chocolate-coloured Labrador, aptly called Hershey,
greeted us on our arrival. Carl and Patsy were pleased
to see us and Patsy even remembered details of when
Claire had met them almost 8 years ago! For some
reason Americans are very good at that sort of personal
detail and it always fascinates us what people who have
only met us briefly can remember years later.
Claire wanted a pair for flatfooting and these were soon
sorted. Team shoes were slightly different allowing for
sock thickness and using penciled measures of current
shoes and relevant feet that we had taken suitable sizes
were selected. Sizes and range code will now be saved
in our team notebook for ease in future!
Carl and Patsy - Claire Rudd
days later the UPS van rolled up the drive and there
they were, ready for use - although we would still
have to add taps to the team shoes (and an extra
leather sole to fit them rather than the typical
American riveted ‘jingle’ taps).
Carl took us around his factory showing us the leathers,
dies for cutting out under high pressure (both hands
needed on well separated controls for safe use!), the
lasts for shaping and the two machines which heated,
stretched and shaped the uppers before fixing the soles.
Finally his trademark wooden heel was attached and
the final cosmetic touches applied. At a push, they can
produce a pair of shoes from scratch in about an hour!
So, need new shoes? Have we raised your interest?
Carl's Clogging Supplies can be found at
www.carlsclogging.com with an online shop or
catalogues can be requested by mail from 150 Easy
Street, Salem, SC 29676-2402 USA. We prefer the
Freestylers model (Men's 601, Women's 501) - note
that Men's and Women's sizes are not the same - a
men's 7 is not the same as a women’s 7 and an
American 7 is not the same as a UK 7. Two or three
widths are available. They have conversion tables at
the factory and European sizes are perhaps the most
useful unless you know your American size.
No excuses now, we chose our leather, waved the
credit card and left them the order and the address of
our temporary North Carolina home for delivery. Two
Bluefields can be found at www.bluefields.org.uk and
Claire will have her set of 'Carls' at Gainsborough if
you want to know more.
Dance Around the World
Cecil Sharp House 15 -16 October 2005
Pamela Humphreys
This is a weekend not to be
missed by anyone who enjoys
all styles of dance.
Pam Humphries
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decided to travel to London on the Saturday to
see old friends and watch the progress of Kerry
Fletcher’s group of dancers. This is an Appalachian
tuition class at Weston, Hitchin that meets once a
month to dance and enjoy themselves.
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As I had given Kerry’s details to Maggie, who started
the group, I was interested to see how things were
progressing and how many students wanted to learn
Appalachian stepping. After a morning of watching
youngsters showing their knowledge of English, Manx,
Flamenco and Bulgarian, I tried my hand (feet?) at
Mexican, Portuguese and Majorcan dancing. Terrific
fun and it made my backpack of dance shoes
worthwhile.
By mid afternoon, all of Kerry’s students had arrived
and as I entered the refreshment area, I heard the
familiar sounds of fiddle and banjo coming from the
bar. There were four other FOAOTMAD members
playing excellent music. I joined in on a couple of
tunes but we were summoned to a rehearsal in the
marquee on the front lawn.
I was amazed to see so many people had given up
their free time and travelled to London for this event.
I felt privileged to be asked to join in on the freestyling
and their first routine. Even though I was not familiar
with some of their steps, they made me welcome
and their enthusiasm was infectious. Their dancing
was received with warm applause and appreciation.
Next year’s Festival dates are 14th -15th October, so
get those dancing shoes ready and watch their web
site www.datw.org.uk
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material presented here will already be known to many of you. In my case, at
least, a lot of the tunes are familiar, though some in name only, tending to be
found these days only as words and dots on a yellowing page of some
ancient American folk song collection or in an instrument tutor such as Peggy's
own tutor for the 5-string banjo. These, sadly, are songs that have seen little
recording or performance in recent years. Perhaps some feel they're a little
old hat - who knows? Whatever the reason, Peggy breathes new life into
them here.
CD REVIEW...
HEADING FOR HOME;
LOVE CALL ME HOME
The title track on the first album, Heading for Home, is one of the few nontraditional songs, a wistful piece featuring Peggy on up-picked banjo, with
accompaniment from her son Calum MacColl on melodica and harmonium.
On another, Country Blues, Peggy plays frailed banjo, which admirably
displays her mastery of a number of Appalachian banjo styles.
Peggy Seeger
Appleseed APR CD 1076 and 1077
imed to coincide with Peggy Seeger's 70th Birthday Concert (see OTN
42), these are the first two parts in a planned three disc set of CDs
T
She switches to guitar on songs such as Hangman, and to piano on the
singalong Careless Love (yes, I know some of you don't consider piano, let
alone harmonium, to be a proper folk instrument, especially for Old Time
music, but, remember, we're talking front parlour stuff here); then to
Appalachian dulcimer on the ancient ballad, Rynerdine and autoharp on the
Peggy's own Sing About These Hard Times.
"I have sung these songs for 68 years and I cannot imagine being without them,
yet decades have passed since I last recorded any of them. I've sung them at
concerts, at parties, on demonstrations; crooned them while ironing, driving,
crocheting, rocking babies, and while learning new instruments. I will idly whistle
and hum them until I am ordered to stop."
Apart from on a couple of unaccompanied songs (Love is Teasing and Bad
Bad Girl), Peggy is ably supported on vocals and a wide selection of plucked,
bowed and keyboarded instruments by numerous friends and family, including
sons and daughter Calum, Neill and Kitty MacColl, brother Mike and
partner Irene Pyper-Scott.
I look forward to hearing the third in the trilogy.
Dave VanDoorn
known as The Home Trilogy: Disc 1, Heading for Home; Disc 2, Love Call
Me Home; Disc 3, She's Coming Home (to be released early 2006). The
collection is a celebration of American folk songs that Peggy grew up with.
To quote the Heading for Home sleeve notes:
So no ground-breaking stuff here, then and nor is there meant to be. It's not
even a case of revisiting roots, for Peggy's clearly never been away from them.
With just a handful of exceptions, every track is credited "words and music:
traditional USA" (and those that are from Peggy's pen sound as if they've come
straight out of the Lomax collections). In one form or another, much of the
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ORB MUSIC
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an explanation...
Helmut Rheingans writes,
First I’d like to say thank
you to all the people who
responded to my recent Small
Ad (OTN 43 and emails) - I’ve
never had such a response
before! To clarify what is
happening; the shop known as
ORB Music in Eyam will be
closed down by April 2006.
From then on I will be working
from home, I’m in the process of
building a workshop,
concentrating on making and
repairing violins and banjos. So,
I’m not planning on retiring yet.
The sale will be going on until
the end of March. There are still
some guitars left and a double
bass. The web address will
remain unchanged but updated:
www.orbmusic.co.uk
Thanks again, Helmut
Old Time News Winter 2006 Issue 44
OLD TIMERS...
WILL KEYS
ill Keys, who was
considered to be one of
the best oldtime banjo pickers in
the United States, passed away
peacefully in his sleep on
November 4, 2005. He had
been battling a brain tumour for
several months. He was born on
October 4, 1923 in the hills of
eastern Tennessee and was one
of 12 children. His brother, Jay,
who played the guitar, strung an
old banjo with wire from a
screen door and gave it to an 8
year old Will to learn on.
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THE LEGACY OF CHARLIE POOLE
by Debby McClatchy
ven though he lived a short
life, Charlie Poole's influence
on American country music was
unparalleled. His group, The
North Carolina Ramblers, is
still considered the premier
band of the string band era of
the 1920s. It helped that
their first recording in 1925
predated all the other major
artists, such as The Carter
Family, Jimmie Rodgers,
and The Skillet Lickers. It
also helped that Charlie
was a consummate
professional and
performer; his shows
were said to be wellplanned and highly
entertaining.
E
Born in 1892, Charlie grew
up in the cotton mill area
now known as Eden, North
Carolina, surrounded by the traditional
anglo-celtic music heritage of the local residents, old minstrel show
tunes, and the popular music of the day, parlour and vaudeville material. The
mill owners also brought in music teachers to broaden their employees
cultural horizons. Playing banjo by age eight, Charlie was known as a rowdy
youth who grew into an irrepressive adult, fond of rambling around, and the
liquor that went with it. He was a clawhammer player in his teens, but a bet
that he could catch a fast baseball barehanded left him with a broken hand,
permanently bent into a position best for fingerpicking styles.
Charlie's first banjo was one he made from a gourd. When he went to work
in the mills he bought one for $1.50. Quitting the mills at the age of twentytwo, Charlie then lived on his wits and banjo playing for four years. In 1918
he met Posey Rorer, a club-footed fiddler from the mill region, and the two
went to work for moonshiners, using their time together to practice. Joined
by guitarist, Norman Woodlieff, they formed The North Carolina Ramblers
and started street singing in front of the mills. After the success of the first oldtime recording of Fiddler John Carson in 1923, Charlie's goal was to record,
which he did in 1924, although these sides were never released or found
since. Working briefly back in the mill, the Ramblers saved their pay and then
moved to New Jersey to lay siege to the New York City recording studios.
They finally recorded with Columbia in July of 1925. ‘Don't Let Your Deal
Go Down’ and ‘Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister’ amazingly sold
102,000 copies, at a time when five hundred was considered a ‘hit’, and The
Ramblers became a real working band.
Norman's declining health led to Roy Harvey joining the band, and, later,
Charlie's spending of all the royalties in a drunken spree, led to a split with
Posey, and two other fiddlers, first Lonnie Austin, and then, Odell Smith,
joined the Ramblers. Charlie's use of popular musical material in an old-time
context, plus his exuberant stage presence (he even danced and did
cartwheels), and the tight merge of the three instruments, sometimes with
piano from Lucy Terry, Roy's sister, made them eminently popular. Also Roy
didn't drink and took over management of the band. Their seven recording
sessions produced successful hits, although their sales gradually diminished,
due to competition and the weakening economy going into the 1930s
Depression.
In the winter of 1931 Charlie lost interest in the music and the Ramblers split
up and returned to working in the mills. Charlie quit his abusive drinking, but
an offer from Hollywood to do a short film on himself started a thirteen week
celebratory spree, ultimately causing his death from a heart attack at age
thirty-nine in May, 1931. Such a shame! I visit Charlie's grave every year and
celebrate his short but influential life, and wish he were still around to tell his
tales. What a story it would be!
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In 1978, he won the old-time banjo contest at the prestigious Galax Fiddler's
Convention. Despite his musical ability, he worked a full-time job at the
Eastman Chemical Company for 42 years. After his retirement in 1984, Keys
began performing more regularly, playing at folk festivals, and teaching
workshops. Using his fingers rather than a pick to pluck the strings gave his
banjo playing a distinctive sound with a bell-like tone. The two-finger style was
described as being more melodic than a clawhammer style, but much less
‘technical’ than three-finger bluegrass picking.
The National Council for the Traditional Arts included him in its Masters of
the Banjo tours in 1993, and the National Endowment for the Arts honoured
him with a National Heritage Fellowship in 1996. Often to be seen with his
trademark derby hat and worn gold-plated Paramount 5-string, he was a
popular, kind man and highly thought-of
musician.
RILEY PUCKETT
By Bill Cox
orn 7th May 1894 near
Alpharetta Georgia, died
13th July 1946, Atlanta Georgia.
Known mainly by old time music
fans as the guitar player in the
Skillet Lickers, Riley could also
play the banjo, piano, mandolin,
and fiddle.
B
Riley also played a varied list of tunes
and songs over the years; British and
American folk ballads, Minstrel songs,
Funny skits and ditties, sentimental
songs from the 1800s through to
pop songs of the 1930s, plus the Skillet Licker
tracks, and all songs performed with that great baritone voice of
Riley’s. He was probably the first country singer to yodel on record with “Rock All
Our Babies To Sleep”.
Riley was blinded by misapplication of medicine not long after being born and so
later was sent to learn Braille in Macon Georgia, where he also learned piano. As
a teenager he taught himself to play banjo and guitar. Whether he had his own
style of playing the guitar at this time isn’t known as his first airing to the general
public came when he was 28 years old (28th September 1922) on WSB radio.
He was playing with Clayton McMichen’s Hometown Boys at this time but two
years later he joined Gid Tanner and the two of them went to New York to
record some tracks. About this time Gid Tanner formed The Skillet Lickers, with
Riley as lead singer and guitarist (sometimes banjo) with that distinctive bass run
guitar style for which he became known. He stayed with The Skillet Lickers for 10
years. After this he recorded with other musicians and made solo singles for the
Columbia label.
From 1934 to 1941 he was mainly with the RCA Victor label apart from some
recordings for the Decca label in 1937. Apart from his recording with the Skillet
Lickers, Riley recorded around 200 sides before his death in East Point, Atlanta at
only 52 years of age.
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EVENTS
AND TOURS
SPRING 2006
THE GATHERING
Tom, Brad and Alice with Debby
McClatchy (see back cover)
February
24th The Landmark Theatre,
Ilfracombe, Devon
25th Blisland Village Hall,
nr. Bodmin, Cornwall
26th The Crabshell, Kingsbridge,
Devon
28th The Musician, Leicester
March
1st Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
2nd The Borderline, London
3rd The Empire Hall, Graffham
Nr Midhurst, Sussex
4th The Arc Theatre,
Trowbridge
5th The Noel Arms, Melton
Mowbray
7th The Little Theatre,
Thornton Cleveley, Nr
Blackpool
8th National Centre for Early
Music, St. Margaret's
Church, York
9th The Subscription Rooms,
Stroud
10th Bridgwater Arts Centre,
Bridgwater, Somerset
11th Sutton Village Hall, Sutton,
Bedfordshire
BEVERLY SMITH
AND CARL JONES
www.smithnjones.net
February
8th South Molton, Devon
9th Somerset (venue TBC)
10th The Floor, Tenbury Wells
11th New Radnor, Powys
17th-19th Gainsborough Festival
25th The Chattery, Swansea
SARA GREY
www.maclurg.com/saragrey
January
12th Maidenhead Folk Club
13th The Brewtown FC, Burton
on Trent
15th St Ives FC, Cornwall
17th Skipton FC, Swan Inn,
Carleton In Craveny,
Keighley
19th The Derby Gaol FC,
Friargate,Derby
20th Swindon FC, Pinehurst
People's Centre, Swindon
22nd Folk On The Moor,
Plymouth
March
27th The Red Bull FC, Middle
Hillgate, Stockport
29th school work, Chelmsford
30th school work, Suffolk
31st afternoon, school work,
Suffolk
31st Everyman FC, Saxmundham
‘HOMEMADE
HILLBILLY JAM’
www.homemadehillbillyjam.com
Tour starts 2nd February
• National Film Theatre, London
• National Museum of
Photography, Film & TV in
Bradford
• Watershed, Bristol
• Metro Cinema, Derby
• Kino, Middlesborough
• Broadway, Nottingham
• Edinburgh Filmhouse
• The Courtyard, Hereford
• Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast
• Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
• Forum, Northampton
• Glasgow Film Theatre
• Leeds Film Quarter
Our American festival guests...
native of Italy, Rafe Stefanini moved to the U.S. in 1983 and has
become one of the foremost interpreters of fiddle music from the
South. His dynamic and elegant fiddle and banjo playing was featured in
some of the best bands to appear on the scene including The Wildcats
and The L-7's (with Bruce Molsky and Dirk Powell). The band
changed it's name to Big Hoedown with Beverly Smith replacing Dirk
Powell and more recently, Rafe and Beverly teamed up with John
Herrmann and Meredith McIntosh as the Rockinghams. He is also a
highly respected fiddle repairer.
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John Herrmann is best known as a banjo player, but he is also an expert
guitarist, bassist and fiddler. He seems to be everywhere, playing with
everyone, not just in the U.S. but in places as distant as France and Japan
where he is known as "The Father of Old-Time Music " and is often
regarded as the originator of the “slow jam”. He plays fiddle with the New
Southern Ramblers, but he has performed with many bands including the
Henrie Brothers, the Wandering Ramblers, One-Eyed Dog, Midnight
Mockingbirds and Ida Red. Since 1992 John has recorded and produced
many recordings for his own Yodel-Ay-Hee records co-operative.
Meredith McIntosh is also a member of Ida Red, The Mockingbirds and The
New Southern Ramblers and has been playing music since she was a child.
She has been playing old time music on fiddle, guitar and bass since the mid1980's and has been in great demand over the past ten years playing bass for
many other bands including The Hearbeats and cajun band Balfa Toujours.
Both John and Meredith live around the Asheville area of North Carolina
where they are amongst the mainstays of the old time music scene and are
regular tutors at the Swannanoa Gathering.
Like Rafe, Beverly Smith lives in Pennsylvania. One of the most respected
guitar players in old time music today, she is also in demand as a singer,
fiddler, and dance caller. She has made numerous recordings, backing up
fiddlers like Rafe, Bruce Molsky, Tara Nevins and Brad Leftwich in bands
such as The Heartbeats and Big Medicine, vocalizing with Irish musicians
Mick Moloney and John Doyle, and also singing with bluegrass great Laurie
Lewis. She has taught and played at many camps and folk festivals and, as
well as playing in The Rockinghams, is well known for her collaborations
with Carl Jones.
Carl Jones toured with Norman and Nancy Blake as part of the Rising Fawn
String Ensemble, playing mandolin, banjo, and fiddle. He often plays as a duo
with James Bryan, and is sometimes found picking as part of a trio with
Bruce Green and Don Pedi. Carl has been an instructor at Pinewoods, Port
Townsend's Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Mars Hill Old Time Week,
and the Swannanoa Gathering. For years he and Beverly have appeared on
the traditional music scene, at festivals, on record, at contests and dances, in
various bands and formations, playing just about anything with strings or
tossing in vocal harmonies wherever there was the opportunity. They are
currently on their 4th tour of the U.K. and have left a string of converted fans
wherever they have performed. Their recent cd ‘Somewhere Over Yonder’
has been described as "a classic recording of old-time duets".
"I'll Fly Away"
OFF KEY
John Hill
by Dave Marshall and Andy Imms
A collection of old time songs and tunes,
featuring Dave Marshall on
clawhammer banjo, Andy Imms on
guitar and Keith Chilvers on mandolin.
Listen to online samples at
www.virtualbluegrassband.com
£12 inc p&p.
Dave Marshall, 4 The Sycamores,
Farnborough, Hants, GU14 7BE.
Tel: 01252 657609
The disadvantage of holding fiddle
workshops in draughty rooms.
Original photo Ray Banks
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Blisland Village Hall, nr. Bodmin, Cornwall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01840 214220
The Crabshell, Kingsbridge, Devon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01548 856601
The Musician, Leicester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0116 2835533
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Huntingdon Hall, Worcester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01905 611714
The Borderline, London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0207 5346970
The Empire Hall, Graffham Nr Midhurst, Sussex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01243 781312/774641
The Arc Theatre, Trowbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01225 756376
The Noel Arms, Melton Mowbray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01664 562363
The Little Theatre, Thornton Cleveley, Nr Blackpool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01253 770547
National Centre for Early Music, St. Margaret's Church, York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01904 658338
The Subscription Rooms, Stroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01453 760900
Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01278 422701
Sutton Village Hall, Sutton, Bedfordshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 017867 260041
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