Shove The Pig's Foot (a little closer to the fire) - Celtic Connections

[annlou68]

Love your spunky band; learning to play this tune on the mountain dulcimer (play along with you in key of G)! Thanks for posting!

[robespierrelucky]

a "pigs foot" is a blacksmithing term, thats what's being shoved into the fire.

[capnshort]

Let's give Marcus Martin a little credit please!!! He did not write it, but his version is where most OLD-TIME fiddlers get this song from. Marcus Martin was a fiddle/banjo player from North Carolina and recorded in the late 50s and early 60s. Happy Hollow and Booth were also tunes we fiddle players reference him for. No...Bruce didn't write it, nor could he have written it.

[nexothesmodrastica]

One of my favorite tunes. My contradance band plays it at every dance, after the final waltz, as the dancers are leaving the hall.

[17Hongo]

Learned this from Bruce in Aberdeen, at a fiddle festival! he himself claims he didn't write it -don't remember who he said did.

[ArkRed1]

Molsky must be about two hundred years old if he wrote this song, because, "Shove The Pig's Foot" is an old slave dance tune. In some areas it's known as "Sweet Sally Daisy".

[ouichtan]

Just played thiat song tonight with my band...it was great fun and everyone was dancing. Love that tune, thanks for posting, this amazing version

[jdfiddler]

Great version. We have been playing this tune here in California for years. It refers to blacksmithing and the lump of hot metal in the fire.

[Lucarius1]

I love that song. Not only the title is funny, the whole song is seething with joy and happiness.

[UISTMAN59]

Magic !

[earthgriot1]

I knew it, MY HERO-- Dirk Powell

[ArkRed1]

Bruce Molsky would have to have been barely out of diapers when he wrote this if it was recorded back in the 1940's. Hmmmmmmm. Great tune for fiddle or banjer.

[mrsmops2]

Thanks for posting tomscotland.

[bnjopkr05]

Good vid and a fine tune,always love these sessions thank's for posting tomtscotland

[Otaku155]

Bruce Molsky did not write this song

[melodeon3]

@Otaku155

You're right

[Otaku155]

@melodeon3 then it should say he arranged it, not that he wrote it.

[Lucarius1]

@Otaku155

The song is a traditional arr. by Bruce Molsky in this case.

[jgarber235]

I am not so sure that Bruce Molsky wrote that tune tho he definitely plays it and recorded it. From the Fiddler's Companion:

"SHOVE THAT PIG'S FOOT A LITTLE FARTHER IN THE FIRE. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. The tune was originally recorded by western North Carolina fiddler Martin Marcus on an LP where he played it as a duet with his son Wayne. Marcus also recorded for the Library of Congress in the 1940's."

[ragwool]

I like it. I play fiddle too

[lawsonbob]

Really great, as always. Jerry Douglas is the greatest!

[PennyPaola]

Wow!

In my Playlist!

5*****

[mush1955]

And mine !

[newfiebygarge]

had to tap along to this one.yes there are still people who play real music out there and a few of us left to listen.

[lowemk]

This is really excellent. Surprised their are not more views.