Clifftop 2009 - Night Sessions 3

Another tune with MJ, Edwin, Jody and Candy, all in pretty much total darkness (1 candle) and the infrared light of the camera. This tune is called "Springfield Girl" (a tune from Marion Thede's fiddle book -- MJ says she learned it from an old tape of Tom Sauber & Hal Cannon).

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• Clifftop
• 2009
• West
• Virginia
• fiddle
• banjo
• guitar
• tenor
• old
• time
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[ptinker56]

I think MJ was referring to one of two tapes from the early 80s, with Tom Sauber, Hal Cannon, and Tom Carter. The Toms were working toward a possible companion tape to the Thede book at the time, but I don't believe it ever made it. One tape is a live show they did on KRCL in Salt Lake, and the other was a kind of test recording of the Thede material. Both contain lots of Thede tunes. Several years back I put together two CDs of the radio show from a dupe of the original tape.ptinker@acm.org

[RoddyMcDendron]

Guys! Brilliant music. Usuallly keep ma banjo in uncapoed G, so this tune is on the menu. Let's  go!

[playingrisipiti]

thanks for posting the info. I keep coming back to these, too. great quality video, wonderful old time atmosphere. this is inspiring me so much to go to festivals once they start kicking up again (it's winter now. we're all hibernatin')

[Knockdownbanjo]

OK...so I keep coming back to these videos. I absolutely love the tunes. Can you name them for us and tell tus the keys. Who is the fiddler because she rocks! Are there any more...please post if there are.

GREAT STUFF HERE!