Cotton Eyed Joe - Lester McCumbers

Lester McCumber playing Cotton Eyed Joe in his room at the 2006 West Virginia State Folk Festival in Glenville. Kim Johnson on banjo.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• West
• Virginia
• Old
• Time
• Fiddle
• Glenville
• Cross
• Tune
• Banjo

[arlenearmy]

That is what I call real soul music. I would love to hear him in person

[YewPiney]

@arlenearmy Come to W.Va. He'll be at Glenville, and usually Vandalia and Clifftop.

[1916dnicolas]

Lester is truly my favorite. does anyone know or does Lester visit here, can you tell me, is this cross tuned in G? Is everything Lester plays cross tuned in G?

[YewPiney]

@1916dnicolas Yes, cross G. He plays about half his tunes cross and half standard. He has more tunes than most fiddlers that he is comfortable playing in either tuning.

[stimbo111]

Young fiddlers, heck, ALL fiddlers. Listen to our elders play. Listen, watch, and feel. That's the way to keep old timey going!

[YewPiney]

@stimbo111 The best advice a fiddler can get. Dwight Diller told me years ago to "Listen to the old people" and I appreciate that advice more and more.

[sugrstky]

Thanks so much for posting all these great fiddlers. It's so important to keep their music and styles going! I hope I'm still playing when I'm his age.

[1916dnicolas]

Lester is truely my favorite.  does anyone know or does Lester visit here, can you tell me, is this cross tuned in G? Is everything Lester plays cross tuned in G?

[LarxeneLover]

@dooalittledippsy 88 now

[juggaloc6]

i can play bluegrass and this song it is hard to learn but sweeeet to play

[dooalittledippsy]

What would Mr McCumbers age be? thanks.Great fiddlin