The Last Of Callahan
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great fiddlin!!! Love that ol' tune... Fuzzy Mountain did it years ago! Thanks for the instruct!
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great tune and fiddling, maybe i'll try to learn the third part one of these days
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Love it! Great tune and fiddling! Thanks for posting.
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In 1817 Isaac Callahan was hanged because of a murder he committed during a feud in Clay County,Kentucky. From the scaffold, he played one last song, and asked if anyone could play it. No one could so he smashed the fiddle and was hung.The tune became known as Callahan or Last of Callahan. I don't know if the story is true, but Isaac Callahan was a real person. He was my ggggg grandmothers brother. Jess Wilson wrote of that hanging in his book "When They Hanged the Fiddler. "
brojhn 3 years ago
Many, many, many thank yous for that story!!!!!
fiddlinred 3 years ago
I can remember my grandpa playing this tune on the banjo. He told an interesting story about the tune. Dad says grandpa played it it "G" and went up high on the first string.
John Holbrook
brojhn 3 years ago
Hi John, I'm curious about the story. I've never heard it played in G but I'll bet it sounded great.
Chris
fiddlinred 3 years ago
Thanks Anson. More coming.
fiddlinred 3 years ago