MPBN's Staff Fiddler Plays A Couple Mellie Dunham Tunes

Frank Ferrel, the producer of MPBN's Maine Experience segment on Mellie Dunham, has a personal interest in telling Mellie's story. To this day, Frank plays some of Mellie's songs when he plays at Grange Hall dances around Maine and Atlantic Canada. In this piece, which does not appear in the segment that was televised on MPBN, Frank plays passages from two of the songs Mellie himself would have played during his sets on the Vaudeville circuit, "Haywood Schottische" and "The Opera Reel." These songs provide a brief sample of the songs that were popular back in the 1920's.

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[Mandolin1944]

Very nice! Beautiful fiddling! Don't know if it is intentional or not but the video image seems breaks up during the performance -- but I would like to know where you found the Opera Reel I have been looking for a recorded version of his tune - BTW the Haywood Schottische is a very nice tune as well. Thanks for posting!