Tune of the Week for April 2, 2012

Frank Hall
Frank Hall
(click to enlarge) 		Emmett Lundy
Emmett Lundy
(click to enlarge)

Frank Hall, my good friend and fellow Hoosier-in-exile, visited a while back from Ireland, where he has lived for the past decade. Our session served as the maiden voyage for my then brand new Zoom digital recorder, which has since been a real work horse for Fiddle Club of the World. Here is a tune from that October 2007 session in my living room. Frank played one that was first recorded by the great Emmett Lundy of Galax, Virginia. Compare the versions below. Obviously the same tune, but quite different treatments.

Also, compare the photos above. Both men are quite dapper and accomplished. Frank, however, has recently become a citizen of the Republic of Ireland. Sláinte (to your health), Buddy!

Piney Wood Gal by Frank Hall (2007), with Lena Ullman, banjo

Piney Wood Girl by Emmett Lundy (1925), with E.V. Stoneman, harmonica

BTW Frank Hall has an open invitation to be a featured guest at the Fiddle Club of the World any time he flies in to O’Hare from Dublin.

X:14
T:Piney Woods Gal
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Frank Hall after Emmett Lundy
K:G
+E3B3+B AGEG | ABBA Be3 | +E3B3+B AGEG | DEGB AG3 |
+E3B3+B AGEG | E3D EFGE | DGBG AG3 ::
dega bgag | eddd edeg | dega bgag | egag abag |
dega bgag | eddd eged | b3b ageg | dgbg aG3 :|

Filed under: Tune of the Week,Tunes by Paul | April 12, 2012 | Comments (0)


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