'Sweet Marie' - Wills Keys, Barbara Kuhns, Doug Smith

Side One
1. Sweet Marie (2:24)
(Raymond Moore-1893)
I learned this one from my sister's playing on the piano. WK
2. Sail Away Ladies (2:53)
(Traditional)
We learned this from J.P. and Annadeene Fraley. Their festival has influenced my outlook on music in making me more aware of a great variety of music and musicians. This is one of my favorite tunes of J.P.'s. BK
3. Free A Little Bird (2:48)
(Traditional)
Will calls this tune the granddaddy of Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms. DS
4. Whiskey Before Breakfast (2:18)
(Traditional)
I remember learning this tune at one of the jam sessions hosted by the Hotmud Family at the Living Arts Center in Dayton, Ohio in the mid seventies. BK
5. Florida Blues (2:48)
(Arthur Smith)
Van Kidwell, a fiddler from Estill County, Kentucky, was the first person I heard play this tune. He lived in the Dayton, Ohio area and often played at the Wednesday Night Jamboree, a live radio program featuring bluegrass and old time country music and he received many requests for his unique rendition of this Arthur Smith tune. BK
6. Sycamore Shoals (2:21)
(Traditional)
I learned this from Bob Clark, a farmer who ran cattle in our neighborhood. He passed away in the 1960's. Charlie Bowman played this one and called it Simple Bill. WK
7. Tombigbee Waltz (2:22)
(Traditional)
This waltz came from the playing of James Bryan of Mentone, Alabama. BK
8. I'm Getting Ready To Go (3:27)
(Carson J. Robison)
Bob Hyland, who lives in Springfield, Ohio, has hosted many radio programs that feature old time music. Barb and I have spent many hours at Bob and Bertha's home listening to 78's and talking about the music, musicians, and the radio stations that broadcast them. He very generously helped us explore the music of Riley Puckett, Arthur Smith, the Delmore Brothers, and Bob Wills, to name just a few. This tune comes from the playing of Riley Puckett. DS
Side Two
1. Uncle Noah's Ark (2:14)
(Traditional)
I remember hearing this on the air in the early days of radio. WK
2. The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind (2:10)
(Arthur Smith)
The music of Arthur Smith and the Delmore Brothers always makes me think of Bill Lowe, a great singer and good friend of ours. Bill is from Pikeville, Kentucky, and lived in the Dayton area for many years, He now lives in Walhalla, South Carolina. DS
3. Maggie and Me (1:56)
(Traditional)
My mother sang this one. WK
4. Did You Ever Go To Meeting Uncle Joe (2:08)
(Traditional)
I learned this tune in A as one of my first tunes on the fiddle from Greg Dearth when he taught at the Living Arts Center, I subsequently switched to G when others I met played it in this key. BK
5. Faded Coat of Blue (3:03)
(J.H. McNaughton)
Here's one I learned from the Carter Family. DS
6. Hollow Poplar (2:41)
(Traditional)
I heard Lonnie Seymour of Chillicothe, Ohio do a terrific job on this tune at a fiddle contest in Piketon, Ohio. BK
7. The Dead March (1:41)
This is another I learned from Bob Clark. WK
8. Old Spinning Wheel (3:10)
(Billy Hill-1933)
Billy Hill also wrote Have You Ever Been Lonely, Cabin In The Pines, and The Last Roundup. Old Spinning Wheel was the radio theme song of child singer Mary Small. I learned the words from Riley Puckett's version. DS
9. East Tennessee Blues (2:06)
I probably learned this from Charlie Bowman when he had a group with his daughters that played in schoolhouses in the Depression. WK
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Will Key's unique style of two finger banjo playing is known across the country. He was featured in the Masters of the Banjo Tour in 1993-4, sponsored by the National Council for the Traditional Arts, He can be heard on a CD of the tour, Arhoolie CD 421, as well as on his own recording, Evergreen, Cloudlands CLC006. He lives in Gray, Tennessee,
Barbara Kuhns and Doug Smith are members of the Corndrinkers and have been playing music for dances and other gatherings since 1976. They live in Medway, Ohio.
Photo by Bill Cornette at Reed Island Farm, Hillsville, Virginia.

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Tunes:
00:00 Sweet Marie
02:30 Sail Away Ladies
05:32 Free A Little Bird
08:30 Whiskey Before Breakfast
10:55 Florida Blues
13:50 Sycamore Shoals
16:22 Tombigbee Waltz
18:52 I'm Getting Ready To Go
22:26 Uncle Noah's Ark
24:51 The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind
27:13 Maggie and Me
29:17 Did You Ever Go To Meeting Uncle Joe
31:37 Faded Coat of Blue
34:53 Hollow Poplar
37:48 The Dead March
39:40 Old Spinning Wheel
42:59 East Tennessee Blues

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Thank you!

[@seanDF5]

@@clawhammerer my pleasure! thanks for the upload