McCann: Bethel Fiddle Contest, June 15-16, 1990, Tapes 1-3

Part of the Gordon McCann Ozarks Folk Music Collection at Missouri State University's Special Collections and Archives. This recording includes tapes 1-3, recorded in Bethel, Missouri on June 15-16, 1990 for the Bethel Fiddle Contest. The keys of each song and hometowns of the fiddlers are available through MSU. June 15, 1990 Jamming: Garvin Lee- fiddle, Bill Graves- fiddle, Gordon McCann- guitar, Bill Caspery 1 Liberty 2 Sunrise Waltz 3 Beaumont Rag 4 Charlie Town Big Step 5 Goodnight Waltz 6 Raccoon’s Tail 7 Westphalia Waltz 8 Soppin’ the Gravy 9 Whiskey Before Breakfast 10 Ragtime Annie 11 Arkansas Traveler 12 Fort Gibson 13 Tennessee Wagoner 14 Unidentified tune 15 Cotton Patch Rag 16 Gold Rush 17 Road to Columbus 18 What a Friend We Have in Jesus ..end side 1a.. Side 1b Bethel Fiddle Contest, June 16, 1990 IL-MO Boys, Geoff Seitz- fiddle, Curt Buckhannon- mandolin, Jim Nelson- guitar All sing 1 Charlie He's a Good Old Man Seitz- fiddle 2 Stone’s Rag (48 Dogs in the Meat House) Buckhannon- mandolin 3 Hell Against the Barn Door Seitz sings 4 Rye Whiskey 5 Devil in the Haystack Presentation of awards to fiddle students. JUNIOR contest begins Polly Burre MC #1 Reece Stanley a Arkansas Traveler b Tennessee Waltz #2 John Williams a Bile Them Cabbage Down b Unidentified tune #3 Coleen Donahue a Ragtime Annie b Martin’s Waltz #4 Andria Carter a Golden Slippers b Ook Pic Waltz #5 Jesse Stockman a Dusty Miller b Roxanna Waltz #6 Annie Quackenbush a Sally Goodin b Ook Pic Waltz #7 Danielle Hendrix a Whiskey Before Breakfast b Ozark (Mountain) Waltz #8 Tim Slais a Angeline the Baker b Tennessee Waltz #9 Brenda Mahns a Arkansas Traveler b Tennessee Waltz ..end Junior Division.. Senior division #1 Taylor McBane a Forked Deer ..end side 2b.. Tape 2 Side 2a McBane cont. b Unidentified tune c Hooker’s Hornpipe #2 Victor Williamson a Mississippi Sawyer b Last Chance Waltz c Sweet Bunch of Daisies #3 Clair Dickey a Ragtime Annie b Red Haired Fiddler’s Waltz c Redwing #4 Bill Parn a Soldier’s Joy b Missouri Waltz c Redwing #5 Nile Wilson a Soldier’s Joy b Waltz You Saved for Me c Stoney Point #6 Bill Covey a Soldier’s Joy b Baker’s Waltz c My Little Girl End Senior Division Picker’s Contest #1 Museul Wolfe a San Antonio Rose b Ragtime Annie #2 David Carlisle a New Camptown Races b Cattle in the Cane #3 Jason Shaw a Huckleberry Hornpipe b Jerusalem Ridge #4 John Shaw a Blackberry Blossom b Dixie Breakdown #5 Tom Dillion a Cuckoo’s Nest b East Tennessee Blues #6 Curt Buckhannon a Blackbottom Strut b Amelia’s Waltz #7 Lynn "Chirps" Smith a Bean Walker’s Mile b Safe Harbor Rag ..end side 2a.. Side 2b #1 Jason Shaw- fiddle a Sweet Georgia Brown #2 Tom Dillon- fiddle a Clarinet Polka #3 Danielle Hendry- fiddle a Orange Blossom Special #4 Clare Dickey a Listen to the Mockingbird CROSS TUNING division #1 Bill Caspery Open Division #3 Susan Brown a Too Young to Marry b Arizona Waltz c Soldier’s Joy #4 Patty a Leather Britches b Shamus O’Brien c Billy in the Lowground #1 Jerry Allen a Chinese Breakdown b Unidentified tune c Peacock Rag #3 Raul Diaz a Soldier’s Joy b Midnight on the Water c Over The Waterfall #5 Jason Shaw a Jack Danielson’s Reel b Whistler’s Waltz c Good for the Tongue Hornpipe #6 John Griffin a Jimmy in the Swamp b Memories Waltz c Durang’s Hornpipe #7 Ken Applebee a Soldier’s Joy b Saturday Night Waltz c Fiddler’s Shuffle ..end side 2b.. Tape 3 Side 3a Open Division cont. #8 Tom Dillon a Granny Will Your Dog Bite? b Chancelor’s Waltz c Marmaduke’s Hornpipe #9 Lorenzo Copeland a Salty River Reel b Powell Waltz c Long Gone #10 Geoff Seitzs a Soldier’s Joy b Southwind Waltz c Fisher’s Hornpipe #11 Lynn "Chirps" Smith a Never Mind the Weather So the Wind Don’t Blow b Waltz in D c Jump Fingers #12 Howard Marshall a Liverpool Hornpipe b Fifty Year Ago Waltz c Hooker’s Hornpipe #13 John Shaw a Uncle Herman’s Hornpipe b Fifty Year Ago Waltz c Thompson’s Rag ..end side 3a.. Bethel Restaurant Jam Herman Johnson 1 Tom & Jerry 2 Allentown Polka 3 Twinkle, Twinkle ..end side 3a.. Side 3b Johnson/Shaw 4 Wild Fiddler’s Rag Plays twice 6 Unidentified tune 7 I Don’t Love Nobody 8 New Broom 9 Dixie Breakdown Cousin Curtis & the Cash Rebates/Douglas County Dancers 1 Eighth of January 2 Dallas Rag 3 Arkansas Turnback 4 Chicken Reel 5 At a Georgia Camp Meeting 6 Unidentified tune 7 Ellen’s Waltz 8 Alabama Gals (Buffalo Gals) ..end side 3b.. These recordings are made available for research purposes. The views expressed in the recordings are those of the individuals speaking and do not necessarily represent the views of Missouri State University. If you are a rights holder and need to contest the inclusion of this recording, please contact [email protected]. Some of this material may be protected by copyright law. Permission of the copyright holders is required for commercial use, reproduction, or anything beyond what is allowed by fair use. Bethel, MO--6-17-90