The Greasy String Band recorded "Sally in the Garden" on their first CD titled GOOD N' GREASY. This CD is still available and for sale at Gordon's String Music. The band at that time was Lindsey Smith (fiddle), Roger Eudy (guitar), and Gordon Scott (banjo).
"United States" was recorded in 1999 at Tom T. Hall's Bayside Studio on St. George Island. The CD was called GOOD'N GREASY, for sale at Gordon's String Music, with then members of the Greasy String Band - Roger Eudy (guitar), Lindsey Smith (fiddle), and Gordon Scott (banjo). The Scotts will play it at the next Old-Time Jam August 10th at Blue Tavern 4-6:30 pm.
These two tunes "Cold Frosty Morning/Cluck Old Hen" work together, both in A Dorian, though from different traditions. If you sandwich "Cuckoo's Nest" in between them it'll vary the tonality a bit. Miriam Wyman and Matt Catalano, Gordon's nephew from Ohio, taught us "Cold Frosty Morning". "Cuckoo's Nest" we got from our student, Cynthia McDermott while directing the FSU Irish Ensemble, and "Cluck Old Hen" Jane learned 'cause she thought it'd be an easy one for beginning fiddle students.
The first tune in this medley we learned from Miriam Wyman and Matt Catalano, Gordon's nephew. As we learned "Big Scioty" from Matt we play it differently from the local Tallahassee players. There are various versions of "Sandy River Belle", a West Virginian tune. But, this is the version Gordon Scott plays and it's catchier than some of the other versions Jane has found.
We're going to be posting a number of videos from our performances at the Old-time Weekend at Stephen Foster State Park. Here is our first offering, Shady Grove.
From the Old-time Weekend at Stephen Foster State Park. This tune helped Gordon, Jane, and Roger Eudy to win the 2010 band contest at the Florida Fiddlers Convention.
