Tommy Jarrell, Frank Bode, and Paul Brown
09-??-1984
Unknown residence - Mt. Airy, NC
Non-Tradable Show
Media Type:
FLAC
Sound Quality:
A-
Source:
7.5 inch reels
Comments:
Classic, historic old-time fiddle, guitar, banjo, and singing. Includes some riveting conversation with Tommy on disc 3.
Set 1:
DISC ONE
Tommy Jarrell and Frank Bode
01. Piney Wood Gal
02. Tempe
03. Texas Cowboy
04. Texas Cowboy
05. Jewel in Heaven
06. Jimmy Sutton (Tommy and Frank)
07. Jimmy Sutton (Tommy solo)
08. More Pretty Girls Than One (w. 3 false starts)
09. Western Country (w. false start)
10. Sugar Hill (cut)
11. Sugar Hill
12. Ducks in the Millpond (w. false start)
13. Drunken Hiccup (Tommy solo)
Frank solo:
14. Maple on the Hill (w. false start)
15. My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains (w. false start)
16. Rovin' Gambler (w. false start)
17. Rank Stranger
Tommy, Frank, Paul
18. Flatwoods
19. Flatwoods
20. Cindy
21. Sally Ann
22. Piney Woods Gal
23. Dance All Night
24. Walkin' In My Sleep
25. Cacklin' Hen
26. Little Stream of Whiskey
Tommy Jarrell and Frank Bode
01. Piney Wood Gal
02. Tempe
03. Texas Cowboy
04. Texas Cowboy
05. Jewel in Heaven
06. Jimmy Sutton (Tommy and Frank)
07. Jimmy Sutton (Tommy solo)
08. More Pretty Girls Than One (w. 3 false starts)
09. Western Country (w. false start)
10. Sugar Hill (cut)
11. Sugar Hill
12. Ducks in the Millpond (w. false start)
13. Drunken Hiccup (Tommy solo)
Frank solo:
14. Maple on the Hill (w. false start)
15. My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains (w. false start)
16. Rovin' Gambler (w. false start)
17. Rank Stranger
Tommy, Frank, Paul
18. Flatwoods
19. Flatwoods
20. Cindy
21. Sally Ann
22. Piney Woods Gal
23. Dance All Night
24. Walkin' In My Sleep
25. Cacklin' Hen
26. Little Stream of Whiskey
Set 2:
DISC TWO
Tommy, Frank, Paul
01. Texas Gal
02. Pretty Polly (Frank and Paul)
03. Wild Bill Jones (Frank and Paul)
04. Willow Garden (Frank solo)
05. Sunny Side of the Mountain (Frank solo)
06. Sunny Side of the Mountain (Frank solo)
07. Brown's Ferry Blues (Frank solo)
08. Ducks in the Millpond
09. Soldier's Joy (Tommy solo)
10. Soldier's Joy (Tommy, Frank, Paul)
11.
12.
13.
14. Sally Ann
15.
16.
17.
18. Jimmy Sutton
19. Forked Deer
20.
21.
22. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot (incom)
23. Christmas
24. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot
25. Sittin' on Top of the World
26. Christmas
27. Let Me Fall
28. Little Maggie
29. Sugar Foot Rag
30. John Brown's Dream
31. Cluck Old Hen (cut)
Tommy, Frank, Paul
01. Texas Gal
02. Pretty Polly (Frank and Paul)
03. Wild Bill Jones (Frank and Paul)
04. Willow Garden (Frank solo)
05. Sunny Side of the Mountain (Frank solo)
06. Sunny Side of the Mountain (Frank solo)
07. Brown's Ferry Blues (Frank solo)
08. Ducks in the Millpond
09. Soldier's Joy (Tommy solo)
10. Soldier's Joy (Tommy, Frank, Paul)
11.
12.
13.
14. Sally Ann
15.
16.
17.
18. Jimmy Sutton
19. Forked Deer
20.
21.
22. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot (incom)
23. Christmas
24. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot
25. Sittin' on Top of the World
26. Christmas
27. Let Me Fall
28. Little Maggie
29. Sugar Foot Rag
30. John Brown's Dream
31. Cluck Old Hen (cut)
Set 3:
DISC THREE
Conversations with Tommy Jarrell
01. First playing banjo
02. First playing fiddle
03. Tommy's first fiddle
04. Backstep Cindy (style comparison)
05. Fiddle tune (style comparison)
06. Ghost of Sally Ann
07. Backstep Cindy (in style of Hiram Moody)
08. How Tommy met his wife
09. Starting on records
10. Sourwood Mountain
11. Katy Cline (cut)
12. Cluck Old Hen
13. Cripple Creek
14. Old Joe Clark
15. Round Town Girls
16. Cumberland Gap (in A)
17. Bonaparte's Retreat
18. Bol Weevil
19. Ain't No More Whiskey in this Town
20. Cumberland Gap in low tuning (D)
21. Old Ruby (ruined with clipping)
22. Story of Peter de Graef and Ellen Smith
23. Ellen Smith
Conversations with Tommy Jarrell
01. First playing banjo
02. First playing fiddle
03. Tommy's first fiddle
04. Backstep Cindy (style comparison)
05. Fiddle tune (style comparison)
06. Ghost of Sally Ann
07. Backstep Cindy (in style of Hiram Moody)
08. How Tommy met his wife
09. Starting on records
10. Sourwood Mountain
11. Katy Cline (cut)
12. Cluck Old Hen
13. Cripple Creek
14. Old Joe Clark
15. Round Town Girls
16. Cumberland Gap (in A)
17. Bonaparte's Retreat
18. Bol Weevil
19. Ain't No More Whiskey in this Town
20. Cumberland Gap in low tuning (D)
21. Old Ruby (ruined with clipping)
22. Story of Peter de Graef and Ellen Smith
23. Ellen Smith
Show Notes:
Transfer: Tascam BR-20 > Aardvark DirectPro 24/96 > Wavelab 4 (16/44.1) > CDR > EAC > FLAC(8)
Frequent false starts were presumably to give the engineer a chance to ensure the tape was rolling and levels were properly set. No editing or normalization was done at all in an attempt to completely preserve the contents of the original reels. The highlights of this recording, in my opinion, are in the "conversation" section with Tommy (disc 3), in which the true historical value of this recording presents itself.
Frequent false starts were presumably to give the engineer a chance to ensure the tape was rolling and levels were properly set. No editing or normalization was done at all in an attempt to completely preserve the contents of the original reels. The highlights of this recording, in my opinion, are in the "conversation" section with Tommy (disc 3), in which the true historical value of this recording presents itself.