For Second Banana,

No, I was saying to Fiddler that she/he could have asked Dr. Bill (McNeil), the folklorist at the Ozark Folk Center, because he almost certainly could have told the date for After The Ball without resorting to looking it up as we mere mortals would have to do. I should have been more specific; Fiddler and anyone else connected with the music in the Mountain View area would know exactly who I meant by Dr. Bill, but it doesn't follow that everyone else who might be reading it would. Go ahead and tell me about the Dr. Bill that you know, maybe I have run into him somewhere along the line. Also, a question for you ~~ are you in the Ozarks? I live about 30 miles south of Mountain View. (Or as they say around here, TWO miles, if you straighten out the road!)

For Everyone,

I have at least three recordings of After The Ball that I can think of at the moment, by Arcady ~~ 1992, The Blue Sky Boys ~~ 1964, and Darby and Tarleton, 1928. The first two are readily available, probably through Mudcat/Camsco, I'd bet. Here are sound clips from Tunes.com Arcady here and Blue Sky Boys here Both albums are well worth having, check them out. So is the Darby and Tarleton, BUT, it is on a three CD set from Bear Family and EXPENSIVE.

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