The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59802   Message #970497
Posted By: wysiwyg
22-Jun-03 - 03:25 PM
Thread Name: Mudcatterings in N. Central PA
Subject: RE: Mudcatterings in N. Central PA
There was indeed great fou, thanks to everyone's participation. :~)

Last night at the church service it was all-Mudcat.... Burke led us in two hymns new to us, and I got to lay back and sing harmonies. Uncle DaveO joined us with his guitar, and his wife Dorris gave us a swell offertory on piano. Uncle DaveO closed the service by teaching us a Navajo version of St. Patrick's Breastplate-- if it's not already posted at Mudcat I hope he'll post it.

I forgot to mention that Hogeye now has a website with MP3s of what he's been working on-- we asked him to post the URL here when he gets a chance.

After the Saturday service, our band-pal Tom came over and I think we played till 11. First it was blues (and songs brought to mind by the blues songs), and then Hardi and Tom and I ripped into some fiddle tunes. Burke sang "A Chat with your Mother" which we'd been dying to learn ever since blending our family of 3 teeneagers, and she even had a Berryman tape to leave us a copy of the song. The Uncle DaveO contingent took their leave so as to get an early start back to Indy this AM. Burke, the last one up with us before bed last night, treated us to what she calls her "beginning clawhammer" banjo. She's going to be very good-- it was wonderful to hear her feel on the banjo.

Burke and Booster both departed this AM after I got back from the church service I play for a couple of towns over. I went back to bed!!

I hope everyone will post here, what they sang and played, as much as they can remember.

I sang:
Backslidin' Blues (posted in a thread)
Mr. Fox (DT)
Old Stepstone (I think DT, learned from Pete Peterson's band's CD)
Shake Sugaree
Sittin' on Top of the World
.... and some gospel.

~Susan