Down Yonder is based on a performance by the Willis Brothers, from the same RCA Victor 78 rpm record that yielded the Back Up and Push transcription.
Billy in the Low Ground
This transcription is based on a Buddy Griffin/ Red Allen recording from the Folkways CD Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways (SFW40193). Tangleweed recorded this on their Please Punch Richard For Me CD, under the title ‘Billy in the Oh Ground.’
Back up and Push
This transcription of the old-time fiddle standard Back up and Push is based on a performance by the Willis Brothers that I got from an old 78rpm record. The Willis Brothers held down a spot on the Grand Ole Opry on and off after WW II, and appear on Hank Williams’ earliest recordings.
Alma Waltz
This transcription is based on a performance by the Mississippi Mud Steppers, OKEH 45504. The Mississippi Mud Steppers recording has some unusual harmonies in bars nine and ten that are not reflected in the above transcription. In the recording, the guitar accompaniment plays a chromatic ascending line from C to D, causing bar nine to…