Sunday, February 1, 2009

Clayton McMichen



Here's a near complete 6-side record album of fiddle tunes by Clayton McMichen. I say near complete because I've only got 5 of the six sides. This album was issued on Decca Records.

Clayton McMichen - fiddle
Slim Bryant - guitar
Jerry Wallace - tenor banjo

Side 1 - Turkey in the Straw, Old Hen Cackle, Fiddler's Dram
Side 2 - Old Joe Clark, Pretty Little Widder, Shortenin' Bread
Side 3 - Fire on the Mountain, Ida Red, Sally Gooden
Side 4 - Soldier's Joy, Arkansas Traveler, Mississippi Sawyer
Side 5 (presumably) - Devil's Dream, Ricketts Hornpipe, Fisher's Hornpipe

1 comment:

  1. Clayton McMichen was a terrific fiddler. He played with Gid Tanner and The Skillet Lickers for a time. He was one of the really outstanding old-time fiddlers.

    The backup guitar or backup banjo parts were played in a similar way. I hear it as close to that wonderful moving bass line Riley Puckett put behind the Skillet Lickers. It's pretty much a lost art, but a guitar player who could play like tha twould sure be welcomed in an old time jam (or band) today.

    Interesting post of wonderful fiddling. Thanks Jeremy.

    ReplyDelete