[dcab-l] Nothin' Fancy at the Hylton Center, Manassas THIS SATURDAY 10/3!

Getting excited! This is a big show for Nothin' Fancy, two shows actually, 5pm and 8pm. Come to one or both! Mum Mum Thai next door is fantastic for dinner either before or afterwards. Just be aware that if you order your meal spicy, they mean it.

Nothin' Fancy

Hylton Center for the Arts' American Roots Series

10960 George Mason Circle

Manassas, VA 20110

$35, all ages, general admission

https://hylton.calendar.gmu.edu/nothin-39-fancy for tickets for both the 5pm and 8pm shows.

Thanks,

Brian

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[dcab-l] Southern Maryland Bluegrass Concert

Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass

kicks off the Southern Maryland Bluegrass Concert Series

Sunday October 18^th, 2026

At the Calvert Elks, 1015 Dares Beach Rd in Prince Frederick, MD

Tickets: $25.00 per person

Under 12 admited free with paid adult

Food available for sale from noon til 2 pm

Refreshments for sale throughout the day.

www.somdbluegrass.com

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[dcab-l] Rattlesnake Hill Cover: Long Gone

Songwriters & Music Lovers:

 

Here is a Rattlesnake Hill practice version of the Bluegrass standard: Long Gone.

 

Long Gone (originally titled I'm Gone, Long Gone) is a classic bluegrass song written by

banjoist Don Reno.  The first release was in December of 1952 by Don Reno, Red Smiley

and the Tennessee Cutups on Syd Nathan’s King Records (Catalog #1150).

 

Although this song is omnipresent throughout Bluegrass, it was famously popularized by the

Lonesome River Band featuring iconic two-part vocal harmonies by Ronnie Bowman and

Dan Tyminski on the album Old Country Town, released January 1, 1994 on the Sugar Hill

label.

 

Rattlesnake Hill Musicians (in order of pictures below):

 

Kevin Conroy         Mandolin

Carolyn Kellock     Bass

Heather Twigg       Fiddle & Harmony

Jack Sanbower     Banjo

Ed Schaeffer         Vocal & Rhythm Guitar

 

 

 

To listen, click:  http://rattlesnakehill.org/Web_Music/edsmusic.html

 

Ed

          Long Gone A

              Don Reno

(Words slightly changed by Ed)

Chorus:

Long gone is how I'm leavin'

Long gone, why do you cry?

This is what you wanted baby

So I'm gone, long gone!

 

I have tried to make you happy

Still you say I done you wrong

This is it, we're through forever

So I'm gone, long gone!

 

Don't shed no tears of parting

For your tears will not atone

After all the pain you've caused me

I'll be gone, long gone.

 

Please don't try to overtake me

What I ride will be too fast

Like a whistle moaning screaming

I'll be gone 'n free at last

 

 

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[dcab-l] Traditional Ballad: Fair and Tender Ladies

Songwriters & Music Lovers:

 

Fair and Tender Ladies, also called Tiny Sparrow or Little Sparrow, is known as an

Appalachian ballad, originating in W. Pennsylvania and West Virginia.  Early versions

include a 1904 recording by James Ashby from Missouri, and a version by CH Williams in

1906.  John Jacob Niles collected another version in 1912.

 

One of the earliest recordings was Jean Ritchie in 1948.  It was also recorded by the

Carter Family in 1952.  In 1957, Peggy Seeger recorded it on the album "Peggy Seeger".

 

Other recording artists include Joan Baez, Odetta, The Kingston Trio, Leon Bibb, Makem

and Clancy, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Dave Van Ronk, The Rankin Family, The Country

Gentlemen, Murray Head, Dolly Parton, David Bromberg, Gene Clark and Carla Olson.

 

 

Rattlesnake Hill Musicians:

 

Ed Schaeffer         Rhythm, Lead Guitar & Vocal

Peter Sittner          Bass (Special thanks to Peter!)

 

This song was recorded with an H4n handheld, including bass, guitar and vocals, but no overdubs.

 

To listen, click:  http://rattlesnakehill.org/Web_Music/edsmusic.html

 

Ed

 

(As always, turn up and headphones preferred)

Fair and Tender Ladies     G

"Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies"

(aka "Tiny Sparrow" or "Little Sparrow")

                            Appalachian

 

Come all ye fair and tender ladies

Take warning how you court your men

They're like a star on a summer morning   

They first appear and then they're gone

 

They'll tell to you some loving story

And they'll make you think that they love you well

And away they'll go and court some other

And leave you there in grief to dwell

 

I wish I was on some tall mountain

Where the ivy rocks were black as ink

I'd write a letter to my true lover

Whose cheeks are like the morning pink

 

Or I wish I was a little sparrow

And I had wings to fly so high

I'd fly to the arms of my false true lover

And when he'd ask, I would deny

 

Oh love is handsome, love is charming

And love is pretty while it's new

But love grows cold as love grows old

And fades away like morning dew

And fades away like morning dew

 

 

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[dcab-l] Rattlesnake Hill Cover: "Forked Deer"

Songwriters & Music Lovers:

 

This fiddle tune almost defies recounting due to its complex background.  First, the

variety of titles: Forked Buck, Forky Deer, Forked-Horn Deer, Forked Deer Hornpipe,

Forked Deer River, Hounds in the Horn, Long-Horned Deer, Deer Walk, Bragg's Retreat,

Old Pork Bosom, and Van Buren.

 

Also, the title may be a corruption of Fauquier Deer, the name of a county in N. Virginia

or may be association with the Forked Deer River in Tennessee (i.e. 'the forks of the

Deer'). Or possibly Forked Air, meaning a “crooked melody”. Or maybe  Forkadair from

Minstrel times.  Or even Frisky Deer to evade the meaning of “horney”.   Last thought

among many: the forked deer, or two-point buck, which was considered prime venison.

 

Second: The arrangements.  In D Major, there are a variety of arrangements: 

AB (Silberberg), AABB (most versions), AA'BB (Phillips), AA'BB'CC (Salyer).

 

This Rattlesnake Hill version is introduced by John Relph, an excellent mandolin picker

from the DC area.  I remember his telling me that he once won the State of California 1^st

Prize award for his Mandolin picking.  We never practiced this tune, but thought to

record it off hand, and you can hear John’s excellent performance.

 

 

Rattlesnake Hill musicians:

 

Carolyn Kellock      Bass

John Relph             Mandolin

Terry Wittenberg    Banjo

Ed Schaeffer          Guitar

 

To listen, click:  http://rattlesnakehill.org/Web_Music/edsmusic.html

 

Ed

 

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[dcab-l] Rattlesnake Hill Cover: In the Pines

 

Songwriters & Music Lovers:

 

"In the Pines", also known as "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?", "My Girl", "Hey Girl", or

"Black Girl", is a traditional American folk song originating from two songs, "In the Pines"

and "The Longest Train", both of whose authorship is unknown and date back to at least

the 1870s.  The songs originated in the Southern Appalachian area of the US.

 

Versions of the song have been recorded by many artists in numerous genres, but it is

most often associated with American bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and American blues

musician Lead Belly, both of whom recorded a version of the song in the 1940s, before

it achieved wide fame with the grunge band Nirvana  (not recommended!).

 

Recorded by almost every singer since the beginning of time, with a full slate of unending

lyrical variations, Bill Monroe's 1941 & 1952 recordings, both under the title "In the Pines",

were highly influential on later bluegrass and country versions.  The Louvin Brothers

recorded it for their debut album, Tragic Songs of Life, from 1956.

 

Rattlesnake Hill’s version was done live at Cactus Flats.  Barb Diederich joined her “hoot” with

Ed’s (and half the audience) “hoot” during the refrain.

 

Rattlesnake Hill Musicians:

 

Keith Arneson         Banjo

Ed Schaeffer          Vocal & Rhythm Guitar

Barb Diederich       Harmony

Lou Janesco           Fiddle

Tom Grey               Bass

 

 

 

To listen, click:  http://rattlesnakehill.org/Web_Music/edsmusic.html

 

Ed

 

In the Pines  E

 

The longest train I ever saw
Went around Joe Brown's Coal Mine
The engine passed at twelve o’clock
The caboose at half past nine.

 

Chorus:

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And we shiver when the cold wind blows;
[D] Whooee-whoo-[D7] hoo; [G] whoo-hoo-[D] hoo
Whoee-whoo-[A7] whoo hoo-[D] hoo!

 

I asked my captain for the time of day
He said he throwed his watch away
A long steel rail and a short cross tie
I’m on my way back home.

                       

Chorus:

 

Little girl, little girl, what have I done
That makes you treat me so?
You caused me to weep, you caused me to mourn
You caused me to leave my home.

 

Chorus:

 

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[dcab-l] Nothin’ Fancy 10/3 Hylton Center Manassas on sale tomorrow!

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