Big thanks to Cornmeal for having us on the bill at Martyrs’ last night. We had a great time playing and appreciated the warm response. Here’s our set list:

• Draggin’ The Bow (trad)
• Katy Kline (trad)
• Little Sadie (trad)
• High on a Mountain (Reed)
• Till the End of the World Roll ‘Round (Flatt/Scruggs)
• Sir Lucas / Musical Priest / Whisky Before Breakfast (Tangleweed/trad/trad)
• Ginseng Blues (trad)
• With a Bottle in My Hand / Farewell Blues (Tangleweed / trad)
• Hard Times (Tangleweed)
• I’m Troubled (trad)
• Where You Been? (Tangleweed)
• Angeline the Baker / Soldiers Joy (trad)
• South Australia (trad)
• California (Tangleweed)
• Short Life of Trouble (trad)
• Train 45 (trad)
• Heroin (Velvet Undergound)
• Orange Blossom Special (trad)

We look forward to playing WAKARUSA with Cornmeal this summer. Thanks again for a fun night.

There’s some very nice mandolin in this old recording, made in September, 1927 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The tune is called ‘High Sheriff’, and the playing on this is absolutely first-rate across the board.

High Sheriff (MP3)

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