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Topic: Lloyd Green - Ashokan Farewell... anyone? |
Nicholas Dedring
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Beacon, New York, USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 6:34 am |
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This tune on his recent solo CD just absolutely kills me; so lush and heartbreaking...
and while I know I couldn't possibly play it anywhere near that way, I was wondering whether anyone had sat down and made some headway on figuring out his arrangement of Ashokan...
Thanks in advance folks! |
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Steve Geis
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Fayetteville, GA USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 6:42 pm
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| Chuck Letts has it ! |
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 6:53 pm
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| I'll see if Chuck will be willing to let us print it in the PSGA newsletter, for everyones enjoyment. |
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Don Sulesky
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Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 6 Dec 2004 11:45 am
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I have it on my latest CD called "Bummin' Around."
You may hear it on the "Swingin' West" show hosted by Mike Gross on WVOF Fridays 1-4 P.M. one of these days.
Don[This message was edited by Don Sulesky on 06 December 2004 at 11:46 AM.] |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 8 Dec 2004 6:59 am
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This song is relatively modern writen by fiddler Jay Ungar,
and then used in the civil war 10 part PBS series.
A super melody and Lloyd nails it to the wall.
Jay Unger's daughter Ruth used to sing in The Wayfareing Strangers
with certain forumite John McGann ![This message was edited by David L. Donald on 08 December 2004 at 06:59 AM.] |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 8 Dec 2004 10:28 am
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| Forumite Larry Bell has his own gorgeous track of this song. I don't know if he has tabbed it out. I have fiddled around with it on Dobro, and it may sound better that way than on pedal steel. The Dobro sound really fits with this haunting old-fashion style melody. Jerry Douglas could do a killer version of this, if he hasn't already. [This message was edited by David Doggett on 08 December 2004 at 10:32 AM.] |
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Steve Geis
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Fayetteville, GA USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2004 7:01 pm
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| Just FYI, my understanding is that Jay Ungar operates a sort of fiddle-camp-school somewhere in upstate NY or somewhere in the northeast, and the name of his school is Ashokan, hence the tune "Ashokan Farewell" which he composed as a "closer" for the end of each session/week or whatever it is. Subsequent to that, the tune was picked by the producers, etc of the Civil War docudrama. In other words, the tune was not writtne specifically for the mini-series, but they picked it up for the obvious reasons,...it fits so well with that era. Again, I don't confirm this as fact; this is what was told to me by a fiddler friend of mine. Submitted here merely as a point of interest for those who share my love of this great tune. Steve |
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Nicholas Dedring
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Beacon, New York, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2004 6:17 am
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I recall a story somewhat like that as to the provenance of this tune.
The Ashokan Reservoir is a body of water up in the Catskills about an hour or two north of new york. The writer did indeed run instructional weeks/summer sessions up there... what I had read was that he wrote it as a sort of mood piece relating to the feelings he had at the end of the summer.
Lloyd's version is notable in that it's one surefire thing to play for folks who don't know much about steel that will just render them stone silent with their jaws dropped... There are a bunch of steel instrumental CDs that I really dig, but the recent Lloyd Green is one that almost universally has had NON-steel players asking me for a way to buy a copy. |
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