Tune List

Original Music
Truman's Farewell - Slow, introspective slide guitar, dedicated to Truman Capote.
Butler Creek - Speedy finger picked instrumental celebrating the little creek I spent many happy hours fishing and chucking rocks.
Howl Away Dog - How I was reminded that I really hated life in the suburbs. 2 chords.

Traditional Music
Black Jack Davy - Sometimes a woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do. The estranged couple shake hands and nobody gets killed. Rather an anomoly for this genre.
Blind Fiddler - A song from the 1850's (through Emma Deusenbury) but has a contemporary feel to it. I learned this one in a bar from someone back in the 70's ... can't remember who it was.
Cane on the Brazos - A  chain gang tune from Texas, recorded by Lead Belly, Linda Tillery and others. I learned it from an old Lomax album.
Fair Beauty Bright - An old English ballad, kept alive by the Carter Family, distilled by Kathy Larisch and Carol McComb and performed here by me.
John Henry - An old standard I still like despite the fact that its been beaten to death by just about every bluegrass band in history. Thank you Frank Hamilton for the inspirational guitar arrangement.
Pretty Polly - Murder most foul. A Dark Raga for 12 string guitar. The words to this tune are a bit disturbing but I am rather proud of the guitar work.
Timber - A great work song about a mule. I learned it from Odetta. Also a serious exercise in breath control.
Two Brothers - A song of the Civil War. This rendition is based on an arrangement I made for a modern dance piece by the Appalachian Dance and Music Ensemble back in 1980.
Tenting Tonight - Another song of the Civil War. I do this one straightforward and in the tradition.