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Howard Rains, Tricia Spencer, John Herman, unknown guitar player

Happy Hollow

The  Grey (Gray?) Eagle was originally written in the key of C and  was written to commemorate an 1838 horse race in which one of the horses was named Grey Eagle. According to Nikos Pappas, "the sheet music version from the commemorative imprint is almost identical to the version played by Uncle Am Stuart."  This is that version.

Grey Eagle

This is a recording of Howard Rains (fiddle) and Texas Rüegg (Bazouki) playing a tune that we learned from Mr. Stafford Harris. 

GDGD tuning

Mowin the meddow

Source: Earl Collins; Howard Rains: fiddle, Jerry Hagins: banjo, Sharon Sandomirsky: guitar, Mark Gilston: dulcimer; recorded at the Palestine Old Time Festival, Palestine, TX

Leon Alcartez Polka

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