Joe Thrift plays "Whiteface"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- American "progressive old-time" fiddler and luthier Joe Thrift of Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina, United States playing his most famous fiddle tune, "Whiteface." Composed in the 1980s, it is one of the more successful and popular new old-time fiddle tunes. It was recorded by Thrift's main band, the Red Hots, on their CD "Ready to Roll," which was recorded in 1989 and released on Fire Ant Records in 1995.
The tune's title was inspired by a hat his good friend Keith Brand, a radio personality from Philadelphia, used to wear all the time to old-time jams and festivals dating back to the mid-1980s, including the Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Virginia.
The "Whiteface" on the hat (which Brand still had as of 2010) most likely refers to the Hereford breed of beef cattle. Native to England, they have red-colored bodies and white faces, and are often referred to as "white-faced cattle."
The tune is in E minor, and is played in standard GDAE tuning. It is in three parts, of which the A and B parts are played twice and the C part played three times.
Good job Joe.
Good tune! We use to play it once in a while in our "Happy Wednesday Jams" in Stockholm, Sweden.
I learned this song from Robbin Kessinger, a great West Virginia guitar picker. I had never heard this song in my part f the country, but it is very popular out east. It's got that great "Old Timey Mountain" sound.
it is a "G Modal" tune , in which you will hear a lot of Em as noted ;)
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Thanks, fixed! Hope you enjoyed the tune, and if you by some chance end up using it in an advertising campaign, please let Joe know.
Hereford cattle are actually a breed of BEEF cattle. Not dairy. BUT they are native to England! :) Herefordshire to be exact
Hey... thanks a lot for posting this... great tune!
I'm playin' clawhammer behind this, but in open D tuning... seems to work, but I've only been at it a few minuetes. Cheers!