I'll fly away

[micall5]

So I know that O'Brother soundtrack is overdone but... I am trying to find some Tab for "I'll Fly Away" from the soundtrack. I love that version and and can't seem to find everything for it. Its amazing how much guitar dominates music. They obviously were playing a mandolin on that song for the soundtrack but almost all the pay sheet music is for the guitar.
I found a few breaks written for the song but just not what I was looking for.
Any and all help is appreciated.
Michael

[om21ed]

Elderly has the soundtrack mandolin book

[micall5]

Thanks I will remember that for the future.
Does anyone have an online source for those tabs... Sorry I'm in a low income period right now.
Michael

[JEStanek]

I wouldn't post the one from the book but Mandozine has two versions. They are (http://www.mandozine.com/music/search_results.php?searchfor=i%27ll+fly+away&tuneselectby=C&mandolevel=&category=&songkey=&artist=&transcriber=&sortby=T&sortorder=A&submit=) intermediate level and one in D by Compton and the other in A Traditional (one of my favorite artists!). The Compton version looks more like the one in the book also in D. You can get the viewer from Mandozine too. These are excellent for those low on cash as they are free. If you have dial up... that may be slow to download the application.

Jamie

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[NoNickel]

The mando tab in the Oh Brother book is not accurate for I'll Fly Away. I take lessons from Mike C and he corrected my fingering. Silly me, I thought that the guys who tabbed it would have had better insight. You will get close to the sound from the tab book, but there is a much more elegant and economical way to play it. Just like Mike says, play it out of the chord position.

[DryBones]

Butch Baldassari has a version on his Bluegrass Mandolin Workshop DVD. Also comes with a TAB book.

[micall5]

Thanks for all the ideas.
I have Butch B's dvd's on order at the Library and I've now downloaded the Mandozine tab for several other songs.
Thanks for all the help

[Peter Hackman]

The mando tab in the Oh Brother book is not accurate for I'll Fly Away. #I take lessons from Mike C and he corrected my fingering. #Silly me, I thought that the guys who tabbed it would have had better insight. #You will get close to the sound from the tab book, but there is a much more elegant and economical way to play it. #Just like Mike says, play it out of the chord position.
Tabs are often put together very mechanically without any regard for economy of fingering and pick direction. Use notation - or your ears, of course, and devise your own fingerings. (And, preferably, your own solos!)

[Jonas]

That's probably my favourite recording of any song. The mandolin playing is sooooo beautiful, it's what got me into mandolin to start with. And having gillian welch and alison krauss singing aint exactly bad either!

[AlanN]

The defining thing of playing a break to that song is, to my ears, the chromatic back/forward step over 'Hallelujah'. Just that little dipsy-do seems to make the solo.

[earthsave]

On the recording, is is Buck White or Mike Compton playing the mandolin?

[Mike Bunting]

Just happened to have the CD handy and it's MC on mando and Chris Sharp on guitar.

[DryBones]

The Bluegrass Fakebook by Bert Casey has a version of this too

[AlanN]

Wayne Benson's Acutab book has it in Bb.

[jfbrown42]

On the recording, is is Buck White or Mike Compton playing the mandolin?
On the "Down from the Mountain" DVD it's Mike Compton, FWIW.

[Steve Cantrell]

Compton, without a doubt.

[allenhopkins]

On the OBWAT soundtrack it's the Kossoy Sisters, Erik Darling on banjo, from an OLD Tradition LP.
Identical twin sisters, who recorded the album with I'll Fly Away on it, Bowling Green, in 1956. They're still performing, and they're wonderful. They recorded their second album 46 years later.
I saw them live when I played the Eistedfodd in Brooklyn in 2003. Here's (http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=548) an article about them, should anyone be interested.