Here's a five-part (!) jig by the Midwest's late great Peter Ostroushko titled "The Orthodox Priest." Since Orthodox priests aren't generally known for dancing the jig, I'm pretty sure there's a joke in here somewhere, but I'm not in on what it is.
And not such an orthodox tune either, Mike! You make a great job of playing this one.
Great picking, Mike!
Great stuff Mike!
The melody sounds a bit eastern...anyway, you makte that Collings sing!
Goodness, so many notes! Well played, and thank you for bringing this tune to our attention.
Thank you all for the kind words. Peter was a fixture with the "A Prairie Home Companion" crew, which was a great friend to roots music during its long and happy tenure on NPR.
Nice tune and great playing Mike I like to-and-fro rhythm too. Do you have the abc for it?
Peter O could write a tune--fine playing on it, Mike.
Strong tone paired with clean tone -you don't get that often. Excellent! I don't know the secret story behind that particular priest, but tune names often make discreet fun of priests, they seem to attract it like magnets.
Here’s a joke from my new, birthday present philosophy book, I’ll look for some philosophy titled tunes to learn. Banjo player is happily strumming away while walking across a field. Suddenly he falls, sliding into a deep sink hole. About ten feet down he grabs hold of a tiny tree root, and looks up to the small circle of sky above him and shouts, ‘help!!’ A booming voice calls back- God. He says, ‘It’s ok. Just let go. I’ll save you.’ Banjo player thinks for a second, and then shouts, ‘is there anyone else?’
