anyone know this tune?

[mandolirius]

Been thinking about doing it in the band, but I have no idea of it's name.

CD2E2000.mp3

[Jim Garber]

I play a modal tune in key of D called Dusty Miller -- there are others with that same name but are different tunes. The first part sounds exactly like that but your second part sort of resembles it but not quite. It is either a variant or a modernized version.

You can hear a version on fiddle played by John Summers here. Thei son is very close to what I play. I think I learned it from the Fuzzy Mountain String Band who prob learned it from Summers.

[mandolirius]

I play a modal tune in key of D called Dusty Miller -- there are others with that same name but are different tunes. The first part sounds exactly like that but your second part sort of resembles it but not quite. It is either a variant or a modernized version.

You can hear a version on fiddle played by John Summers here. Thei son is very close to what I play. I think I learned it from the Fuzzy Mountain String Band who prob learned it from Summers.

Thanks Jim, that's definitely it or at least the antecedent of what I play. I learned it from a bluegrass flatpicker, so I do it more in that style. Is the Summers version a hornpipe (always been fuzzy on the definition)? The reason I ask is because a guy did say he thought the tune was "Dusty Miller Hornpipe". I didn't think that was right because the version I learned and play doesn't sound like a hornpipe to me.

[Wayne Shelton]

What mandolin is being played in the clip? Beautiful tone!

[Mike Bunting]

Try this link, there are a zillion Dusty Millers,a Canadian version and one that gones back across the pond
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/DUN_DYING.htm
It lists one transcribed by Jim Garber, the Fuzzy Mtn version.

[Jim Garber]

[QUOTE=Mike Bunting;1138192
It lists one transcribed by Jim Garber, the Fuzzy Mtn version.[/QUOTE]

Hey, pretty funny. I wonder when I did that.

[Mike Bunting]

Hey, pretty funny. I wonder when I did that.

Ring any bells?

[Jim Garber]

Sounds familiar... that is one of my very favorite tunes.

[Mike Bunting]

Did you read the small print, who is tis Jim Garber guy who transcribed it?

[mandolirius]

What mandolin is being played in the clip? Beautiful tone!

Thanks. It's a Mowry F5, just past its second birthday. Here's a pic:

[Randy Smith]

Dudty Miller. Thanks for asking about this tune because it reminded me I hadn't played it in years and years. Hearing it now is like learning a new tune.

[Jim Garber]

Did you read the small print, who is tis Jim Garber guy who transcribed it?

Some jamoke who had nothing better to do...

[Wayne Shelton]

Thats a beautiful instrument..I have been impressed with the workmanship and sound from Mowrys. Suspect we will be seeing more of them in the future.