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Buddy Pendleton: Delivers

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Selections:

Bill Bailey
(Hughie Cannon)
Buddy adapted this classic Dixieland jazz tune to be a dynamite bluegrass showpiece.  This is one of the tunes that Buddy can electrify an audience with when he gets wound up and his entire frame seems to be a part of the instrument.

Fiddlin’ Joe
(traditional)
Always an innovator, Buddy adds a haunting touch to Old Joe Clark by playing it in the minor key. 

Buddy’s Waltz
(Buddy Pendleton, Mountain Heritage Music, BMI)
This tune puts Buddy in mind of Lover’s Leap, one of the most beautiful settings in the mountains of Patrick County.

Rutland’s Reel
(traditional)
Named for fiddler Robert “Georgia Slim” Rutland, Rutland’s Reel is what fiddlers call a “show” tune since it has more parts and is more complex than the average fiddle tune.  Buddy learned it from the playing of Howdy Forrester, Roy Acuff’s fiddler for many years.

Red Haired Boy
(traditional)
After hearing this Irish flavored tune played by an old-time band, Buddy decided to work up his own bluegrassy version.

Meadows of Dan
(Ray Blackwell, Mountain Heritage Music, BMI)
Ray Blackwell of Raleigh NC composed this tune on his way home after attending a Pendleton family Christmas party one year.  No small feat considering how curvy some of the roads are in Patrick County.  It has since become a popular tune among local fiddlers.  Buddy is joined on fiddle in this number by his daughter Robin.

Soldiers Joy
(traditional)
Buddy recalls learning this tune initially from hearing his Uncle Delmar play and he has added in a few variations worked out over the years.

Katie Hill
(traditional)
Buddy heard this great traditional tune on WSM radio as a youngster.  He has definitely made it his own and it is a tune many people associate with Buddy.

Say Ole Man
(traditional)
This is one of the tunes Buddy learned from Howdy Forrester.  It has 6 parts, giving it the kind of unusual complexity that Buddy enjoys in a good fiddle tune.

Florida Blues
(Arthur Smith, Berwick Music)
Florida Blues was written by Fiddlin’ Authur Smith and is one of the tunes Buddy has put his indelible stamp on.  Buddy’s version has been published in fiddle tune compilations such as the “Fiddler’s Fakebook”.

Grandfathers Clock
(Henry Clay Work)
One of the most popular songs in America when it was written in 1876 by prolific song writer Henry Clay Work.  This tune is enjoyed by lots of bluegrass pickers and Buddy adds a nice touch with harmony lines on the fiddle.

Danny Boy
(traditional)
According to researcher Michael Robinson, this tune first appeared untitled in “Ancient Music of Ireland”, an 1855 publication that indicates it came from the playing of an itinerant piper.  Buddy plays a number of tunes in this free form, highly ornamented style that lets the fiddler experiment with interesting variations on the melody. 
 
The Unclouded Day
(traditional)
Buddy grew up singing and playing hymns like this one in the Buffalo Ridge Pentecostal Church.  The song’s author, Josiah K. Alwood, was a circuit riding preacher in the American Midwest.

How Great Thou Art
(traditional)
Another hymn popular sung at many churches in the Patrick County area.  The tune comes from a Swedish folk melody.  Buddy is especially fond of this song, and wanted to say:

Growing up with pretty good eyesight, it doesn’t take much for one to realize just how great our creator is.  All you really have to do is look around you, at all the beautiful places and all the fine people to realize that there’s a higher power.

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