Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow! Vintage Fiddle Music 1927-1935: Blues, Jazz, Stomps, Shuffles & Rags
A fantastic collection of old-time music,"Folks, He Sure Do  Pull Some Bow!"captures vintage fiddle music at that rare  crossroads where the blues, jazz, and something that would one day be  called folk were all in their infancy. For fiddle virtuosos performing  between 1927 and 1935, quite simply, anything goes.Banjo Ikey  Robinson's red hot "My Four Reasons" swings with humor and pizzazz,  the State Street Boys' "Rustlin' Man" features the down-and-out blues  vocals and fiddling ofBig Bill Broonzy, and theMississippi Sheiks'  jazzy, but blues-inspired "Lazy Lazy River" musically straddles both  sides of the Mason Dixon Line. For many listeners, the more esoteric  tracks will stick out: Bo Chatman (a.k.a. double-entendre blues kingBo Carter) is heard  fiddling behind Alec Johnson's goofy vocals on "Sister Maud Mule" (and  in the spotlight on his own "Good Old Turnip Greens"); the Georgia  Yellow Hammers' "G Rag" is the product of a then-rare integrated  recording session; and Abrew's Portuguese Instrumental Trio performs  "Cabo Verdranos Peca Nove" with incredible fiddling on what must be one  of the first attempts at a crossover world-music disc. It's all  here--great remastering, in-depth liner notes, and wonderful playing. Each  release from Old Hat--Violin, Sing the Blues for  MeandMusic from the Lost Provinces--feels definitive, and this gem is  certainly no different.--Jason Verlinde