LYNN 'CHIRPS' SMITH: Down in Little Egypt

Lynn 'Chirps' Smith

Down in Little Egypt

© 2003 Vigortone Records (783707730325)

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Hard-driving old-time fiddling from the Midwest that evokes front porch music-making on the Illinois prairies and dances held in cabins in the hollers of Little Egypt.

tracks

1 Amish Town
2 Old Missouri
3 Ten Cents
4 Charlie Wyler's Tune
5 D & G Polka
6 Chase the Banshee
7 Lost Indian
8 Old Red
9 Fishin' Limber
10 Grotts
11 Elie's Waltz
12 Down in Little Egypt
13 Joke on the Puppy
14 Rolling the Logs
15 Bowling Green
16 White's Polka
17 Polish Tune (Kujawiak)
18 Hop-Scotch Polka
19 Tippin' Back the Corn
20 Mr. Fisher's Old German Waltz
21 Illinois Cotillion
22 New Year's a-Comin'
23 Idlewood
24 Benton
25 California Waltz
26 Old Plantation

notes

Chirps Smith has been playing the fiddle for nearly thirty years now and is the premier interpreter of fiddle tunes collected from fiddlers throughout Southern and central Illinois. He continues his musical journey through the heartland with Down to Little Egypt, his third solo outing. The material on this CD is comprised mostly of tunes that Chirps and his cohorts from the Indian Creek Delta Boys collected in the mid- to late 1970s from fiddlers like Pappy Taylor of Effingham, and Noah Beavers from Elkville. In addition, there's a tune from the E.F. Adams collection, an Irish reel from a 78 by the Flannagan Brothers that has been reworked into a square dance piece, plus a couple of tunes learned from recordings of a Polish-American immigrant fiddler from Chicago. Throughout, Chirps is backed up by some of the finest old-time players in the Midwest, including his former bandmates from his days with the Volo Bogtrotters, Fred Campeau (on banjo, guitar, fiddle, banjo-uke, and Hawaiian guitar) and Jim Nelson (on guitar), plus banjo pickers Jeff Miller, and Dave Landreth from St. Louis. Rounding out the ensemble on a few numbers is Curtis Buckhannon of the Buckhannon Brothers and Ill-Mo Boys fame.

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  • Down in Little Egypt
    author: Mary Jo Murray

    What a great CD. From the cover to the last tune, it's perfect.

  • Great tunes!
    author: Terri Weiner

    I just got this yesterday, and have had it in constant play since. These are great, lively tunes and I don't think I've ever more than one of them. Such fun! I only wish it came with musical transcription. I can't wait to get out the fiddle and try a couple, especially the title cut and Rolling the Logs. Thanks!

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