Peter Lippincott calls with The Old 78s (Sunday Contra)

From Arkansas, Peter Lippincott calls with The Old 78's: Curly Miller on fiddle and Carol Anne Rose on 6-string banjo. Peter was the founder of the Childgrove Country Dancers in St. Louis, MO back in the 70's, a dance caller, musician, singer, and square dance collector. He has been on staff at Pinewoods Camp, Mtn. View, AR Ozark Folk Center, and dance weekends far and wide. Figures of his invention have become standards in the contra repetoire.

 Curly and Carol Anne are on their way to Merlefest where they will be featured performers. The Old 78's have an unusual repertoire of fiddle tunes including Ragtime pieces from the 1920's, hillbilly fiddle band tunes from the South-central US (Mississippi, East Texas, Arkansas), and a variety of Ethnic tunes including Scottish, Irish, Russian, Ukrainian, along with unusual Old Time tunes. Their sound is also unique in that Carole Anne's big banjo is tuned like a guitar and played clawhammer-style, which creates a pulsating, relentless rhythm. This custom built one-of-a-kind banjo, and the way it is played, sounds like both a tenor banjo and a guitar at the same time. With Curly's hard driving and unusual tunes, in unusual keys, you'll know why they have such a big sound! Their banjo arrangements of classic banjo pieces feature the sophisticated musical abilities of Curly on the solos and Carole Anne's complex second banjo parts and driving rhythmic abilities. www.theold78s.com