Here's an upbeat little dance tune that comes from the famous fiddler Marcus Martin (1881 - 1974) of Swannanoa, North Carolina.
Tuning is AEAC# (tuned a half step high here)
Marcus Martin was born in the Aquone community of Macon County. Best remembered for his masterful fiddling, Martin was a multi-instrumentalist, playing the banjo, harmonica, and dulcimer. He was also an accomplished traditional ballad singer. He learned much of his repertoire and technique from his father, Rowan Martin, a fiddler who, he reminisced in later years, “could play the sweetest you ever heard.”
Martin grew up in a farming family, but over the years he tried his hand at many different professions. When he was a...