Impromptu Hoedown with Road-Weary Traveler!
Added 2018-08-08 02:50:13 +0000 UTCMr. Methe stopped by the house on his way home from the 2018 Appalachian String Band Festival aka "Clifftop" up in West Virginia. After days of drinking, picking and dancing he still wanted more so we went ahead and tied one on.
"Hook & Line" and "Cumberland Gap" are probably two of the oldest and most commonly played dance songs played in southern Appalachia.
Methe said he's been dancing for about a year or so. His complex dance style might best be described as "flatfoot"--a common vernacular description for shuffling, heel-and-toe dancing. I learned my version of this traditional dance almost a decade ago, coincidentally at the same West Virginia festival Methe had just returned from. Note that I tend to move around a lot more and pick my feet higher up off the ground--this might class me more as a "buck dancer"--all beit a damned poor one!
Comments
Clifton, would you consider doing a learning video on some basic beginner buck dancing steps?
Banjo Jane
2018-08-11 01:51:12 +0000 UTCT'was good to see you dance guys 😃
Willy Deutschi
2018-08-10 08:23:11 +0000 UTCBiggest weakness in ol;d time revivalism is the separation of banjo, fiddle, and other instruments from dancing. A lot gets easier to understand if you familiarize yourself with the forms and different occaisions for dancing that were part of the world of old time banjo and fiddle. Too many of us were off picking or reading about history when other young people were dancing. The dancing is the key to the rise and fall of the banjo in Amerian polular culture
Tony Thomas
2018-08-08 22:52:33 +0000 UTCGood Lord! I'm sure he had some tough feet but still...
Clifton Hicks
2018-08-08 16:11:40 +0000 UTCCool! That is one tall dude. Reminds me of this old boy from somewhere around Beckley, WV who used to come to shows at this place me and some friends always played in Hinton before it shut down. I saw him doing his flatfoot barefoot in broken glass one night. Blood everywhere. He couldn't have cared less. Good times.
Joe
2018-08-08 16:02:22 +0000 UTCWhat it's all about right there!
Elliott County Fiddler’s Convention
2018-08-08 11:21:49 +0000 UTCThat was really cool!
Micheál Mac Labhrás
2018-08-08 09:14:34 +0000 UTCGreat connection for me for the dancing/singing/picking!
Justin Hoffmann
2018-08-08 03:32:22 +0000 UTC
