These traditional dance tunes from Missouri and the Midwest were recorded on August 2, 1981, at Bob and Joan Christeson's home in Auxvasse, MO. Dennis and Emily Buckhannon provided the excellent accompaniment heard on this recording. Barry Bergey, who at the time was working with the Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts, served as the recording engineer.

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This recording was previously released on cassette as Marimac 9011. It appeared on the 1987 Library of Congress Select List of Folk Recordings. Dedicated to the memory of R. P Christeson and Larry MacBride. All tunes traditional and public domain.

THE IRISH COBBLER Tune in four parts from Cyril Stinnett, celebrated National Champion from Oregon, Missouri. A left-handed fiddler, He played many seldom heard melodies. LONG JOHN From Cyril Stinnett. MOTHER'S WALTZ Possibly an original composition by Vee Latty of Fulton. He was a regular performer on WOS, which broadcast from the Capitol in Jefferson City. Won the 1929 State Fiddling Championship broadcast live over WOS. His music was still played by a few Central Missouri fiddlers, most notably Virgil Smith oand Nolan Boone. Learned from Mr. Smith. TUNE IN C From R.P. Christeson & collected from the legendary Bob Walters of Nebraska. STARS AND STRIPES WALTZ Tune is not often heard today. From Jimmy Gilmore.
NED KENDALL'S HORNPIPE/CONSTITUTION HORNPIPE Ned Kendall's is from the "Fiddlin' Sheriff", George Morris, who called it Woodchuck. George played over KFRU in Columbia in the 1930s & 1940s. Constitution was learned from Cyril Stinnett. VEE LATTY'S B-FLAT WALTZ From Virgil Smith. ROSEBUD HORNPIPE From Cyril Stinnett. CASEY'S OLDTIME WALTZ From R.P. Christeson. JESSE'S QUADRILLE An original named for my daughter. IRISH REEL Cyril Stinnett tune. OPERA REEL Cyril Stinnett. SMITH'S REEL Cyril Stinnett tune. BILL POWELL'S WALTZ From Cyril Stinnett. CARROLLTON COUNTY BREAKDOWN Cyril Stinnett tune. SPOTTED PONY Cyril Stinnett. Tune. ZACK WHEAT'S PIECE From R.P. Christeson. JOHNNY, DON'T COME HOME DRUNK Cyril Stinnett tune. BILL CATON'S HORNPIPE or JEFF CITY Bill Caton was a Black fiddler from Tebbetts, MO, who performed over WOS in Jefferson City in the late '20s. Bob Walters of Nebraska learned this tune as Caton played it over the radio. In turn, Cyril Stinnett learned it from Walters. I learned it from Cyril.