Here's a video that I recorded for Dr. Dan Patterson. Here Bobby tells a great version of a "Fair Days Hunt." It's a "Big Windy," but he starts of the tale with such believable details and eases the listener into a more and more elaborate and humorous story. I also asked him to sing "Bold Reynard the Fox," an old English folk song that he learned from Watauga singer and multi-instrumentalist Ralph Ellison. Ralph accompanied the song with the fiddle, something Bobby has asked me to work on. I awfully like paring the tune to the banjo though.
--Wm.
A shorter version of this tale by Bobby, as well as a transcription and write up by Dr. Dan Patterson is available on Folkstreams.
--Wm.
A shorter version of this tale by Bobby, as well as a transcription and write up by Dr. Dan Patterson is available on Folkstreams.