Van Eps' "Dixie Medley"

I can't recall if we've looked for these dots or not...and naturally, my collection is packed away.

I was listening to "Dixie Medley" today at lunch and marvelling at Mr. Eps facility with the jigs and reels. I know he recorded a wide variety of versions, some with "Suwanee River" done in tremelo fashion and some not.

Anyone have the dots to this ? I would like to see how it was arranged, esp. in comparison to today's methods. Would be a fun one to trot out in front of the bluegrassers, esp. since they all think they invented this stuff. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Jody Stecher on December 6, 2014 at 2:46

And did he compose it?   This sounds like he wanted the banjo buried!  Or did he want a march for himself played on his banjo? 

Gatcomb said:

I reckon it was actually Typhoid Fever. Legend has it that in his final hours, “...realizing that death was at hand, he called for pencil and paper that he might compose a funeral march for his beloved banjo.”

Richard William Ineson said:


Tommy Glynn caught diptheria and died at the age of 25.

Permalink Reply by Hal Allert on December 28, 2014 at 22:42

I will hazard a guess at one of Frank Bradbury's instruction books. 

Jody Stecher said:

OK, I'll take the bait: what is Frankie B's "green" book?

deuceswilde said:
"My love Is But a Lassie" is called "Odd Fellows' March" (my personal favorite title) in Frankie B's "green" book.
Permalink Reply by Joel Hooks on December 28, 2014 at 23:22

Nope, Frank B. Converse's 1865 book



Hal Allert said:

I will hazard a guess at one of Frank Bradbury's instruction books. 

Jody Stecher said:

OK, I'll take the bait: what is Frankie B's "green" book?

deuceswilde said:
"My love Is But a Lassie" is called "Odd Fellows' March" (my personal favorite title) in Frankie B's "green" book.
Permalink Reply by Hal Allert on December 29, 2014 at 0:24


I sit corrected or conversely I am correctly sitting.
Joel Hooks said:

Nope, Frank B. Converse's 1865 book



Hal Allert said:

I will hazard a guess at one of Frank Bradbury's instruction books. 

Jody Stecher said:

OK, I'll take the bait: what is Frankie B's "green" book?

deuceswilde said:
"My love Is But a Lassie" is called "Odd Fellows' March" (my personal favorite title) in Frankie B's "green" book.

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