Lily of the Valley, Brad Leftwich & The Humdingers, 2020

Key of D. Brad Leftwich-fiddle, Linda Higginbotham-banjo, Sam Bartlett-guitar, Abby Ladin-bass. From the playing of Luther Davis (1887-1986) of Grayson County, Virginia. Oddly enough, we were inspired to learn this lovely old Galax tune years ago while playing with old-time musician Dai Griffiths on the island of Mallorca, Spain. There are probably several recordings out there of Luther playing it but the one we happened to have was from a home recording on the mysterious label Birthday Girl put out by Heath Curdts.
This track was recorded in Bloomington, Indiana by Joseph DeJarnette in 2020 but was never released. Photo by Laura Ley.

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God bless

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Wonderful!

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[@FretlessFury]

Oooooh, what a pretty little tune, Brad! I hadn't heard this one before. Sweet!!!

[@heathcurdts3800]

Nice job, Brad! I made that CD for a friend's 50th birthday, and it eventually spread around. Most of the tunes were recorded by me, with a couple from Paul Brown and Andy Cahan.

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Thanks Heath, mystery solved! I figured that was probably from you, since I heard your voice on it. You did the world a great service making those recordings.

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[@BrianBerele]

I never heard it played sweeter

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Fabulous tune. ❤

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