Old-Time TOTW #6: Sallie's Got Mud Between Her Toes (8/5/18)

This week's Old-Time TOTW is Sallie's Got Mud Between Her Toes, also called "Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes." This one comes from the playing of Pat Kingery (1912- c. 1976) of Barren, KY, and was gathered by Bruce Greene while visiting Kingery in January 1976. When Greene asked Kingery the name of the tune, he said "Sallie's Got Mud Between Her Toes," but for some reason the second title seems more common today. Kingery learned many of the tunes he played on fiddle from his mother's whistling when he was a boy. He bought his first fiddle from a Sears, Roebuck catalog at age 11 from $28 he made selling tobacco.
As an adult, Kingery played semi-professionally in Southern KY in a band called Pat Kingery and the Kentuckians. His repertoire was quite varied, from local tunes he learned in his boyhood, to songs and tunes he heard other fiddlers play on the radio. The last time Greene saw him was in a hospital in Glasgow, KY in 1976.
I recorded this tune on site of the Cleveland Old-Time Reunion in Bath, OH on July 13, 2018. Many of our out-of-state friends joined us for this reunion which preceded Hale Farm's Music In the Valley. Here we have myself on fiddle, along with Greg Smits (State College, PA), Stephen Rapp (Kent, OH) on banjo; Bill Braun (Cleveland, OH) on guitar, and Timm Reasbeck (Clarendon, PA) on bass.
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[@shanea60]

Wonderful! Thank you

[@martinhealy2902]

Thanks for this, guys! I'm learning some clawhammer playing along with you all.

[@PaulKirkFiddle]

That's awesome, Martin, we love to hear that!

[@airmojo]

I've been learning this song on a special diatonic harmonica "Fiddle" tuning developed by Cary Moskovitz (for Seydel harmonicas). Enjoyed playing along with you on my "Fiddle D" harp !

[@PaulKirkFiddle]

Awesome, and really glad to hear this!

[@ifiddle2]

Nice - great dance tune! Might have to work on my flatfoot. ;{)

[@PaulKirkFiddle]

Thanks! If you get it going, share a video with us!