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This tune comes from NC fiddler Welzie Chrisawn (1906 - 1998), born on the head of South Toe River in Yancey County.

Tuning is GDAD

During Welzie's life, He worked at sawmilling, brickyards and farming. His father, John William Chrisawn (B. 1872) played the banjo in the old overhand/knocking style. Welzie was largely influenced to play the fiddle by his uncle Charles Chrisawn, who lived on clear creek of the South Toe River. The Chrisawn name was attributed by older generations to either Native American or French origin, depending on who one talked to.
Like many other old fiddlers, Welzie learned to play in his youth and played solely for his own enjoyment. In fact, many of his family members didn't even know he played the fiddle! He was a wonderful, archaic fiddler who knew several unusual yet charming tunes like the one I play here.

Bruce Greene spent many years learning music from the last of the old fiddlers in the mountains, especially from Kentucky and North Carolina. Bruce met Welzie at the Burnsville Fair and played music with him for many years, and he visited him and his wife Alice often when he came to town.


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