Down in Little Egypt, by Lynn "Chirps" Smith

Down in Little Egypt

by Lynn "Chirps" Smith

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1.	Amish Town 01:58	info	buy track
2.	Old Missouri 03:18	info	buy track
3.	Ten Cents 02:56	info	buy track
4.	Charlie Wyler's Tune 02:55	info	buy track
5.	D & G Polka 03:27	info	buy track
6.	Chase the Banshee 02:43	info	buy track
7.	Lost Indian 01:46	info	buy track
8.	Old Red 01:38	info	buy track
9.	Fishin' Limber 03:06	info	buy track
10.	Grotts 03:37	info	buy track
11.	Elie's Waltz 03:27	info	buy track
12.	Down in Little Egypt 02:45	info	buy track
13.	Joke on the Puppy 02:59	info	buy track
14.	Rolling the Logs 02:47	info	buy track
15.	Bowling Green 02:47	info	buy track
16.	White's Polka 02:43	info	buy track
17.	Kujawiak 03:08	info	buy track
18.	Hop-Scotch Polka 02:27	info	buy track
19.	Tippin' Back the Corn 03:08	info	buy track
20.	Mr. Fisher's Old German Waltz 03:16	info	buy track
21.	Illinois Cotillion 03:28	info	buy track
22.	New Year's a-Comin' 02:45	info	buy track
23.	Idlewood 02:45	info	buy track
24.	Benton 01:56	info	buy track
25.	California Waltz 03:34	info	buy track
26.	Old Plantation 02:58	info	buy track

about

The Midwest’s premier fiddler -- Chirps Smith, along with several of Illinois and Missouri's finest old-time players -- presents twenty-six tunes that evoke memories of front-porch music-making on the Illinois prairie and dances held in cabins in the hollers of Little Egypt, all played in a style he calls simply, and modestly, “Midwestern.”

credits

released July 15, 2003

Chirps Smith: fiddle
Curtis Buckhannon: mandolin, mandola, mandocello
Fred Campeau: banjo, guitar, Hawaaian guitar, banjo-uke, fiddle
Dave Landreth: banjo
Jeff Miller: banjo
Jim Nelson: guitar

Produced by Jeff Miller, Jim Nelson, & Lynn "Chirps" Smith.
Recorded October 19-20, 2002 in St. Louis, MO by Eric Schaefer (Beowulf Recording).

Graphic design by Colleen Heine.

The cover art is a painting by Chirps' father, Milburn H. Smith, late of Charleston, IL.

Photograph of Chirps by Eric Schaefer.

Chirps would like to thank Jeff Miller & Jim Nelson for getting this project off the ground and for playing; thanks also to Curtis Buckhannon, Fred Campeau, and Dave Landreth for their fine musicianship. Thanks to Garry Harrison for all his work and help saving some of Illinois' musicial heritage.

Jim and Jeff would like to thank Carolyn & Jay Henges for letting us briefly transform their basement into a recording studio; thanks also to Cuz, Dave, and especially Fred ("The Boss") for making this a snap. And to Eric for his good ear and all his hard work.

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