"I dunno. Even though I'm retired, Spring is still not a good time for me to be away from home. I tend to do most of my travelling in the Fall. I'm not sure why that is...but it kept me from AEBG when they moved it back from Sept. to…"

"Thanks, Marc. Hope to see you at the ABF rally in May?"

"LOL, first thing I thought was "Ducks on the Pond"... Good tune, nicely played!"

"Hmm.  I thought I responded but perhaps I forgot to "Add Comment".  Yes, although "Lady of the Lake" is a prominent fiddle tune title, I never was able to get it in my head, probably because the tune always seemed to be…"

"Also, in the Old-time Fiddle canon there are other “Lady of the Lake”s which sound nothing like this…"

"Sure sounds like it, at least in part. Guess it’s not surprising to take an already familiar melody and put a new title to it. If you listen to Henry Reed’s Ducks on the Pond, you’ll hear Lady of the Lake."

"I long thought "Santa Anna's Retreat from Cerro Gordo" merely tacked the title on to an existing tune.  Does it seem to be from the same "tune family" as "Lady of the Lake"?  Are there any earlier…"

"Yep - my original Hartel banjo"

"Hey Paul i just uploaded a quick clip of it. Still with the old strings it came with. Two of which are gut"

"Can’t wait to hear it, johnny!"