Paul Jackson Jr Lay It Back CD

After such long years of apprenticeship, the sympathetic four now present their first full album \"Down the Drain\" to show, that they have finally reached ther first step to masterhood.

Shade Mountain is the longest ridge in central Pennsylvania. It runs east and west sloping off to the south. The south side is called the sun side. In choosing the tunes for this album we went with the ones that are most often requested at gatherings on the sun side. Roots run deep in these hills and the music has been in our families for a long time. This album is dedicated to the memories of our grandfathers who, one way or the other, made sure the music would be passed on.1. The tick tock of Grandfather's Clock2. Red Haired Boy comes down to us from the Scotch Irish who first settled this area. The very old timers, most of whom are now gone, played this tune. It seems to have skipped a generation but has come back around and is played by the new old timers and the young who are of a mind to learn it.3. She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain or 'Sie Kummt Rum Der Barrigis' is a local favorite and is still sung in Pennsylvania Dutch language by a few people. The tune is the same, though.4. Liza Jane and Skip to My Lou are taught in Kindergarten around here. I don't remember ever being taught Buffalo Gals but sometime along the way enough people had sung it, that it stuck. A lot of the local pickers play it.5. Home on the Range was written in Kansas around 1870. It's a good tune and good tunes travel far and wide. We might have more mountains than ranges here, but the locals all know the tune and the words. Luke sends this one out to Bob and Karen Henderson of the Flat Rock Ranch in Hamilton, Kansas. If he wasn't here, he'd be there.6. My mother spent all of a Sunday afternoon once whistling Redwing to me till I got it right. She said it was a good one and one that I'd better learn. It's a standard among the pickers when we get together to jam. Good thing I learned it. Luke plays bones on this.7. Swing Low Sweet Chariot is popular at the many Gospel sings around Shade Mountain.8. Shenandoah is one of the most beautiful tunes of all times and is often requested. It started out as a river shanty, a song sung by the men who floated down the rivers. When it made its way to the Gulf of Mexico it was adopted by the sailors on the clipper ships and became known around the world. 9. McCloud's Reel is also known as 'Hop High Ladies' and 'Uncle Joe.

' What you call this tune kind of depends on where you're from in the Appalachian Mountains. These days because people move around a lot more than they did way back when, we introduce it by all three names - or we just play the tune.

10. John Ryan's Polka has become a recent local favorite ever since it was played in the movie 'Titanic.

' The folks around here don't know it by name so much, but ask for 'that one the Irish guys played in the movie when everyone was dancing.