Kerry Mills Barn Dance

[Jim Besser]

This month's Tune of the Month - Redwing - has revived my interest in Kerry Mills, the Tin Pan Alley composer who wrote it, as well as such gems as Whistling Rufus and Meet Me In St. Louie, Louie.

 

Here's a first crack at the Kerry Mills Barn Dance. Taken more or less from the arrangement of Canadian fiddler Don Messer.

 

Played on a 30 button G/D Morse hybrid Anglo

Edited October 18, 2015 by Jim Besser

[Brian Anderson]

Jim: Messer's playing of Redwing and the Kerry Mills Barn Dance were the tunes that prompted me to pick up and learn the fiddle. I never did get to the concertina but I did learn these tunes on the button box.