Identifier9805270
Created AtTue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Media TypeFLAC
Source InfoMAR>FLAC
Trades Allowed
Performance
Tut Taylor 1973-10-05 Exit/In, Nashville, TN
Set 1McKinley's Blues
Tut Solo Dobro/Pickin' Flat
You Are My Sunshine
Old Joe Clark
The Last Train From Poor Valley
Southern Filibuster
Granny Grass's Push Cart

Set 2Sweet Heaven
Jesus Fired His Mandolin Player (later titled 'Oconee') (aborted)
Jesus Fired His Mandolin Player (later titled 'Oconee') (aborted)
Jesus Fired His Mandolin Player (later titled 'Oconee')
Jesus Fired His Mandolin Player (later titled 'Oconee') (aborted)
Jesus Fired His Mandolin Player (later titled 'Oconee')

Set 3

CommentTut Taylor – Dobro, mandolin
Norman Blake – guitar, mandolin, vocals
Sam Bush – mandolin
Butch Robins – banjo
Charlie Collins – fiddle (second set)
Nancy Blake – cello (second set)


Mitch’s notes: Tut Taylor Archive Reel #282 is another fine recording of Tut & Friends from Nashville’s Exit/In on October 5, 1973. This reel appears to contain their first set and the first part of their second. Highlights include some fine twin mandolin picking by Tut and Norman on “You Are My Sunshine” and “Old Joe Clark”. During the second set, Tut tells a story about mandolin great, Frank Wakefield (track 12), and he and the group work their way through a number of attempts (“practicing”) of a tune that Tut refers to, in homage to Wakefield (who wrote a string of pieces called “Jesus Loves His Mandolin Player #1”, “Jesus Loves His Mandolin Player #2”, etc.) as “Jesus Fired His Mandolin Player”; this tune later appeared as “Oconee” in 1975 on the “HDS Sessions” LP, featuring Tut, Norman Blake, Butch Robins, Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Jethro Burns, and David Holland. See Tut Reels #276, #277, #280, #281, #283, #284, #285, and #286 for other Tut & Friends recordings made at the Exit/In during a run of shows from 10/2 – 10/6/73.