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schlange - Posted - 06/15/2015: 10:42:03
This week's Scruggs-style featured tune started out as a jazz instrumental. Written in 1922 by Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo and Elmer Schoebel, "Farewell Blues" quickly became a jazz standard. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings recorded it that same year, and lots of other folks followed suit soon after.
Flatt & Scruggs brought it over to bluegrass, recording it on their Mercury Sessions sometime between 1948-1950.
Played in C in the bluegrass world--in drop C tuning.
I (and others) would love to hear (and see!) you play your version of this tune--post it in a reply below!
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