Description
Proclaimed the “Official Traditional Illinois Old-Time String Band” by the state’s 82nd General Assembly, the Indian Creek Delta Boys of Charleston, Illinois were active from the 1970s through the 1990s. The band’s backbone was formed by brothers Garry and Steve Harrison. Garry began fiddle at age 16 with instruction from his father Cliff while Terry, Garry’s twin, started using brother Steve’s banjo. Along with band mates Chirps Smith (FRC608) and John Bishop, they researched many obscure Illinois fiddle tunes from the senior players detailed below. Many of the original Illinois source tunes can be heard on Garry’s 3-CD collection, and even more are annotated and available in his comprehensive book of the same name, Dear Old Illinois. – Ray Alden
Garry Harrison (fiddle, tracks 1-26, lead vocal, tracks 19, 21), Steve Harrison (banjo, tracks 1-11; 15-18), Dave
Danner (banjo, tracks 19-26, lead vocal 22, 25), Gaye Harrison (mandolin, tracks 1-11; 15-18), John “Doc” Holliday (guitar, tracks
1-18), John “Bish” Bishop (guitar, tracks 1-11; 15-26, lead vocal tracks 23).
Additional Notes: The Indian Creek Delta Boys
Track List
FRC607 – Indian Creek Delta Boys
- Big-Eyed Rabbit From Orval Hale (Kirksville, Il) (2:47)
- Give The Fiddler A Dram – From Noah Beavers (Elkville, Il) (2:17)
- Ten Cents – From Jim Reed (Benton, Il) (2:36)
- Tater Blossom – From Noah Beavers (2:03)
- Stonewall Jackson – From Harvey “Pappy” Taylor (Effingham, Il) (2:38)
White’s Polka – From Harvey Taylor (2:02)
- Indian War Whoop – From Alva Miller (Oblong, Il) (2:31)
- Calico’s Corn – From Gib Ingram (Oakland, Il) (2:32)
- Sugar Foot – From Harry Elie, (Dundas, Il) (2:17)
- Humpbacked Mule – From Harvey Taylor (2:15)
- Red Bird – From Harvey Taylor (1:35)
- Joe Wingerter’s Tune – From Joe Wingerter (Rockwood, Il) (1:59)
- Pete and Nancy (Aka Fletcher’s Tune) – From Fletcher Fulk (Ingraham,
Il) (2:09)
- Benton – From Jim Reed (Benton, Il) (1:56)
- Leg Shy – From Dave Spaugh, Charleston (2:40)
- Molly Kiss Your Darling – From Cliff Pulliam (Latona, Il) (2:59)
- Jump That Log – From Noah Beavers (2:32)
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds Dancing On A Fawn Skin – From Harvey Taylor
(2:14)
- I Won’t Get Drunk No More – From The Song Collection of Mildred Plummer
(Montrose, Il) (4:08)
- Devil In The Haystack – From Harvey Taylor (2:38)
- Water Bound – From A Fields Ward Recording (5:05)
- Jack of Diamonds – From A Tommy Jarrell Recording (4:44)
- Ida Red – From An Ernest Stoneman Recording (2:32)
- Road To Westfield – Garry Harrison Original (2:11)
- Melinda – Lyrics From The Mildred Plummer Collection, Tune From Les
Britton (Leroy, Il) (3:45)
- Trailing A Blind Drunk Cripple – Garry Harrison Original (2:36)
