Brown's Ferry Blues

This was written by Alton and Rabon Delmore and recorded by them in 1933. I heard Earl play it backstage at a show in Missouri in 2010. He had his banjo tuned to double C (gCDCD) and as far as I know, he’d never used this tuning on a studio or live recording. In the various jams with John Hartford that inspired this album, however, he always played it in standard G tuning, which is the setting you’ll hear here. Many thanks to Billy Strings for laying down his stellar vocal and guitar parts. This track, recorded live, was beautifully produced by Béla Fleck and his solo is the Eighth Wonder of the World!