Chicago Music Exchange | 4 years ago
A tip of the hat to Nathaniel for his beautiful “Black Mountain Rag,” a crisp, finger-picking performance that would make Chester proud, played, of course, on our Black 1964 Gretsch Country Gentleman.
The piece became popular in the late 1930's. It was claimed by fiddler Leslie Keith (who is featured on the very first recordings of the Stanley Brothers), who said he wrote it in the early 1940's after taking "a little bit of" 'The Lost Child', and " a little of two or three of the Carter Family's tunes." He named it "Black Mountain Blues" after the name of a mountain in Cumberland County, Tenn., however, "The Lost Child" is the basic melody for the tune. Curly Fox changed the name from "Black Mountain Blues" to "Black Mountain Rag" on his 1947 recording for King, which eventually sold over 600,000 copies (Charles Wolfe, The Devil's Box, Dec. 1982, pgs. 3‑12)
Chet Atkins - Black Mountain Rag - https://youtu.be/ATjE9i1_wAg
Watch more Nathaniel Murphy arrangements!
Nathaniel Murphy Strolls Through The Smiths: https://youtu.be/uHJ_iXBrDes
Nathaniel Murphy's Incredible Arrangement of "Riders on the Storm": https://youtu.be/PUl6U7vOo2U
"Wicked Game" Chris Isaak | Nathaniel Murphy: https://youtu.be/wElNZ00FF88
Gear:
1964 Gretsch Country Gentleman
Fender Bassman
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