Show Notes
This haunting melody was written by Jay Ungar in 1982 and used in the Ken Burns documentary on the Civil War. It is done on a Bacon Flat-top plectrum.
It was written as a goodnight waltz at the annual Ashokan fiddle and dance camps held by Ungar
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With a bit of guitar and mandolin too. A touch too slow perhaps.