Come on Millard play that fiddle...

I just heard that Millard Eggleston passed away on Wednesday. My condolences go out to his family. Dannemora and the coffee houses will be a different place without him around.

I remembered someone wrote this about Vassar Clements when he passed away,

"On April 22nd, the angels in heaven stopped singing for a moment, as they heard the most beautiful music approaching from a distance - the high lonesome sound of Millard's fiddle."

It is really great that we were able to perform "Come on Millard (Play That Fiddle)" for him when he was healthy. I'm going to play some Turkey in The Straw today, I've also been working out a Mississippi John Hurt/Chet Atkins style Redwing on the guitar lately.

Come on Millard play that fiddle we want to hear you saw
Sit right down and fiddle around won't you play one for me pa?
Come on Millard play that fiddle we want to hear you saw
Let's go Professor we want to hear some Turkey in The Straw

Millard was a sawyer, a lumberman too
Now playing fiddle is his favorite thing to do
He always worked hard, a family to raise
Working long hours for him it didn't phase

Come on Millard play that fiddle we want to hear you saw
Sit right down and fiddle around won't you play one for me pa?
Come on Millard play that fiddle we want to hear you saw
Let's go Professor we want to hear some Turkey in The Straw

His fiddle reputation was known far and wide
He can look upon it with never ending pride
We are very lucky that we've had the chance
To see his old fiddle sing and maybe see him dance

Come on Millard play that fiddle we want to hear you saw
Sit right down and fiddle around won't you play one for me pa?
Come on Millard won't you make that old fiddle sing
Let's go professor we wanna hear some of that Redwing