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    Sure, I can learn this by ear, but a chart in (hopefully) notation or tab would be helpful. It can be part of a book. Anybody know of one?
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    Yep, Skip Kelley, a frequent poster here and excellent luthier, laid out SF in a cool little book he did of not-too-often played tunes.

    Check him out.

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    After you learn the tab, make sure you play it like this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBjCN2EGrIw
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    check out mandozine, the tab is there

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    From evanreilly :- "After you learn the tab, make sure you play it like this:" It's the only way !!,
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    Quote Originally Posted by evanreilly View Post
    After you learn the tab, make sure you play it like this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBjCN2EGrIw
    Or like this.....Evan do you know anything about how Southern Flavor got its name? Often a story associated with a Monroe tune title....


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    The Monroe books by Todd Collins....HIGHLY recommended!
    He's a real scholar of Big Mon's artistry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernie Daniel View Post
    Or like this...(snipped video from post # 6...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bernie Daniel View Post
    Or like this.....Evan do you know anything about how Southern Flavor got its name? Often a story associated with a Monroe tune title....
    Is that Jimmy Campbell on fiddle?

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    The MCA studio recording (January 4th, 1988) of SF had the awesome triple fiddle combination of Mike Feagan, the then-current BGB fiddler, joined by Bobby Hicks and Buddy Spicher.
    It was mostly played as a fiddle tune by the band until February 22, 1989, when the album of the same name won the first Bluegrass Grammy.
    Then the tune was expanded in form (going from ABA form to AABA) and became a signature Monroe mandolin piece.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evanreilly View Post
    The MCA studio recording (January 4th, 1988) of SF had the awesome triple fiddle combination of Mike Feagan, the then-current BGB fiddler, joined by Bobby Hicks and Buddy Spicher.
    It was mostly played as a fiddle tune by the band until February 22, 1989, when the album of the same name won the first Bluegrass Grammy.
    Then the tune was expanded in form (going from ABA form to AABA) and became a signature Monroe mandolin piece.
    Thanks for the information Evan. Marty Stuart once mentioned that Monroe really like to play the tune in his later years and when ever they would get togather they'd play it. Marty could really do a great guitar version -- never heard him play it on the mandolin.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Goist View Post
    Bill Monroe & Marty Stuart are two of the coolest people who have ever existed.
    That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
    Agreed and fortunately for us one of them still does exist - on this side I mean!
    The Quebe sisters episode was re-played on the Marty Stuart show last night and he played that cool mandolin!!
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    Bill really got down there at the end!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by evanreilly View Post
    After you learn the tab, make sure you play it like this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBjCN2EGrIw
    Priceless. You have some great clips from that concert.
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    Okay. okay.....
    back to the OP question:
    Does anyone have the tab for this tune?
    I wrote Skip Kelley and he says his book is long out of print....

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    That book was a winner. Simple readings of several not-overbaked tunes. Some Monroe - Texas Lone Star, Southern Flavor; Aubrey Haynie - Montgomery Bell; Emory Lester - Little France (great little tune), some others.

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    To Evan's point -- yes, sorry I forgot to mention that the is some mandolin tab for Southern Flavor that was created by Mike Strangeland (as a .tef file) and it is on one of the sites like Mandozine's All Tabs I think.
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    T'anks....
    The file is available on mandozine.

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