Friend And Brother: A Song History
"Friend And Brother" comes eighth among the fourteen songs in DulciFlute 3, a Fingers Of Steel book by John Keane and Karen Keane written for two players, one on mountain dulcimer in DAD tuning and one on a Native American flute pitched in B minor.[1] Buyers receive the whole book in PDF form, a separate PDF for each song, and MP3 recordings of the music.[1] Based in Shreveport, Louisiana, the Keanes play styles ranging from Louisiana traditional music and bluegrass to Mississippi Delta blues and count more than seventy years of teaching between them.[2] Karen Keane's DulcimerDownloads page also credits the pair with several books and CDs of their own music for mountain dulcimer and Native American flute.[2] The book's listing does not name a composer for this particular tune, and the sources consulted here document no separate recording of it and say nothing about what its title means.[1][2]
Thomas Eakins, The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, oil on canvas, 1873. Shown for its pair of brothers; it has no connection to the tune.
Sources
- Fingers Of Steel: "John Keane And Karen Keane, DulciFlute 3".
- DulcimerDownloads: "Karen Keane".
- Image: Thomas Eakins, The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, oil on canvas, 1873. The Cleveland Museum of Art.