Cripple Creek

played on banjo by Neal "Pop" Collins and recorded by family members in Boyd County, Kentucky at various times during the 1970s G Position (gDGbd) tuned up one half step to Ab standard

Ruben Cornelius Collins (1891-1980) was known early as Neal by family and "Pop" later in life His playing style has been described as 3 finger up-picking He was using light weight metal picks years ahead of the practice becoming popular in the late 1940's He adhered to strictly playing the melody, even behind vocals A distinctive of his playing was the plucking of open strings with his left hand along the neck of the banjo, which he referred to as "double noting"

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