Dec 4
Miss Dixie shares favorite Christmas memories
Editor’s note: We’ve met and visited with a lot of wonderful people in the bluegrass world in the past few years, and especially in the last six months that we’ve been involved in our Web site. We asked a handful of some memorable people we’ve visited with over the past year and invited them to share a bluegrass Christmas memory. Today Miss Dixie Hall was gracious enough to share some of her favorite Christmas Memories.
Miss Dixie HallChristmas at our house is always unusual to say the least. Some surprises for Tom T. have been gifts of five geese, two donkeys and (almost) a pair of bison (that’s buffalo). Fortunately for us, although unfortunate for them, the buffalo up and died a few days before the holiday. Other surprises have been a pair of Bill Monroe’s boots (a perfect fit), Birch Monroe’s fiddle and Tom T.’s own bass fiddle that he played while with the Kentucky Travelers. It had been beautifully restored and the bullet hole patched by Don Rigsby’s cousin Steve. Don smuggled it into the studio just before Christmas when he and Dudley Connell were recording the project Another Saturday Night. Tom T. walked through the room and Don said “, how do you like my bass Tom T.?” “Yea, it’s nice,” replied the Storyteller, taking the instrument and plucking a few notes “, it’s like one I used to have. In fact, I do believe. wow! There’s the bullet hole. It IS my old bass!”
Another delightful surprise came to Fox Hollow a couple Christmases ago when I opened up a small package which contained a mock up of a c.d. The accompanying note said “To Miss Dixie, this is good for a c.d. We’ll record in our studio; you choose the songs and the pickers. You produce and I’ll do songs we have written together. Local and Pal will handle (canine) security. We will call the project TOM T. SINGS MISS DIXIE & TOM T. Merry Christmas! Love, T.” This season it has been wonderful to hear from so many people who are, in turn, giving the recording for Christmas gifts. It is especially special because Tom T. had officially retired from the road; but like I told him there’s still too much music in him to ignore.
Happy Christmas Y’All,
Miss Dixie (Hall)
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