<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Folks--<div class=""> My violin/fiddle-playing friend Keenan Christensen Fletcher is trying to find out more about a song she thinks is called "Bill Russell". Here's what she posted in Facebook:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"<a href="https://www.facebook.com/keenan.christensenfletcher?__tn__=%2CdC-R-R&eid=ARBdcoWbiMWI7GT7YDDjgHBLiUq-Za_YyA6xldepRL35uY2zgkqa2-0JsNcPbI1VrLiCrc4oNgJVwzs9&hc_ref=ARSomtdDBLNlQE4K_yFt5nolNe6H4t9smJWsbHo9MZOltAa9fhV90hv3jcmbufxU-o4&fref=nf" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000773367923&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdC-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBdcoWbiMWI7GT7YDDjgHBLiUq-Za_YyA6xldepRL35uY2zgkqa2-0JsNcPbI1VrLiCrc4oNgJVwzs9%22%2C%22hc_ref%22%3A%22ARSomtdDBLNlQE4K_yFt5nolNe6H4t9smJWsbHo9MZOltAa9fhV90hv3jcmbufxU-o4%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22nf%22%7D" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard-referer="ARSomtdDBLNlQE4K_yFt5nolNe6H4t9smJWsbHo9MZOltAa9fhV90hv3jcmbufxU-o4" id="js_1dl" aria-describedby="u_1q_1" aria-owns="" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; orphans: 2; widows: 2; color: rgb(56, 88, 152); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" class="">Keenan Christensen Fletcher</a><div class="clearfix o_ub9k3_08g p_ub9k3u-9r" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: -1px; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="clearfix i_ub9k3-_3b" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: -6px; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_42ef clearfix" style="zoom: 1; overflow: hidden; font-family: inherit;"><div class="d_ub9k3-_3g" style="padding-bottom: 6px; font-family: inherit;"><div style="font-family: inherit;" class=""><div class="_6a _5u5j" style="display: inline-block; width: 428px; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_6a _5u5j _6b" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 428px; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_232_ _5lel _5pcp _2jyu" id="feed_subtitle_100000773367923;2307181649317591;;9" data-testid="story-subtitle" style="position: relative; color: rgb(97, 103, 112); font-family: inherit;"><span class="h_ub9k3zip7" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="fsm fwn fcg" style="color: rgb(144, 148, 156); font-family: inherit;"><a class="_5pcq" href="https://www.facebook.com/keenan.christensenfletcher/posts/2307181649317591" target="" style="color: rgb(97, 103, 112); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;">September 14 at 8:36 PM</a></span></span><span class="_6spk" role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> ยท </span><div class="_29ee _6a _4f-9 _43_1" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-content="Shared with: Keenan's friends" role="img" aria-label="Shared with: Keenan's friends" style="vertical-align: middle; position: relative; display: inline-block; padding: 3px 0px; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;" class=""><i class="sp_WQtVaVtSlgE _1lbg img sx_642cc9" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/ya/r/60JI1f78YGV.png"); background-size: auto; background-repeat: no-repeat; display: block; height: 12px; width: 12px; margin-top: -1px; background-position: -50px -470px;"></i></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div data-testid="post_message" class="_5pbx userContent _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="js_qu" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 6px; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="margin: 0px; display: inline; font-family: inherit;" class="">After some research, I found out Bill Russel waa a Violinist during the 20's, and had one of the largest collections of Dixieland music, which was displayed in a museum in New Orleans.. I learned this tune from an old Texas Fiddler, who learned it as a child. No one knows the real name.....just a song known as the Bill Russell tune. One of my absolute favorites."</div></div><div class="_3x-2" data-ft="{"tn":"H"}" style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-ft="{"tn":"H"}" style="font-family: inherit;" class=""><div class="mtm" style="margin-top: 10px; font-family: inherit;"><div id="u_fetchstream_5_4" class="_2bf7 _4_w4 _64lx _6m2 _1zpr _359m _3n1j _59ap _2rk1 _41u- _dcs _3eqw clearfix _5qqr _20pq _3eqz" data-ft="{"tn":"H"}" style="zoom: 1; box-shadow: none; position: relative; background-color: rgb(242, 243, 245); overflow: hidden; z-index: 0; border-radius: 0px; margin-left: -12px; margin-right: -12px; max-width: none; border: none; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_2r3x clearfix" style="zoom: 1; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_ohe lfloat" style="float: left; width: 500px; font-family: inherit;"><span class="_3m6-" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="_63yw" style="position: relative; font-family: inherit;"><div class="_6ks" style="line-height: 0; position: relative; z-index: 1; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZTme5RRycJc%26feature%3Dshare%26fbclid%3DIwAR0IwvcYxUkXgQnuLcJwF2HoMJsm5LPgT-jqX8dFbZxila6vq8C4zax1zP0&h=AT23AxLBXCSTNovBt5YJ04LIkn_EVZOPkofXOAm6gJXfhgEUwgPwTa6CYr_eeqO32E3X6i6ufpCPxQmNHaszgmlOV8lLSyonmc5Byxe2mt3m2UxtS7QzEyY61HNvCg_nAzxnVnEfAsmnvYsw2KmBWh3UkuftE1uEgitjKdeq" tabindex="-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" data-lynx-mode="async" style="color: rgb(56, 88, 152); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;" class=""><div class="__c_ _6l-" style="position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: inherit;"></div></a></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""> And here she is (with pianist Richard Golladay) on YouTube playing it:</div><div class=""><b style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yxtbw9so" class="">https://tinyurl.com/yxtbw9so</a></b></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""> I can't find any leadsheet or sheet music with this title. Does anyone know anything about it?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Dan</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">**--------------------------------------------------------------------**</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">** Dan Augustine -- Austin, Texas -- <a href="mailto:ds.augustine@utexas.edu" class="">ds.augustine@utexas.edu</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">** Jazz musician Bobby Hackett was once addressed by a </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">** customs official, whose skeptical eye had espied his </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">** trumpet case: </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">** "Is that a musical instrument?"he asked. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">** "Sometimes," replied Hackett </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">**--------------------------------------------------------------------**</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>