{"id":4215,"date":"2012-05-15T08:21:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T06:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=4215"},"modified":"2018-02-12T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T07:22:11","slug":"sittin-on-top-of-the-world-from-blues-to-bluegrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=4215","title":{"rendered":"Sitting On Top of the World &#8211; A Great Blues- and Bluegrass-Standard from 1930"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Eric likes to play this tune, so I thought that I should listen to some recordings of it and learn topplay it right. I have found many interesting videos and compiled thos in my playlist.<\/p>\n<p>This tune goes back to the 1930s when it has been recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks:<\/p>\n<h4>Mississippi Sheiks &#8211; Sitting On Top Of The World<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World - Blues\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3qXOW9Kd8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I have found a video with Doc Watson from 1962:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD (1964) by Doc Watson<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD (1964) by Doc Watson\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y1q4Eb34mwM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And a version with Bill Monroe that can be found in the Blackmountain Underground blog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blackmountainunderground.blogspot.de\/2010\/12\/bill-monroe-part-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/blackmountainunderground.blogspot.de\/2010\/12\/bill-monroe-part-2.html<\/a> (starts at ca. 37:00)<\/p>\n<p>Discover more interesting versions in my playlist&#8221;Sitting on top of the World&#8221;!<\/p>\n<h4>Playlist Sitting On Top Of The World<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sittin on top of the world\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL7262972B19A4F1B4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Wikipedia about <strong>Sitting On Top Of The World<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sitting_on_Top_of_the_World\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sitting_on_Top_of_the_World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mandozine TABs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandozine.com\/music\/search_results.php?searchfor=sitting+on+top&amp;tuneselectby=C&amp;mandolevel=&amp;category=&amp;songkey=&amp;artist=&amp;transcriber=&amp;sortby=T&amp;sortorder=A&amp;submit=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.mandozine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blog Second Cousin Curly:<a href=\"http:\/\/secondcousincurly.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/28\/the-blues-in-bluegrass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Blues in\u00a0Bluegrass<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Black Mountain Underground blog:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blackmountainunderground.blogspot.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/blackmountainunderground.blogspot.de\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Eric likes to play this tune, so I thought that I should listen to some recordings of it and learn topplay it right. I have found many interesting videos and compiled thos in my playlist. This tune goes back to the 1930s when it has been recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks: Mississippi Sheiks 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