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"... this would be an ideal addition to the library of any fiddler."
- Paul Anastasio, Fiddler Magazine, Winter 06/07

Leslie "Red" Raber was born March 14, 1911 in Allegan County, Michigan. He played old-time, Michigan-style, dance fiddle for 80 years from age 10 until his death in 2001 at age 90. Les played in a time when respect for one's partner was the primary consideration on the dance floor. The music he learned from his grandfather and neighbors was lively and spirited, yet relaxed and graceful, giving a person plenty of opportunity to enjoy the dance and their partner's company.

The Les Raber Memorial Foundation is dedicated to preserving the music of Les Raber and promoting old-time dance fiddling in Michigan through the production of books and recordings and the presentation of programs and performances about Les Raber and Michigan fiddling.

The 4th edition (2008) of the Come Dance With Me tune book is a must-have item for any lover of old-time fiddle tunes. Its 220 pages contain a biography of Les, pictures, anecdotes from friends, an interview of Les and Varsal Fales by Eliot Singer and 176 tunes from Les's repertoire in standard notation with chords. These include original compositions by Les, old-time favorites, rare pieces from Gems of the Ballroom and several tunes from his grandfather that have never before been published.

All proceeds from the sale of Les Raber items go to the Les Raber Memorial Foundation for the preservation and continuation of old-time Michigan fiddling.

The tunes in the tunebook are:

Acrobat's Reel, The Alexander's Reel All Hands 'Round Quad. fig. 3 Among The Clouds Arkansas Traveler Barbara Polka Beautiful Dreamer Big Sandy River Bill Bailey Bill White Billy in the Lowground Black Velvet Waltz Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Boom Quadrille fig. 4, The Bridal Jig, The By Heck Cabri Waltz Caledonia Quadrille Charmaine Clarinet Polka Cub Berdan Jig Cub Berdan Quadrille Dan Ried Darktown Strutter's Ball Darling Nellie Gray Death Valley Waltz Detroit Schottische Devil's Dream, The Dill Pickle Rag Douglas' Favorite Hornpipe Dreamy Melody Drifting and Dreaming Dummy Song, The Durang's Hornpipe Efterkaelken Farmer's Reel, The Fascination Quadrille fig. 3 Fisher's Hornpipe Fisherman's Favorite Forester's Hornpipe Free From Care Quad. fig. 1 Free From Care Quad. fig. 3 Girl I Left Behind Me, The Golden Eagle Hornpipe Gordon's Waltz Grampa Raber's Grandad Raber's #1 Grandad Raber's #2 Grandad Raber's #2 variation Grandad Raber's #3 Grandad Raber's Two-Step Green Mountain Waltz Hasselby Steppen Polka Haste to the Wedding Hastings Breakdown Heel & Toe Polka Helena Polka Home Sweet Home How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm

I'm Not So Young As I Used To Be In The Garden Irish Trot, The Irish Washerwoman, The Jane Kaylor Jane Oaker Jig in A Jimmy's Favorite Jig Johnson Rag, The Jolly Girls Julida Polka Just So Quadrille fig. 1 Just So Quadrille fig. 3 Kentucky Waltz Leather Britches Les Raber's Schottische Les Raber's Two-Step Les Raber's Unfinished Waltz Lewis Demski Liberty Life On The Ocean Wave Little Burnt Potato Little Gem Polka Little Red Barn Liverpool Hornpipe Lloyd Kilts Maggie Brown's Favorite March of St. Timothy Margie Mason's Apron Miller's Reel Missouri Waltz Moon Over Lake Erie Moonbeam Waltz Mountain Belle Schottische Mrs. Torrey's Two-Step Muskrat Ramble My Best Girl Quad. fig. 1 My Little Girl Naughty Boy Schottische New Money Musk Niskayuna Ramble Oh! Susanna Oh, You Beautiful Doll Old Hickory On The Sunny Side Of The Street Opera Reel Orlie Smith's Tune Over the Waves Pap & Mam Park Avenue Peek A Boo Waltz Pig Ankle Rag Pigtown Fling Pretty Baby Princess of Wales, The Put Your Little Foot Raber's Reel Ragtime Annie Ramona

Ramsey Schottische Ramsey Waltz Ranger Waltz Red Haired Boy Red River Waltz Redwing Repasz Band March Rickett's Hornpipe Right & Left Six Rosemary Russ Craven's Schottische Rusty Nail Rye Waltz Sally Waters Seamus O'Brien Shenaniquh's Hornpipe Slip Away Schottische Smiles Soldier's Joy Somewhere My Love Sophrinia Southwind Star Over Norway Stewart Carmichael Still On The Hill Stolen Sweets Stone's Rag Sunday Temperance Reel Tenstrike Quadrille fig. 1 Tenstrike Quadrille fig. 3 Tenstrike Quadrille fig. 4 There's Something Nice Ticknor's Reel Turkey in the Straw Unknown 2 Unknown 3 Unknown 4 Unknown 7 Unknown 8 Unknown 9 Unknown 10 Unknown 12 Unknown 13 Unknown 14 Unknown 16 Unknown 20 Varsal's Tune Wake Up Susan Waltz You Saved For Me, The When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New Whispering Whistling Rufus Willow Waltz Wooster Oddity You Can't Break My Heart Come Dance With Me Fair Fiddlers, The Les Raber's Jig Raber Waltz

Les Raber Recordings

The tunes are:
Unknown #3 Alexander's Reel Unknown #2 Jane Kaylor Grandpa Raber's #1 Dan Reid Unknown #4 Moon Over Lake Erie Tenstrike Quadrille fig. 1 I'm Not So Young As I Used To Be Lewis Dembski Wooster Oddity Peek-A-Boo Waltz Naughty Boy Schottische Grandpa Raber's #2 LLoyd Kilts' Quadrille Unknown #7 Put Your Little Foot Irish Trot Jolly Girls Orlie Smith's Tune The Farmer's Reel	Tenstrike Quadrille fig. 3 Fisherman's Favorite Russ Craven's Schottische Mrs. Torrey's Two-Step Right & Left Six Little Gem Polka Red River Waltz Sally Waters New Money Musk Unknown #10 Turnpike Reel Stolen Sweets Slip Away Schottische Unknown #16 Rickett's Hornpipe Shenaniquh's Hornpipe Unknown #9 Unknown #14 Heel & Toe Polka Grandpa Raber's Two-Step Les Raber's Two-Step

Volume One: Raber's Reel Les Raber's Schottische Ranger Waltz Ticknor's Reel (Varsal's Tune) Darling Nellie Gray The Bridal Jig Pap & Mam Hasselby Steppen Polka Home Sweet Home Sophrinia Jig in A Gordon's Waltz Unknown #8 Durang's Hornpipe Stewart Carmichael Black Velvet Waltz Red Wing Bill Bailey Cub Burdan Jig Cub Burdan Quadrille Ramsey Waltz Ramsey Schottische Maggie Brown's Favorite Among The Clouds Dill Pickle Rag Big Sandy River Green Mountain Waltz Clarinet Polka Park Avenue Grandpa Raber's

Volume Two: Willow Waltz The Acrobat's Reel Little Red Barn Turkey in the Straw Leather Britches Ten Strike Quadrille fig. 4 Seamus O'Brien My Best Girl Quadrille fig. 1 Moonbeam Waltz Fascination Quadrille fig. 3 Jane Oaker Ramona Just So Quadrille fig. 1 Just So Quadrille fig. 3 Bill White The Waltz You Saved For Me Arkansas Traveler The Rye Waltz Whistling Rufus Jimmy's Favorite Jig Death Valley Waltz Still On The Hill Unknown #13 Oh, You Beautiful Doll Free From Care Quadrille fig. 3 Free From Care Quadrille fig. 1 Rusty Nail Over the Waves Wake Up Susan Devil's Dream Cabri Waltz

Volume One: Raber's Reel Just So Quadrille fig. 3 Ranger Waltz Pap & Mam Hasselby Steppen Polka Sophrinia Jig in A Gordon's Waltz Durang's Hornpipe Stewart Carmichael Black Velvet Waltz Cub Berdan Jig Cub Berdan Quadrille Ramsey Waltz Ramsey Schottische Maggie Brown's Favorite Among The Clouds Big Sandy River Green Mountain Waltz Clarinet Polka Park Avenue Grampa Raber's

Volume Two: Willow Waltz The Acrobat's Reel Little Red Barn Tenstrike Quadrille fig. 4 Seamus O'Brien My Best Girl Quadrille fig. 1 Jane Oaker Ramona Just So Quadrille fig. 1 Just So Quadrille fig. 3 Bill White The Waltz You Saved For Me Whistling Rufus Jimmy's Favorite Jig Death Valley Waltz Still On The Hill Fascination Quadrille fig. 3 Rusty Nail Over the Waves Wake Up Susan Devil's Dream Cabri Waltz