A Note from Hogie Siebert 

Hogie was the inspiration behind "Hogie in the Midst" on Clifftop Notes Vol. 1. When I finally tracked her down to ask her about her recollection of the night the tune was written (actually for a while the title of the tune was actually "That Night at Clifftop with Hogie" and it was in A, in AEAE tuning), this is what she had to say:

Hogie writes: “I had a new freedom because there was absolutely nothing intentional about what I played that night. I was letting the banjo lead the way. I’ve never played like that since, because of course I always have some idea of what to do or how a tune goes and neither of those kinds of info were available to me that night since you were making up tunes and I was new to the fretless… I decided that the only way I could approach playing the fretless for the first time would be to unhinge my mind...”