Hitting the High Notes fm i Lem Jay , a judge at the Old Time Fiddling Contests along with Bob Weeks and Al Dowling. does. Everyone certainly knew Lem Jay , and I imagine a part of the thrill he got coming down to town to play on the radio was the trip on the train. He used to play old time music for the passengers. In the win¬ tertime, Lem, like most people back then, travelled by horse and sleigh along the river ice, but as soon as the ice broke up in the springtime, he took the train. We'd get Mr. Jay 's special chair in from the porch as soon as we knew he was coming. When he played he had a great swing to his bow arm, and he was a vigorous toe-tapper. Eventually he tapped a hole right 43