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DON TREMAINE'S REEL. Canadian, American; Reel. Canada, Ontario. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Brody, Phillips, Songer): AA'BB' (Kaufman). Composed by Barrie, Ontario, fiddler Graham Townsend, (copyright 1961) and named for the announcer of the CBC television show "Don Messer's Jubilee." The melody is a past favorite at New England contra dances.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Tom McCreesh and Jay Ungar (N.Y.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 88. Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; p. 18. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 73. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 63.

Recorded sources : - Banff Records RBS 1083, Graham Townsend - "Famous Canadian Fiddlers vol. 1" (1960). Folkways FTS 31098, Ken Perlman - "Clawhammer Banjo and Fingerstyle Guitar Solos." Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars- "The Hammered Dulcimer" (1973). Voyageur Recordings VRLP 310-S, Gerry and Bobby Robichaud - "Down East Fiddling" (1973).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1].

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