Annotation:Falls of Richmond
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FALLS OF RICHMOND. American, Reel. USA, West Virginia. A Aeolian or Dorian ('A'and 'B' parts) & A Major ('C' & 'D' parts). AEae (Brody, Phillips) or ADae tunings (Edden Hammons, Kuntz) {fiddle}. AABCB (Brody): AABBCCDDBB (Kuntz, Phillips, Songer). "Falls of Richmond" has been a popular piece among old-time revival musicians but its original associations apparently were solely with the Hammonds family of West Virginia. It is said that members of the family trace the tune back to "Old Uncle Pete" Hammons, born in 1845. Burl Hammonds called the tune "Falls of Richmond," in the plural. The title refers to the small waterfalls, or rapids, on the James River at Richmond, rather than, as some have supposed, the 1865 capitulation (or "fall") of Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War (Allan Jabbour points out Richmond 'fell' not only in the Civil War, but in the Revolutionary War as well). The falls of the James mark the farthest navigable point on the river, leading to the development of Richmond. Phillips (1994) and Songer (1997) note the fourth part is credited to Marty Somberg of Dexter, Michigan.
