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FIDDLER'S REEL. Old-Time, Fiddle Tune. USA; North Carolina. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Known as a Surry County, North Carolina, regional tune (it was in the repertoire of Benton Flippen [1] {1920-2011}, for example), the title also appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

Benton Flippen

Source for notated version: Benton Flippen (Mt. Airy, North Carolina) [Milliner & Koken].

Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 195.

Recorded sources: Alcazar Dance Series ALC 202, Sandy Bradley – "Potluck and Dance Tonite!" (1979). Global Village C 302, Plywood St. Band – "New York City's 1st Annual String Band Contest – 1984." Rounder 0029, "Smokey Valley Boys" (1974). Yodel-ay-hee Records 014, The New Dixie Entertainers – "Maybelle Rag" (tune credited to Arthur Smith via Bruce Molsky).

See also listing at
Hear Benton Flippin play the tune at Slippery Hill [2]




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