Annotation:Echoes from the Ozarks (1)
X:1 T:Echoes of the Ozarks M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Bill Driver (Mo.) B:R.P. Christeson - Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1 (1973, p. 123) K:D d/e/|f/aa/ b>b|a(f f/)e/d/c/|B/dd/ e>e|dB c/B/A/G/| FA d/c/d/e/|f(a a)g/f/|(ee) e>f|(e2 e)d/e/| f/aa/ b>b|a(f f/)e/d/c/|B/dd/ e>e|dB c/B/A/G/| FA d/c/d/e/|f(a a)g|(ff) (ee)|(d2 d)|| d|[Bg]-[Bg] [Bg]>f|[Bg](b b)b/a/|ba/b/ a/g/f/g/|a(a a/)g/f/e/| dd fa|b(a a/)g/f|ee e>f|(e2 e)d/e/| f/ab/ b>b|a(f f/)e/d/c/|B/dd/ e>e|dB c/B/A/G/| FA d/c/d/e/|f(a a)g|(ff) (ee)|(d2 d)||
ECHOES OF/FROM THE OZARKS [1]. AKA and see "Echoes of the Hills." American, Country Rag. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Christeson, Ford, Silberberg): AABB (Phillips). The tune is melodically similar to the popular song "Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane", written in 1871 (and popularised by Fiddlin' John Carson's 1923 recording), and appears to be, in fact, a song tune. See also the related "Georgia Boys." Missouri fiddler Sam Long (1876–1931), originally from Scranton, Kansas, but who also lived in Missouri and Oklahoma, recorded the tune (via acoustic, not electronic methods) in 1926, and despite the rather poor quality of the sound it sold well in the Mid-west and West. Gus Meade and W.L. McNeil researched Long and discovered he had been born in 1876 and died sometime in March 1931 (in Burns, Kansas). He was the first Ozark region fiddler to have been recorded, although Beisswenger & McCann (2008) point out that Long lived in several Midwest states in his lifetime, and only peripherally in the Ozarks. Nevertheless, they maintain that his frequent and successful playing in Ozark region fiddle contests, and his recordings made him quite influential among Ozark fiddlers. Ira Ford (1940) and R.P. Christeson both mention that their versions have similarities with "The Yellow Rose of Texas."
