Annotation:Devil on a Stump

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 DEVIL ON A/THE STUMP. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Phillips/Stamper): AABB (Phillips/Jabbour). Some variations of this tune may go under the name "Devil in the Kitchen." The tune appears to be related to the "Wagner"/"Wagoner" family of tunes.  Source for notated version: Kentucky fiddler Art Stamper [Phillips]; Alan Jabbour with the Hollow Rock String Band (N.C.) [Phillips].  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pp. 69 & 70.  Recorded sources: County CD2712, Art Stamper - "The Lost Fiddler" (c. 1982).

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