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 JACK WILSON. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Titon): AA'BB' (Molsky). The tune is originally from Kentucky fiddler John Salyer (1882-1952), although it has deviated from his version through the "folk process," along with the fact that his 1941 recording, a fiddle/banjo duet, was such that the fiddle is difficult to hear. Salyer was recorded in the field during 1940-1941 in Magoffin County, Kentucky.  Source' for notated version': John M. Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Titon]; Bruce Greene [Phillips].  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 121. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 72, p. 102.  Recorded sources: Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, "John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942, vol. 1" (1993). Marimac 9033, Wandering Ramblers - "Rambling and Wandering (1991).  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources  Hear John Salyer's recording at the Digital Library of Appalachia

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