Annotation:Jackson Stomp

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 JACKSON('S) STOMP. Old-Time, Country Blues. USA, Mississippi. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is named for Jackson, Mississippi, where it was recorded in 1930 by the Mississippi Mud Steppers, a variation of the group The Mississippi Sheiks, The Mud Steppers likely consisted of Walter Vinson on guitar, with Charlie McCoy (1909-1950) and an unknown musician.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 143.  Recorded sources: Folkways FA 2492, New Lost City Ramblers- "String Band Instrumentals" (1964). Okeh 45504 (78 RPM), Mississippi Mud Steppers (1930).  See also listing at: Hear the Mississippi Mud Stepper's recording at Juneberry 78's

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