Annotation:Jake Gillie

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 JAKE GILLY/GILLIE. AKA and see "Old Jake Gilly," "Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (1)" Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, southwestern Virginia. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCBB. The tune appears from Patrick, Franklin and Floyd Counties in southwestern Virginia, north into West Virginia. Recorded by Kanawha County. W.Va., fiddler Clark Kessinger in the late 1920's. One of Kessinger's parts appears related to the second strain of the Arkansas "Searcy County Rag," recorded in 1929 by Ashley's Melody Men. Floyd County, Va., fiddler Sam McNeil recorded it in 1930 with the Floyd County Ramblers (it was issued inexplicably under the title "Granny Will Your Dog Bite"). Blanton Owen and Tom Carter (1978) say that many older fiddlers from the region suspected the tune "Eighth of January" was fashioned from this tune, although for some the resemblance is difficult to descern. "Old Jake Gilly" is an alternate title or a related melody, depending on the version. Other related melodies include "Searcy County Rag," the Nebraska/Missouri "Jake's Best Reel," "Calhoun Swing," and "Hog House Rag."  Source for notated version: Sam McNeil (Va.) [Phillips].  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 121.  Recorded sources: Rounder 0057, Sam McNeil (Floyd County, Va.) - "Old Originals, vol. 1" (1978).  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

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