Annotation:Flying Clouds (2)

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 FLYING CLOUDS [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, North Carolina. F Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part) {although on the Rambler's recording the fiddle was either tuned down and played in the positions of keys of G and D, or the recording speed was off). Posey Rorer, fiddler for Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers for a time, played this "Flying Cloud" tune, a different one than Uncle Jimmy Thompson's ("Flying Cloud (1)").  Source for notated version:   Printed sources:   Recorded sources: Columbia 15106-D (78 RPM), 1926, Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers (Posey Rorer, fiddle).

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