Bostony

 BOSTONY. Old-Time, Breakdown. A tune in the repertoire of blind northeast Kentucky/W.Va. fiddler Ed Haley, as remembered by people around Portsmouth, Ohio, where the Northern and Southern fiddle traditions tended to mix (Mark Willson & Guthrie Meade, 1976). The late fiddler Morris Allen (of South Shore, Kentucky) also remembered it as being in Haley's repertoire. Mark Wilson also believes the title to be a corruption of Bostonia, the name of a magnificent steamboat that plied the Ohio River in the 1870's, usually with a tiny orchestra aboard. John Hartford (1996) notes that there were not one but six steamboats at various times on the Ohio by the name of Bostonia. Recorded sources: Rounder 0380, Roger Cooper (Lewis County, KY) - "Going Back to Old Kentucky" (1996. Learned from his friend Morris Allen). Rounder CD0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard" (1996. Learned from the playing of Morris Allen). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Roger Cooper (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001).

X:1 T:Bostony M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:160 S:John Hartford's "Wild Hog in the Redbrush" transcribed by Llarry Brandon K:G de|:"G" gfgb a2 f2| gega g2 dc|Bcde gega|"D7"b2 a2 a4|! c'4 e4| fefg f2 fe| BABc dBAc|"G" B2 G2 G2 [1de:|[2|B2 G2 G2 GE|! DEGA BABd|e2 d2 d2 B2|"D7"cBAG FDEF|"G" A2 G2 G2 GE:||
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