Annotation:Hale's Rag

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 HALE'S RAG. Old-Time, Rag. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'C. An original by Pikeville, Tennessee, fiddler Theron Hale (1883-1954), who recorded it with his daughters in 1928. Hale and family were early Grand Ol' Opry performers. A shift to the second or third position on the violin will facilitate this tune.  Sources for notated versions: Ron Kane [Phillips]; Hank Bradley [Silberberg].  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 59. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 58.  Recorded sources: County 542, Theron Hale - "Nashville: the Early String Bands, vol. 2." Greenhays GR 710, John McCutcheon - "Fine Times at Our House" (1982. Learned from Joel Eckhaus).  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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