Annotation:Durham's Bull

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 DURHAM'S BULL. AKA - "Durham's Reel (1)." Old-Time, Bluegrass. USA, Mo. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AAB (Brody): AABAAB' (Phillips). Named for (and often attributed to) Buddy Durham (d. 2005), a radio fiddler who spent ten years on the WWVA Jamboree from 1956-66. Craig Duncan says the tune was often played by fiddler Paul Warren to open Flatt and Scruggs live performances.  Source for notated version: Lymon Enloe (Brody, Phillips); Buddy Durham & Stuart Williams [Phillips].  Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pp. 95-96. Duncan (Top Fiddle Solos). Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; p. 16 (appears as "Durham's Reel"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 77. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 39.  Recorded sources: CMH 6237, Paul Warren- "America's Greatest Breakdown Fiddle Player." Caney Mountain Records CLP 228, Lonnie Robertson (Mo.) - "Fiddle Favorites." County 762, Lyman Enloe- "Fiddle Tunes I Recall" (1973). Folkways DW-90705, New Lost City Ramblers - "Rural Delivery No. 1." Rounder 0002, Spark Gap Wonder Boys- "Cluck Old Hen" (1970). Rounder 0326, Benton Flippen - "Old Times, New Times." Rounder 7010, Tom Doucet - "Tommy Doucet" (1979). Vetco 506, Fiddlin' Van Kidwell- "Midnight Ride" (1975). Mag, Hubert and Ted Powers- "Two Generations of Old Time Fiddle."

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