Boating Up Sandy (3)

 BOATING UP SANDY [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Mixoldyian (Phillips): A Dorian (Johnson). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'. The tune is a member of a tune family including "Hog Eye an' a 'Tater," "Hog Eye Man [1]," "Hog Eye," "Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? [1]," "Sally in the Garden [1]," "Fire on/in the Mountain [1]" (there are several tunes by this name; it is a "floater"), and, in some respects "Betty Martin." Known as a West Virginia tune, it is in the repertoire of Wilson Douglas (W.Va.) who learned it from one of his strongest influences, the regionally famous and influential fiddler French Carpenter (W.Va.). Also in the repertoire of Braxton County, W. Va., fiddler Melvin Wine (d. 1999). Source for notated version: Wilson Douglas (W.Va.) & Mel Marshall [Phillips]. Printed sources: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician: Occasional Collection of Old-Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer, Fiddle, etc.), 1982 (revised 1988 & 2003); p. 9. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 32. Recorded sources: Document 8040, "The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 2" (reissue). Marimac Recordings, 1989, Wilson Douglas - "Boatin Up Sandy." Rounder 0024, "The Hollow Rock String Band" (1974. Learned from Doc White, Ivydale, W.Va., who called it "Gal with the Blue Dress On"). See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []

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