Annotation:Duck Shoes Rag

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 DUCK SHOES RAG. Old-Time, Country Rag. USA, Southeast Missouri. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC. Ben Tinnon is credited with the composition on the Victor record label.  Source for notated version: fiddler Ben Tinnon (1891-1975) with the Grinnell Giggers [Phillips]. The Grinnell Giggers were a band from the Missouri/Arkansas border region, whose some recording session was in Nov., 1930, in Memphis.  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 45.  Recorded sources: County 548, Grinnell Giggers (southeast Mo.) - "Ridin' in an Old Model 'T'" (orig. rec. 1930). Marimac 9110, The Grinnel Giggers - "It'll Never Happen Again: Old Time String Bands vol. 1." Victor 23511 (78 RPM), Grinnell Giggers (1930)  See also listing at: Hear the Grinnel Giggers at Juneberry 78's Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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