Annotation:Jake's Best Reel

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 JAKE'S BEST REEL. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Nebraska, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a version of "Old Jake Gillie."  Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson].  Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; p. 56.  Recorded sources: Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Cyril Stinnett (1912-1986) - "Plain Old Time Fiddling." Rounder 0429, Dwight Lamb - “Joseph Won a Coated Fiddle” (1999. The Lamb and Walters families were close when Dwight was younger, and Lamb became a protege of Bob Walters, absorbing much of his repertoire).

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