Annotation:John Rawl Jamieson

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 JOHN RAWL JAMIESON. AKA and see "Going Back to Kentucky." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Ky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was known under this title by northestern Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas (1934-1974), who told Mark Wilson (Rounder Records) that it was named after an elderly man "who lived bock on Shouls on a ridge." The tune was also called by the 'Jamieson' title by Morris Allen, a mentor and sometime playing partner of Thomas.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Songer (Portland Collection, vol. 2), 2005; p. 104.  Recorded sources: Kate Lissauer - "Walk Talk Chicken" (2005). Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (northeastern Ky.) - "Kitty Puss: Old-Time Fiddle Music From Kentucky"  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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