Annotation:Earl Eddy's Breakdown

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 EARL EDDY'S BREAKDOWN. AKA - "Earl Eddy's Favorite." American, Hornpipe. USA, New York. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'.  Source for notated version: Originally from Galway, N.Y., fiddler Earl Eddy, via Larry Older (who may have given the tune its name), via Adirondack Mtn. fiddler Vic Kibler, via North Tonawanda, N.Y., hammered dulcimerist Paul Van Arsdale, via John McCutcheon (Va.) [Bohrer, Phillips].  Printed sources: Arsdale (Dulcimer Player's News), vol. 19, No. 1, 1993; p. 23. Bohrer (Vic Kebler), 1992; No. 7, p. 7. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 79.  Recorded sources: Rounder Records 0216, John McCutcheon - "Step by Step" (1986).

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