Annotation:Hooker's Hornpipe (2)

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 HOOKER'S HORNPIPE. Old-Time, Hornpipe and Breakdown. USA; north Missouri, Nebraska. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The low part is reminiscent of Clayton McMichen's tune "McMichen's Reel." Hooker may refer to the Civil War general Joe Hooker, or, as Howard Marshall points out, to a laborer on a riverboat, a petty thief or pickpocket, a one-masted fishing boat, loggers, etc. It is on Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden's list of '100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes'.  Sources for notated versions: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Taylor McBaine (1910-1994, central Mo.) [Phillips].  Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 87. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 201.  Recorded sources: Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association 002, Taylor McBaine (b. 1910, Columbia, Mo.) - "Boone County Fiddler." Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling." Voyager VRCD 344, Howard Marshall & John Williams - "Fiddling Missouri" (1999. Learned from Taylor McBaine and Jimmy Gilmore of Jefferson City).  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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