Annotation:Jack Danielson's Reel

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 JACK DANIELSON'S REEL. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Nebraska, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune was one of '100 essential Missouri tunes' listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. There is a possibility the tune has a Canadian provenance.  Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson, Phillips].  Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 10. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 119.  Recorded sources: Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine as Frog Hair" (1995).  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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