Annotation:Down Home Waltz (1)

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 DOWN HOME WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Buck White Drew Beisswenger (2008) finds a similar melody in Samuel Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1982), an untitled waltz (p. 567).  Source for notated version: Art Galbraith (1909-1993, near Springfield, Mo.), learned in the 1960's from the playing of local fiddler Warren Dykes and from a Canadian version [Beisswenger & McCann, Phillips].  Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 38. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 253.  Recorded sources: Ridge Runner RRR - 0006, Buck White - "That Down Home Feeling" (1977). Rounder Records 0133, Art Galbraith - "Dixie Blossoms" (1981).  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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