RIDING IN AN OLD MODEL 'T'. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was one of six sides recorded by the Dixie Ramblers in March, 1937, in Birmingham, Alabama. The group hailed from Russellville, Alabama, in the northwestern part of the state. The title refers to the Model T Ford, the first mass-produced affordable gasoline powered car in the United States.
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Recorded sources: - County 548, The Dixie Ramblers - "Ridin' in an Old Model 'T'" (1986). Marimac 9110, The Dixie Ramblers - "It'll Never Happen Again: Old Time String Bands, vol. 1" (orig. rec. 1937).
See also listing at:
Hear the Dixie Ramblers' 1937 recording on youtube.com [1] and at Slippery Hill [2]
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