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GETTING UP THE STAIRS. American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Some similarities to Edden Hammond's "Sugar in the Gourd." The tune was used in the 1991 film Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox, as part of the soundtrack.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - biography:Clyde Davenport (b. 1921, Wayne County, Ky.) [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources : - Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 235.
Recorded sources: -County Records 786, Clyde Davenport - "Gettin' Up The Stairs: Traditional Music From The Cumberland Plateau Volume 1" (1986). Field Recorders Collective, FRC104 - "Clyde Davenport, Vol. 2" (2005).
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