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X:0 T:Altamont C:John Lusk N: Approximately what he played. Z:Paul Gitlitz M:C| Q:1/4=220 K:C "C"c2cc c2cc|c2cc (ag)ed|cBcB cBcB|cBcB AG(EG)| c2cc c2cc|(cd)e2 g2gg|"G"a2aa (ab)ag|"C"ec2c c2A2:| |:"C"g2g2- gag2|e6e2|"G"d2B2 d2B2|dBde dBG2| "C""C"g2g2- g2f2|e6e2|"D7"d2dd "G7"ed3|1"C"c3dc2c2:|2"C"c3cc4|]

X:1 T:Altamont [1] C:John Lusk N:This is a more modern version Z:Paul Gitlitz M:C| Q:1/4=220 K:C "C"ec2c c4|(cd)eg (ag)ed|ec2c (cB)AB|(cB)AG (EG)A2|! E2c2E2c2|(cd)e2 g2gg|"G"a2aa (ab)ag|"C"ec2c c2A2:|! |:"C"G2A2G2F2|E3FE2_E2|"G"D2DD EDD2|(DE)DB, (G,B,)DB,|! "C"G2G2^F2=F2|"A7"E3FE2C2|"D7"D2DD "G7"ED3|1"C"C3CC2E2:|2"C"C3CC4|]



ALTAMONT [1]. American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Altamont is a town on the Cumberland Plateau (Ky./Tenn. border area). The tune was in repertoire of the African-American string band the John Lusk Band. It was their version of that tune that was issued on the Rounder CD "Altamont" and was from taken from a 1949 recording session that Stu and Gloria Jamieson (and others) had with Lusk, Gribble, and York, according to Kerry Blech. They also recorded the tune in a 1946 session that was recorded onto instantaneous aluminum disks. The 1949 session was recorded on a wire recorder (the version is noticeably different than their 1946 recording).


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Gren Canote [Silberberg]; John Lusk (Milliner & Koken).

Printed sources : - Clare Milliner & Walt Koken (Milliner & Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 7. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 3.

Recorded sources : - Cartunes 105, Bruce Molsky and Bob Carlin - "Take Me as I Am" (2004. Sourced to Gribble, Lusk and York). Rounder CD 0238, Gribble, Lusk & York - "Altamont - Black String Band Music From the Library of Congress."

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]



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