Annotation:Big Sweet Taters in Sandy Land

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BIG SWEET TATERS IN SANDY LAND. AKA and see "Great Big Tater(s) in Sandy Land," "Sally Ann [3]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Ozark Mountains. G Major. GDgd tuning (fiddle). AABB. A traditional tune usually known as "Great Big Taters in Sandy Land" (see that listing for more), collected in the Ozarks and recorded under this title by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph for the Library of Congress in the early 1940's. Jeff Titon recorded a version in the field from the playing of Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky.) in 1990. The tune is a version of the well-known "Sally Ann [1]" and "Sail Away Ladies [1]."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Ky.) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 7, p. 38.

Recorded sources: -Rounder 0435, Stan Jackson - "Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks" (1999). Sonyatone 201, "Eck Robertson Master Fiddler" (1976). Clyde Davenport - "Puncheon Camps."

See also listing at:
Hear Clyde Davenport's recording at Slippery Hill [1]


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