Annotation:Buck Dancing Charlie

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The Canoy family, c. 1940. Enos is at right, standing with wife Onie May (née Scott)

BUCK DANCING CHARLIE. American, Reel. USA, Mississippi. G Major. ABC. This three-part tune was composed by Magee, Simpson County, central Mississippi, fiddler biography:Enos Canoy (1909-1970), who was born and died in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi. He recorded in 1939 by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress. Canoy had a band called the Canoy Wildcats, the first string band to play on Mississippi radio. Canoy and his family were also called the Enos Canoy Band.

Buck dancing is a type of solo stepping derived from Afro-American tradition.

Additional notes

Recorded sources : - Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH-002, Enos Canoy - "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo-American Fiddle Music from Mississippi."

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