Annotation:Fever River

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X:1 T:Fever River S:Lon Jordan (Farmington, Arkansas) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:EBfc tuning (fiddle) N:From a 1941 field recording by Vance Randolph, N:Library of Congress AFS 05315 B01 F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/fever-river Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:E (D^D|E)CG,F, E,4|EEFG A2e2-|efec BAGE|GFDB,- B,2(3B,CD| ECB,G, F,E,2|EEFG A2e2-|efec BAGF|[B,E]GF(C/D/ E2):|| (A_B-|B3)A BA G2| e3c [A2c2][A3c3](c/d/|e3)f ecBA|[M:5/4]GFEG FD B,2(A2| [M:C|]B3)A BA G2| e3c [A2c2][A3c3](c/d/|e3)f ecBA|[M:5/4]GFEG F(=D/^D/ E2):||



FEVER RIVER. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Ozarks region. E Major. EBfc tuning (two steps below standard). AABB. The tune was recorded in the field in 1941 by collector Vance Randolph from the playing of Ozarks region fiddler Lon Jordan (Farmington, Arkansas).

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Recorded sources: -Library of Congress AFS 05315 B01.



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