Annotation:Hal Scott's Special

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HAL SCOTT'S SPECIAL. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. Howard Marshall informs that Harold Scott was a Kirksville, Linn County, north-central Missouri, fiddler who competed in some of the WOS radio contests with Dolph Wilson in the 1920's. Marshall's source's [1], 1912-2008) father had the tune from Scott and named it in his honor. Wilson talks about his father "rolling the fiddle" on his 1995 and attempts the same maneuver in the first two measures. "Hap Scott's Special" is a popular tune in Little Dixie (Mo.) repertoire.

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Recorded sources: -MSOTFA-202-CD, Nile Wilson - "Tie Hacker Hoe-Down" (1995). Voyager VRCD 344, Howard Marshall & John Williams - "Fiddling Missouri" (1999. Learned from Nile Wilson).

]See also listing at:
Hear Nile Wilson's recording on youtube.com [1], Bandcamp [2] and Slippery Hill [3]
Hear/see the tune played in a 2015 jam session with Dwight Lamb, Charlie Walden and others on Youtube.com [4]

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  1. ↑ Nile Wilson, Old Time Herald [5]
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