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T:Indian Nation [2]
N:From the playing of Burl Hammons (1905-1993, Pocahotas County, W.Va.)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:GDad tuning (fiddle)
N:Hammons consistently plays the 'c' note in the last measure of each line
N:in between a natural and a sharp, going to sharp sometimes. Elsewhere, he
N:plays the 'c' notes as natural.
D:Augusta Heritage Recordings 017, "The Fiddling of Burl Hammons" (1995)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/indian-nation-1
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
DFAB G2[G2B2]|ABAB c2c2|DFAB G2G2|"*"AcBA G2[G2B2]|
DFAB G2[G2B2]|AcAB c2c2|d2 de d2 cB |AcBA (G2[G2B2])||
d3e d2B2|G2BB A2G2|B-dde d2B2|AcBA G2Bd|
d2ded2BA|[M:3/2][G2B2]{B}c-B A2 [F2A2]B4|[M:C|]d2 de d2 Bc|AcBA G2 [G2B2]|
P:Substitutions
"*"A^cBA G2[G2B2]||
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Bruce Molsky [Phillips]; Burl Hammons, c. 1970 [Milliner & Koken].
Printed sources : - Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 320. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 118.
Recorded sources : - Augusta Heritage Records AHR 017, "The Diller Collection, Vol. 1, Old Time Music of Pocahontas County: The Fiddling of Burl Hammons." June Appal 0067, Roan Mountain Hilltoppers - "Seedtime on the Cumberland" (1992). Marimac 9038, Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich - "A Moment in Time" (1993. Learned from Walt Koken). Rounder CD 0397, Scott Nygaard - "Dreamer's Waltz" (1996). Rounder CD 0371, Mac Bendord and the Woodshed All-Stars - "Willow" (1996. Learned from Walt Koken, who had it from West Virginia's Hammons Family). Vigortone Records VT-2003, Rhys Jones, Jeff Miller, Jim Nelson - "Mississippi Square Dance, vol. 2" (2004. Burl Hammons, via Alan Jabbour).
See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Burl Hammons version at Slippery Hill [2]
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