Annotation:Jodie
X:1 T:Jodie N:From the playing of fiddler and coal miner Delbert Hughes (1905-1982, W.Va.), from a 1973 home recording. N:Hughes was born in Jellico, TN, raised in Kentucky, and settled in Ohley, Kanawha CO, WV in his mid thirties. Q:"Quick" M:C| L:1/8 D:Augusta Heritage AHR-015113, "Delbert Hughes - The Home Recordings" (1994) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/jodie Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix [A2e2]a2g2e2|fe d2 c2 ec| A2 a2g2eg|fed2 e2 ee| e2a2g2 eg|fe d2 efed|c2A2 BAG2|ABAG E2E2|AGA2 BA G2| A2AAA2A[GA]-|[A2A2]A2 BA G2|ABAG E2ED|B,A,G,B, A,2A,2|B,A,G,B, A,2A,2|| e2a2g2e2|f2d2c2 ec|A2 a2g2 eg|fedd e2ee| e2a2g2ee|f2d2 efed|c2A2 BAG2|ABAG E2E2| A3A BAG[GA]-|[A2A2][AA][AA][A2A2][GA]-[AA]-|[A2A2][A2A2] BAGG| ABAG E2E2|[A2A2][A2A2]BAGG|[A2A2][AA][AA][A2A2] [GA]-[AA]-| [A2A2][A2A2] BAGG|ABAG E2 ED| B,A,G,B, A,2A,A,|B,A,G,B, A,4||
JODIE. American, Reel (cut time). USA, West Virginia. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The source for the modal reel "Jodie" is fiddler Delbert Hughes (1905-1982), who made his living working as a coal miner in southern West Virginia at several several locations. He had been born in Jellico, Tennessee, and moved with his family to Kentucky, where he learned to fiddle as a boy. By 1935 Hughes had removed to Kanawha County, West Virginia, where he remained for the rest of his life. Milnes suspects the title of the tune might be the name of one of the small mining camps in the area.
