Annotation:John Belden's Two-Step

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JOHN BELDEN'S TWO-STEP. Old-Time, Two-step (6/8 time). USA; Iowa, Nebraska. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. John Belden was "one of a trio of fiddlers of considerable local fame in western Iowa years ago. The other two were Frank Sexton and Willis Kirkpatrick" [Christeson]. Collector R.P. Christeson (1911-1992) made a field recording of Bob Walter's playing the tune in 1973; his recordings reside at the State Historical Society of Missouri.

Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska), recorded in August, 1957 [Christeson].

Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 146.

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See also listing at:
Hear Bob Walters play the tune at Slippery Hill [1]

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