Annotation:Lonesome Fiddle Blues

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X: 1 T:Lonesome Fiddle Blues S:Steve Keating. CoMando, 8/87 M:4/4 L:1/8 C:Vasser Clements P:AABA N:Suggested fingering in 28th measure is B string, 8th fret for "f" note N:and open E string for "e" note. B part chord progression is G-D-E-A. F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/lo/Lonesome_Fiddle_Blues_1.abc K:Dmin A,=C|"Dm"DCDE =FEFG|AGA_B AGDB,|

LONESOME FIDDLE BLUES. Bluegrass, Breakdown. D Dorian ('A' part), D ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BA. Composed by bluegrass fiddlers Vasser (1928-2005) and Millie Clements, copyright 1972. Charlie Daniels "Devil Went Down to Georgia (The)" seems to have been largely based on Clements' tune.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Vasser Clements [Brody].

Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 173.

Recorded sources: -Mercury SRM-1-1022, "Vasser Clements." Rounder 0068, Mark O'Conner- "Pickin' in the Wind." United Artists 9801, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken."

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

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