Annotation:Lumberjack (1)
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LUMBERJACK. AKA and see "Lumberjack's Reel (2) (The)," "Roadside Fiddler (The)," "Lumberjack's Special." Canadian, Reel. D Major (Phillips). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AA'BB' (Phillips). The tune was played in the mid-1960's by Loyd Wanzer (1965) and by Mary Sharpe (1964) at the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest & Folk Music Festival.
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Source for notated version: Stuart Williams (Seattle) [Phillips]; Glenn Berry [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 148. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 96.
Recorded sources:
RCA Victor Bluebird Series 55-3270-B (78 rpm) / 57-5058-B (45 rpm), Ned Landry (1952)
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Ned Landry play this tune at [2]