Annotation:Manassas

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X:1 T:Manassas S:Darley Fulks (Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/manassas Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C +slide+e2g2g4-|g2+slide+[e3e3]e ag|e2cd ecde|[M:2/4]cA G2|[M:C|]AGEC DC A,2| e2g2 g4|-g3(g e2)a2edcc|edcd cA G2|AGE2 D2C2| (_E2=E2)C4|-C4-C2(_E2|=E2)DE CA,G,A,|G,A,CD EF G2| A2c2d2c2-|c6|+slide+[A3A3]c A2|F6[G2A]-|[A2A2]cA d2c2| dcde dcA2|cA G2AGEF|GAB2gg3|-g6b2-|bga2g4| {e}f2e3(f e2)|c3z C4-|C2(_E2=E)G E2|C4||

MANASSAS. American, Reel, or fast Country Blues (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Manassas" is from the repertoire of biography:Darley Fulks (1895-1990) (Wolfe County, east-central Kentucky), and is either a blues-based reel, or a fast country blues piece, depending on your point of view. The title is a place-name in Virginia, the site of two battles during the Civil War.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: - Field Recorders Collective FRC716, Darley Fulks - "Kentucky Wild Horse" (2015).

See also listing at:
Hear John Harrod's 1977 field recording of Darley Fulks playing "Manassas" at Slippery Hill [1] and at the Field Recorders Collective site [2]

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