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X:1 T:Northeast Texas M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" D:Vocalion 5426, Luke Milner & Luke Curtis with the Magnolia Ramblers (1930) D:Document DOCD 8028, Milner & Curtis - "Mississippi String Bands vol. 2" D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/northeast-texas Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C E2-|EGED C2E2|[E2c2]AB [E2c2]D2-|DEDC B,2D2|d2Bc d2E2-| EGED C2E2|[E2c2]AB [E2c2][de]-|[ee]de2 g2e2|+slide+[E2c2]A [E2c2]:| |:gg|e2c2c2c2|Gc[Ec][Ec][E2c2]dc|BcBA G2[GB][GB]|GA[GB]G [G2B2]gg| eged c2c2|Gc[Ec][Ec][E2c2](e-a-|a)aab age2|+slide+[E3c3][EA]-[E2c2]:|



NORTHEAST TEXAS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of "Wagoner (1)," from the twin fiddling of Luke Milner and Luke Curtis, recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in February, 1930. The setting is close to "Wagoner (1)" as printed in Viola “Mom” Ruth's Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -Document 8028, Milner & Curtis - "Mississippi String Bands, vol. 2" (reissue recording, various artists). Musical Traditions MTCD104, Milner & Curtis - "Where the Southern Crosses the Dog" (reissue recording, various artists). Vocalion 5426, Luke Milner & Luke Curtis with the Magnolia Ramblers (1930).

See also listing at:
Hear Milner & Curti's recording on youtube.com [1], and at Slippery Hill [2]



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