Annotation:Piney Ridge

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X:1 T:Piney Ridge S:W.H. Stepp (1875-1957, Magoffin County, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:DDad tuning (fiddle), drone liberally. D:Library of Congress, W.H. Stepp (1937) Q:"Fast" F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/pretty-little-widow-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [D2A2]-|[D2A2]df e2AB|[d3d3]f edBd|[D2A2]df e2 de|f2A4[D2A2]-| [D2A2]df {ef}e2 de|{fg}[d3f3][df] [d2e2][d2f2|[A2a2][A2a2] dfed|[D2B2][D4A4]:| |:DE|F2F2 (E/F/E) DE|FAAB A4|[M:2/4]A2DE|[M:C|]F2F2 {EF}EDEF|A2 D4 DE| F2F2 (E/F/E) DE|FAAB A4|ABdB AGFG|A2D4:|]

PINEY RIDGE. AKA and see “Napoleon's Charge.” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. DDad tuning (fiddle). AABB. A variant of “Dry and Dusty (2),” from the playing of Kentucky fiddler W.H. Stepp (1875-1947), recorded in 1937 at Lakeville, Magoffin County, for the Library of Congress by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax (LC AFS 1569 A1). Jeff Titon (2001) notes the title appears in the tune lists of the 1915 Berea, Kentucky, fiddler's contest.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - William H. "Fiddler Bill" Stepp (Lakeville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1937) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 126, p. 153

Recorded sources: - Library of Congress AFS 01569 A01, W.H. Stepping (May, 1937). Dave Marshall, Andrea Cooper & Joel Bernstein - "Pleasant Hill" (2003).

See also listing at:
Hear the Lomax's 1937 field recording of Stepp at Berea Sound Archives [1], the Internet Archive [2], and at Slippery Hill [3][4]

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