X:1
T:Possum Hollow
S:The Stripling Brothers, Charlie (1896-1966) and Ira (1898-1967), west Alabama.
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:"Fast"
R:Country Rag
D:Decca 5018 (78 RPM), The Stripling Brothers (1934)
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/possum-hollow
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:F
(ef-|f2)d2 cd3|FAdA c2(ef-|f)cdd cd2 c-|cAcd e2+slide+e-|
ecdc- cAcA|ccd_e =e2+slide+e2-|1eded- dcd2|c6:|2 eded- dc A2|F6||
(EF-|F)Add cd2F-|FAdA c2(_E2|=E2)dd cd2(E|E)AdA c2(^d2|
e)ded- d(cd2)|c6 (EF-|F2)d2 cd2F-|FAdA c2(_E2|
=E2)dd cd2(E|E)AdA c2(^d2|e)ded- dc A2|[F6A6]||
POSSUM HOLLOW. AKA - "Possum Hollow Breakdown." Old-Time, Country Rag. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A fast, raggy, blues-tinged piece from the northwest Alabama group The Stripling Brothers [1], Charlie (1896-1966) and Ira (1898-1967), recorded in New York for Decca records in 1934. Lee Stripling, fiddler Charlie Stripling's son, also recorded the tune, but did not know anything about it other than it was played by his father. The Stripling Brothers (right) and the Freeman Brothers
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : -
Recorded sources: -Decca 5018 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (Ala.) {1934}. Document Records DOCD 8008, "The Stripling Brothers vol. 2 1934-1936." Voyager Records VRCD 349, Lee Stripling - "Hogs Picking up Acorns" (2000)
See also listing at:
Hear the Stripling Brother's 1934 recording on youtube.com [2][3] and at Slippery Hill [4]
