Annotation:Robert's Serenade

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ROBERT'S SERENADE. American, Reel. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). A piece by fiddler Robert Sykes (1914-1994) of Surry County, North Carolina. Sykes was a farmer, carpenter and factory worker and operated a couple of Farmers' Cooperative Exchange stores in the 1960's, according to Marty McGee (Traditional Musicians of the Blue Ridge, 2000). He spent his retirement years in Surry County, settling in the community of Toast, near Mount Airy, where his neighbor, fiddler Tommy Jarrell, encouraged him to start playing again. Sykes played during to 1980's with community musicians and for performances on WPAQ, Mt. Airy. He died in November, 1994.
Robert Sykes (photo: Mike Yates)


Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: - Heritage 057, Robert Sykes and the Surry County Boys (1987). Rounder 0421, Bruce Molsky - “Big Hoedown” (1997).

See also listing at:
Hear Robert Skyes' recording at Slippery Hill [1]



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