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X:1 T:Tuscaloosa Waltz C:Will E. Ray M:3/4 L:1/8 D: Victor 23552 (78 RPM), The Ray Brothers (1931, Recorded Nov., 1930, D:in Memphis, Tenn.). D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPpcWpc0GG0 D:Rounder 0175, James Bryan - "Lookout Blues" (1983) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/tuscaloosa-waltz Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C P:A [G,E][G,G]|[G,2E2][G,2D2][G,E][G,G]|c2B2-AG|E6-|E2 ((3G,A,B, C)D|E2[G,2D2]EG| c2B2-AG|F4- FG|F2- FE- FF|F2 ((3EFE) D2|[D6B6]-| [D4B4]((3[G,D][G,E][G,F])|([G,G]A) G2 [D2A2] BG |([DA][Ec]-[E4c4])|[E2c2]-[Ec][G,D]- [G,E][G,G]| [G,2E2][G,2D2][G,E][G,G]|c2B2-AG|E6-|E2 EGA2|([DA][Ec]-[E4c4])|[D2_B2]-[DB]c B2| [A6A6]|[A2A2]-[AA]G FG|A2c2fa|[Be]-[Bg]- [B3g3]a|[B4g4]([Be]<[Bf])| [c2e2]-[ce]d- dB|G2 BF d2|([DA][Ec]-[E4c4])|[E3c3]|| P:B c ef|g2 ef ge|a2g2e2|d3 e dc|A4 (3ABc| d2c2d2|g2 ec d2|e[c2e2]- [c4e4]|[Ae]-[ce]- [ce]c ec|g2 ef ge| a2gd e2|d3 e dc|A2- A[(DA]- [DB]A)|G2B2d2|[B2g2]- [Bg][Ae]- [A2f2]| +slide+[e2e2][ee]d- dc|G2 BF d2| ([DA][Ec]-[E4c4])|[E3c3]||



The Ray Brothers
TUSCALOOSA WALTZ. American, Waltz (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. "Tuscaloosa Waltz" The tune was composed by Chester, Choctaw County, Mississippi, fiddler Will E. Ray, one half of the group The Ray Brothers, along with his brother Vardman on guitar (although there were other brothers in the family as well). The Ray Brothers recorded ten sides in Memphis, Tennessee, on two different dates (months apart) in 1930.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - James Bryan (Ala.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (Devil's Box), vol. 26, No. 4, Winter 1992; p. 64. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 318.

Recorded sources : - Document 8028, The Mississippi Possum Hunters – “Mississippi String Bands, Vol. 2” (reissue). Rounder 0175, James Bryan ‑ "Lookout Blues" (1983. Learned from a 78 RPM recording by the Ray Brothers of Mississippi). Victor23552 (78 RPM), The Ray Brothers (1931).

See also listing at :
Hear James Bryan's 1983 recording at Slippery Hill [1]


Hear the Ray Brother's 1931 recording at youtube.com [2]


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