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X:1 T:West Virginia Special S:Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Vocalion 02566 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/west-virginia-special Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C ef|g^fga g=fed|cBcG EFGA|BABc BAGB|dccA GFED| [C2E2]g2-gage|cdcG EFGA|BABc BAGB|d2c4:| K:G {Bc}d4 d4|[d4g4] (b/a/g)-g2|ga2b a2fa|gfge dcBA| G2 de dcBc|d2g2 bage|(fa)ab affa|g2 (3agf g2 Bc| d^cde d=cBc|d2g2 bage|faab a2fa|gfge dcBA| [G2B2]de dcBc|dega bage|(fa)ab agfa|g4 =f/g/f- f2|| P:1st measure of first strain, immediately following the second strain (eg)gg- gage|

WEST VIRGINIA SPECIAL. American, Reel (cut time). C Major (1st part) & G Major (2nd part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A construct of Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975), pieced together from parts of different tunes. Recorded by him with accompaniment on guitar by his nephew Luches Kessinger (1906-1944) (recording as 'The Kessinger Brothers') on a 78 RPM for the Brunswick label.

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Recorded sources: -County 536, "The Kessinger Brothers" (1975). Document DOCD 8011, "Kessinger Brothers: Complete Works in Chronological Order, vol. 2 1929" (1997). Vocalion 02566 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929).

See also listing at:
Hear the Kessinger Brothers recording on youtube.com [1]
Hear the Kessinger Brothers recording at Slippery Hill [2][3]

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