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Sally Johnson (1)
X:1 T:Sally Johnson [1] N:From the playing of Eck Robertson (1887-1975, Borger, Texas) M:C L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" D:Victor 19372 (78 RPM), Eck Robertson (1924) D:Rounder CO 3515, "Eck Robertson: Old Time Texas Fiddler" (1998) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sally-johnson-0 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G [GA]-[G2B2]B AGEF|GABd ef[d2g2]|[GA]-[G2B2]B AGE2|DEGB A(G[G2B2])| ([GB]A)[GB][GB] AGEF|GABd efga|gedc BGAG|DEGB A(G[G2B2]):| |:[B3g3]a b-ab-a|gbag efge|dgga b-ab-a|gbag e2e2| dgga b-ab-a|g-bag e2e2|dgga b-ab-a|gbag efga| gedc BGAG|EFGB A(G[G2B2]):||
X:1
T:Sally Johnson [1]
S:Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
M:C|
L:1/8
N:Slurs are treated like slides
N:Smith ad libs a lot on the second part.
D: Folkways FWS31007, The McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith – “Milk ‘Em in the Evening Blues” (1968).
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
g-|:g2gg agag|bgbg agef|gfga gedc|BGAG EFGB|
g2gg agag|bgbg agef|gfga gedc|BGAG EG G2:|
|:(AB3) (AB3)|z2 z(A B)GEG|(AB3)-B2 dc|BGAG EG G2|
(AB2)(A B)GEG|(AB2)B AGEG|(AB3) gedc|BGAG EG G2:|]
X:1
T:Sally Johnson [1]
T:Sally Ann Johnson
N:From the playing of Arthur Smith (1898-1971, originally from Humphreys
N:County, western Tennessee).
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:The 'B' part is only given once here. Smith essentially "vamps" on the g-doublestop, returning
N:to the last measure and a half for resolution each time. The 'B' part is repeated at will.
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sally-ann-johnson-0
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
g2gg agag|bgbg agef|gfga gedc |BGAG EFGB|
g2gg agag|bgbg agef|gbga gedc|BGAG EG G2||
[G2_B2]-[G2=B2][G2_B2]-[G2=B2]|z2[G_B]-[G=B]- [GB]GEG|[G_B]-[G=B]-[G2B2] (BA)dc|BGAG EG G2||
X:1
T:Sally Ann Johnson [2]
T:Sally Johnson [1]
N:From the playing of Clark Kessinger (1896-1975,
N:Lincoln County, W.Va.) on a Galax, Va., concert
N:tape from 1966. Kessinger perhaps confused the titles "Sally
N:Johnson" and "Sally Ann Johnson," usually different tunes.
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:"Fast"
N:Kessinger is a very inventive fiddler and varies each part
N:of the tune every time he repeats it.
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sally-ann-johnson-1
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
gaga bgba|gbag edgd|egde gabg|agee e2d[dg]|
g2 ga bgba|gbag efga|gedB AGEG|DEGB A(G[G2B2]):|
[G2_B2]-[G6=B6]-|[G2B2][G_B]-[G=B] AGEG|[G2_B2]-[G6B6]| DEGB A(G[G2B2])|
[G_B]-[G2=B2]B AGEF|GABd efga|gedB AGEG|DEGB A(G[G2B2]):|]
X:1
T:Sally Johnson [1]
S:Uncle Dick Hutchison (Disney, OK)
M:C|
L:1/8
D:Old Time Fiddling from the State of Oklahoma
N:Play ABCB
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
g2ga baba|gedg edg>d|g2ga baba|gedg ed[d2g2]|
{e}[d3g3]a (ba)(ba)|gedg ed[d2g2]|{e}g3a gedc|BGAG EGAB|[M:2/4]A G3:|
[M:C|](AB2)d BAGE|DEGA Bd3|+slide+B2 +slide+B2 AGEG|DEGB AG3|
+slide+B2 +slide+B2 AGEG|DEGA Bdef|gfed BGAG|DEGB A G3||
G2[d2g2][d3g3]a|gedg ed3|([de][d3g3])-[d2g2]-[dg][dg]|[d4g4]-[dg] e[d2g2]|[e6a6]d2-|
dega g2a|gedg ed3|G3E DCB,A,|G,2GB AG3|
G2[d2g2][d3g3]a|gedg ed[d2g2]|eg2a b2g2-|g4- g(ed2)|[e6a6]d2 -|
dega b4|abag edBd|eg2a gedc|BGAG EGAB|[M:2/4]A G3:|]
X:1
T:Sally Johnson
S:Jack Harris (mid-20th century, Jefferson, Harrison County, East Texas)
M:C|
L:1/8
N:Play ABBCCBB
D:Old Time Fiddlers Repertory (LP, 1973)
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
DEGB AGEF|GABd efge|dBGB AGEG|DEGB AG3|
([GA][G3B3])AGEF|GABd efga|gedB AGEG|DEGB A G3:|
|:g3a baba|gbag efge|d2ga baba|gbag e2ge|
g3a baba|gedg edga|gedB AGEG|DEGB A G3:|
|:([GA][G3B3])[G4B4]|[G3B3]B AGEG|([GA][G2B2])[GB] [G2B2][G2B2]|DEGB A G3|
DEGB AGEF|GABd efgb|gedB AGEG|DEGB A G3:|
X:1
T:Sally Johnson [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 33, No. 3, Fall 1999 (p. 26)
N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy based on the playing of an unknown
N:fiddler at a 1960's Texas fiddle contest. Maloy identifies it as
N:derived from the version by Solomon and Hughes
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|:"G"GABG AGED|GABd edge|dBGB AGEG|DEGB "D7"AGED|
"G"GABG AGED|GABd efga|gedB AGEG|1 "D7"DEGB "G"AEGD:|2 "D7"DEGB "G"AEG2||
|:"G"dega bd'ba|gedg edge|dega bd'ba|gedg "Em"e2 ge|
"G"dega bd'ba |gedg edge|dBGB AGEG|"D7"DEGB "G"AEG2:|
|:{A}"G"[G6B6] [G2B2]|{A}[G3B3][GB] AGEG|[G4B4] {A}[G2B2][G2B2]|"D7"DEGB "G"AGED|
"G"GABG AGED|GABd efga|gedB AGEG|"D7"DEGB "G"AEG2:|
"G"eg2a g3e|gedg edg2|eg2a g3e|ged2 "Em"e4|
"G"eg2a g3e|gedg edg2|EFGE DCB,A,|"D7"DEGB "G"AEG2|
"G"eg2a g3e|gedg ed g2|eg2a b3e|ged2 "Em"e4-|
"G"e2ga b3a|bagd efge|DEGB AGEG|"D7"DEGB "G"AEGE||
|:"G"GABG AGED|GABd edge|dBGB AGEG|DEGB "D7"AGED|
"G"GABG AGED|GABd efga|gedB AGEG|1 "D7"DEGB "G"AEGD:|2"D7"DEGB "G"AE G2||
|:"G"B,4- B,A,G,A,|B,CDG EFGE|A,B,D2 B,A,G,A,|B,A,B,G, "D7"A,3B,|
"G"G,A,B,C B,A,G,A,|"G"B,CDG EFGE|DB,DG EFGA|1 "D7"BGAF "G"G3:|2 "D7"BGAF "G"G3||