View source for Annotation:Buckwheat Batter (2)

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|f_annotation='''BUCKWHEAT BATTER [2].'''  American, Canadian; Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is often credited to Don Messer, whose mid-20th century recording of the tune helped to popularize it in Canada and the United States. However, the tune was recorded in 1926 by Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio for Gennett records (with dance calls), and would appear to predate Messer's playing. 
|f_printed_sources=E.F. Adam ('''Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes'''), 1928; No. 13, p. 7. Craig Duncan ('''Complete Fiddling Tunes'''), 1990; p. 70.
|f_recorded_sources=Banff RBS 1055, Shamrocks - "Newfoundland Old Time Fiddle Music" (1957). Gennett 3291 (78 RPM), Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio (1926. Recorded in Richmond, Indiana.).  Rodeo RLP 38, Don Messer & His Islanders - "25th Anniversary Album" (1958). Banff RBS 1266/SBS 5266, "Canada's Don Messer and His Islanders" (1967. Reissue of Rodeo RLP 38).</span>
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Don Messer's recording at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzFYXRYRfsM]
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