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RAILROAD(ING) THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. | '''RAILROAD(ING) THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips): AABCC (Titon). Source Jim Bowles [http://www.oldtimemusic.com/FHOFBowles.html] (1903-1993) learned the tune from his uncle, Wash Carter, who called it “[[Goin' Down to Shirley's]],” according to Jeff Titon (2001). The tune is related to a large tune family that includes “[[Cricket on the Hearth]],” “[[Damon's Window]]/[[Damon's Winder]],” “[[Devil in Georgia (2) (The)]],” “[[Grand Hornpipe (1)]],” “[[Marmaduke's Hornpipe]],” “[[Mud Fence]],” “[[Ride the Goat over the Mountain]],” "[[Rocky Mountain Goat]],” “[[Swiss Chalet]]." | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Jim Bowles (Rock Bridge, Monroe County, Kentucky, 1959) [Phillips, Titon]; George Reynolds [Silberberg]. | ''Source for notated version'': Jim Bowles (Rock Bridge, Monroe County, Kentucky, 1959) [Phillips, Titon]; George Reynolds [Silberberg]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 194. Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 124. Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 133, p. 160. | ''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 194. Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 124. Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 133, p. 160. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly - "Forked Deer" (1986. Learned from a field recording of Ky. fiddler Jim Bowles). Marimac 9060, Jim Bowles - "Railroading Through the Rocky Mountains." Meriweather 1001-2, Jim Bowles (et al) – “I Kind of Believe it’s a Gift“ (c. 1986).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly - "Forked Deer" (1986. Learned from a field recording of Ky. fiddler Jim Bowles). Marimac 9060, Jim Bowles - "Railroading Through the Rocky Mountains." Meriweather 1001-2, Jim Bowles (et al) – “I Kind of Believe it’s a Gift“ (c. 1986).</font> | ||
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Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/r01.htm#Raiththr]<br> | |||
Hear D.K. Wilgus's 1959 field recording of Jim Bowles playing the tune at the Digital Library of Appalachia [http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/ref/collection/berea/id/305] and at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/railroad-through-rocky-mountains]<br> | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:37, 6 May 2019
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RAILROAD(ING) THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips): AABCC (Titon). Source Jim Bowles [1] (1903-1993) learned the tune from his uncle, Wash Carter, who called it “Goin' Down to Shirley's,” according to Jeff Titon (2001). The tune is related to a large tune family that includes “Cricket on the Hearth,” “Damon's Window/Damon's Winder,” “Devil in Georgia (2) (The),” “Grand Hornpipe (1),” “Marmaduke's Hornpipe,” “Mud Fence,” “Ride the Goat over the Mountain,” "Rocky Mountain Goat,” “Swiss Chalet."
Source for notated version: Jim Bowles (Rock Bridge, Monroe County, Kentucky, 1959) [Phillips, Titon]; George Reynolds [Silberberg].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 194. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 124. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 133, p. 160.
Recorded sources: Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly - "Forked Deer" (1986. Learned from a field recording of Ky. fiddler Jim Bowles). Marimac 9060, Jim Bowles - "Railroading Through the Rocky Mountains." Meriweather 1001-2, Jim Bowles (et al) – “I Kind of Believe it’s a Gift“ (c. 1986).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear D.K. Wilgus's 1959 field recording of Jim Bowles playing the tune at the Digital Library of Appalachia [3] and at Slippery Hill [4]