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'''OLD DRAKE.''' Old-Time. The tonality wavers between A and D. AEae tuning (fiddle). The modal tune was apparently in the repertoire of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, fiddler [[biography:Edden Hammons]], however, the tune that appears on SA-2, "The Edden Hammons Collection, vol. 2" is "[[Big Fancy]]," which appears on the first volume of the collection (SA-1) under its correct title. It was in Hammons family tradition, however, as Burl Hammons played a version. "Old Drake" was in the repertoire of Dwight Diller [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9SeH8Zsqv0] (learned from Burl Hammons), and of the group The Raincrows and their fiddler Jimmy Triplett (Clay, West Virginia). There is also an old VHS video entitled: "The Old Drake: Traditional Music from the Mountains of East Central West Virginia Played on the Banjo and Fiddle: Visiting Dwight Diller with Jimmy Triplett."
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'''OLD DRAKE.''' American, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. ADae tuning (fiddle). AB. The modal tune was apparently in the repertoire of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, fiddler [[biography:Edden Hammons]]  (1875-1955), however, the "Old Drake" by Edden that appears on SA-2, "The Edden Hammons Collection, vol. 2" is "Big Fancy," a different tune that was included in the first volume of the collection (SA-1) under its correct title "[[Big Fancy]]". It was in Hammons family tradition, however, as Edden's nephew Burl Hammons (1908-1993) played a version. "Old Drake" was in the repertoire of Dwight Diller [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9SeH8Zsqv0] (learned from Burl Hammons), and of the group The Raincrows and their fiddler Jimmy Triplett (Clay, West Virginia). There is also an old VHS video entitled: "The Old Drake: Traditional Music from the Mountains of East Central West Virginia Played on the Banjo and Fiddle: Visiting Dwight Diller with Jimmy Triplett."
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Yew Pine Mountain Music, Dwight Diller - "Harvest" (1997).</font>
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -Yew Pine Mountain Music, Dwight Diller - "Harvest" (1997).</font>
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See also listing at:<br>
See also listing at:<br>
Hear Burl Hammons play the tune on fiddle at Slippery Hill [http://slippery-hill.com/M-K/ADAE/AMINOR/OldDrake.mp3]<br>
Hear Burl Hammons play the tune on fiddle at Slippery Hill [http://slippery-hill.com/M-K/ADAE/AMINOR/OldDrake.mp3]<br>
See Diller's clawhammer banjo tab [http://dwightdiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/C.-DLLR-TabBook-2006_07_31-page-numbers-correct.pdf]<br>
See Diller's clawhammer banjo tab [http://dwightdiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/C.-DLLR-TabBook-2006_07_31-page-numbers-correct.pdf]<br>
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OLD DRAKE. American, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. ADae tuning (fiddle). AB. The modal tune was apparently in the repertoire of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, fiddler biography:Edden Hammons (1875-1955), however, the "Old Drake" by Edden that appears on SA-2, "The Edden Hammons Collection, vol. 2" is "Big Fancy," a different tune that was included in the first volume of the collection (SA-1) under its correct title "Big Fancy". It was in Hammons family tradition, however, as Edden's nephew Burl Hammons (1908-1993) played a version. "Old Drake" was in the repertoire of Dwight Diller [1] (learned from Burl Hammons), and of the group The Raincrows and their fiddler Jimmy Triplett (Clay, West Virginia). There is also an old VHS video entitled: "The Old Drake: Traditional Music from the Mountains of East Central West Virginia Played on the Banjo and Fiddle: Visiting Dwight Diller with Jimmy Triplett."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -Yew Pine Mountain Music, Dwight Diller - "Harvest" (1997).

See also listing at:
Hear Burl Hammons play the tune on fiddle at Slippery Hill [2]
See Diller's clawhammer banjo tab [3]



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