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---- | |f_annotation='''TUGBOAT.''' American, Reel (cut time). USA; West Virginia, Virginia, Nebraska Oklahoma, Texas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Christeson, Phillips): AA'BBC (Frets). Charles Wolfe (1997) states Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975) first recorded the tune (in 1929 for Brunswick with his nephew and accompanist, Luches Kessinger, on guitar. The duo was billed as the 'Kessinger Brothers' by the label. Other fiddlers learned the tune from Kessinger’s recording, among them Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson, who was instrumental in inserting the melody into the Texas contest tune repertoire where it remains a popular piece. “Tugboat” was in the repertoire of Missouri fiddler Cyril Stinnett, learned perhaps from [[biography:Bob Walters]] (1889-1960), who probably learned it from the Kessinger Brothers’ Brunswick record (Christeson, 1984). | ||
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'''TUGBOAT.''' American, Reel (cut time). USA; West Virginia, Virginia, Nebraska Oklahoma, Texas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Christeson, Phillips): AA'BBC (Frets). Charles Wolfe (1997) states Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975) first recorded the tune (in 1929 for Brunswick with his nephew and accompanist, Luches Kessinger, on guitar. The duo was billed as the 'Kessinger Brothers' by the label. Other fiddlers learned the tune from Kessinger’s recording, among them Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson, who was instrumental in inserting the melody into the Texas contest tune repertoire where it remains a popular piece. “Tugboat” was in the repertoire of Missouri fiddler Cyril Stinnett, learned perhaps from [[biography:Bob Walters]] (1889-1960), who probably learned it from the Kessinger Brothers’ Brunswick record (Christeson, 1984). | |||
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The tune was also in the repertoire of West Virginia fiddler [[Wikipedia:Edden_Hammons]] (1875-1955), who played it in standard tuning. See also the related "[[Jullianne Flannigan]]," “[[Ladies on the Steamboat]], "[[Sally will You Marry Me]]" and the similar “[[Sandy River Belle (2)]].” | The tune was also in the repertoire of West Virginia fiddler [[Wikipedia:Edden_Hammons]] (1875-1955), who played it in standard tuning. See also the related "[[Jullianne Flannigan]]," “[[Ladies on the Steamboat]], "[[Sally will You Marry Me]]" and the similar “[[Sandy River Belle (2)]].” | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Clark Kessinger (West Virginia.) [Christeson]; Mark O'Connor and Benny Thomasson (Texas) [Phillips]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2'''), 1984; p. 75. Stephen F. Davis ('''The Devil's Box'''), vol. l4, No. 4, Dec. 1980; p. 31. '''Frets Magazine''', "Byron Berline: The Fiddle," June, 1988; p. 55. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 244. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Brunswick Records 315 (78 RPM), Kessinger Brothers (1929). Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Bob Walters (1889-1960) - "Drunken Wagoneer." Sound Archives SA-2, "The Edden Hammons Collection, vol. 2." Sugar Hill Records 3750, Byron Berline & John Hickman "Double Trouble." Edden Hammons Collection, Disc 2. | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/t11.htm#Tug]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/t11.htm#Tug]<br> | |||
Hear Edden Hammons' 1947 field recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/tugboat]<br> | Hear Edden Hammons' 1947 field recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/tugboat]<br> | ||
Hear Bob Walters (Neb.) 1951 home recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/tugboat-0]<br> | Hear Bob Walters (Neb.) 1951 home recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/tugboat-0]<br> | ||
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TUGBOAT. American, Reel (cut time). USA; West Virginia, Virginia, Nebraska Oklahoma, Texas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Christeson, Phillips): AA'BBC (Frets). Charles Wolfe (1997) states Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975) first recorded the tune (in 1929 for Brunswick with his nephew and accompanist, Luches Kessinger, on guitar. The duo was billed as the 'Kessinger Brothers' by the label. Other fiddlers learned the tune from Kessinger’s recording, among them Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson, who was instrumental in inserting the melody into the Texas contest tune repertoire where it remains a popular piece. “Tugboat” was in the repertoire of Missouri fiddler Cyril Stinnett, learned perhaps from biography:Bob Walters (1889-1960), who probably learned it from the Kessinger Brothers’ Brunswick record (Christeson, 1984).
The tune was also in the repertoire of West Virginia fiddler Wikipedia:Edden_Hammons (1875-1955), who played it in standard tuning. See also the related "Jullianne Flannigan," “Ladies on the Steamboat, "Sally will You Marry Me" and the similar “Sandy River Belle (2).”
