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|f_annotation='''MOCASSIN TWO-STEP.''' AKA - "Mi'kmaq Tune," "Mocassin Shuffle," "Old Mocassin Shuffle." Canadian, Two-Step (2/4 or 4/4 time). Canada, New Brunswick. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Moccasin Two-Step" is from the playing of Oscar "Joe" Robichaud (d. 1999), a fiddler from northern New Hampshire who, depending on the story, learned the tune from a Mi'kmaq trader, or he learned the tune from a trapper friend (or his father, by another account) who said he acquired it from a Native American (Mi'kmaq) musician in New Brunswick. The tune was untitled, so Robichaud invented the name "Mocassin Two-Step" for his version. Joe is related by marriage to the Riendeau family of Berlin, New Hampshire, who recorded an LP in the mid-1970's.
|f_annotation='''MOCCASIN TWO-STEP.''' AKA - "Mocassin Shuffle." Canadian, Two-Step." Canada, New Brunswick. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Moccasin Two-Step" is from the playing of the late Oscar "Joe" Robichaud (d. 1999), a fiddler from northern New Hampshire who learned the tune from a trapper friend (or his father, by another account) who said he acquired it from a Native American (Micmac Indian) musician in New Brunswick. The tune was untitled, so Robichaud invented the name "Moccasin Two-Step" for his version. Joe is related by marriage to the well-known Riendeau family of Berlin, New Hampshire.
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|f_printed_sources=Corfield ('''Tunes from New Brunswick'''), 2024; p. 82 (appears as "Mi'kmaq Tune").  
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|f_recorded_sources=Rounder Records CD 7016, Robichaud Brothers (Gerry & Bobby) - "Slippery Stick" (1996). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Oscar "Joe" Robichaud (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001).
|f_recorded_sources=Rounder Records CD 7016, Robichaud Brothers (Gerry & Bobby) - "Slippery Stick" (1996). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Oscar "Joe" Robichaud (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001).
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MOCASSIN TWO-STEP. AKA - "Mi'kmaq Tune," "Mocassin Shuffle," "Old Mocassin Shuffle." Canadian, Two-Step (2/4 or 4/4 time). Canada, New Brunswick. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Moccasin Two-Step" is from the playing of Oscar "Joe" Robichaud (d. 1999), a fiddler from northern New Hampshire who, depending on the story, learned the tune from a Mi'kmaq trader, or he learned the tune from a trapper friend (or his father, by another account) who said he acquired it from a Native American (Mi'kmaq) musician in New Brunswick. The tune was untitled, so Robichaud invented the name "Mocassin Two-Step" for his version. Joe is related by marriage to the Riendeau family of Berlin, New Hampshire, who recorded an LP in the mid-1970's.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 82 (appears as "Mi'kmaq Tune").  

Recorded sources : - Rounder Records CD 7016, Robichaud Brothers (Gerry & Bobby) - "Slippery Stick" (1996). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Oscar "Joe" Robichaud (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001).




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