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'''OLD BILLY HELL.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bingham is the sole source for this tune, says Titon (2001). | '''OLD BILLY HELL.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bingham is the sole source for this (slightly crooked) tune, says Titon (2001). 'Old Billy Hell' was a euphemism for the Devil, or hell itself, as in "we're goin' to raise Old Billy Hell," or "got drunker'n old billy hell." | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Estill Bingham (1899-1990, Pineville, Bell County, Ky., c. 1986) [Titon]. | ''Source for notated version'': Estill Bingham (1899-1990, Pineville, Bell County, Ky., c. 1986) [Titon]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Titon ('''Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 112, p. 140. | ''Printed sources'': Titon ('''Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 112, p. 140. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Clare Milliner & Walt Koken - "Just Tunes." Sheesham and Lotus - "Everytime" (2011).</font> | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Hear Estill Bingham fiddle the tune in a 1989 field recording by Bruce Greene at Berea Digital Archives [http://cdm15131.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15131coll4/id/1793]<br> | Hear Estill Bingham fiddle the tune in a 1989 field recording by Bruce Greene at Berea Digital Archives [http://cdm15131.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15131coll4/id/1793] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/ref/collection/berea/id/225]<br> | ||
Hear the tune played on banjo at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrAv1aM3RkI]<br> | Hear the tune played on banjo at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrAv1aM3RkI]<br> | ||
Hear/see the tune played by David Margolin and Yigal Zan on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwSWQVXsqB4]<br> | |||
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OLD BILLY HELL. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bingham is the sole source for this (slightly crooked) tune, says Titon (2001). 'Old Billy Hell' was a euphemism for the Devil, or hell itself, as in "we're goin' to raise Old Billy Hell," or "got drunker'n old billy hell."
Source for notated version: Estill Bingham (1899-1990, Pineville, Bell County, Ky., c. 1986) [Titon].
Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 112, p. 140.
Recorded sources: Clare Milliner & Walt Koken - "Just Tunes." Sheesham and Lotus - "Everytime" (2011).
See also listing at:
Hear Estill Bingham fiddle the tune in a 1989 field recording by Bruce Greene at Berea Digital Archives [1] and the Digital Library of Appalachia [2]
Hear the tune played on banjo at youtube.com [3]
Hear/see the tune played by David Margolin and Yigal Zan on youtube.com [4]