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|f_annotation='''POOR BLACK SHEEP.''' AKA - "Po' Black Sheep." American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBBB or AAB'B'BB. Mike Seegar describes this piece as a 'six-part tune' from the Tennessee African-American duo of Nathan Frazier (fretless banjo) and Frank Patterson (fiddle), who recorded it in 1942 for Professor John Work in his home in Nashville (AFS 06679 A02). Frazier was a street musician and Patterson a veteran of earlier string bands; it is unclear how much the duo had played together before the 1942 recordings. See also the related “[[Ladies on the Steamboat]].” | |||
'''POOR BLACK SHEEP.''' AKA - "Po' Black Sheep." | |f_source_for_notated_version=Frank Patterson [Phillips]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 185. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Nonesuch Records, The Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Leaving Eden" (2012). Rounder CD0262, Mike Seeger - "Fresh Oldtime String Band Music" (1988). Spring Fed Records, Frazier & Patterson - "John Work III: Recording Black Culture" (2008). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/p06.htm#Pooblsh]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/p06.htm#Pooblsh]<br> | |||
Hear Frazier & Patterson's recording on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlrjyWMKRQE] and at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/po-black-sheep]<br> | Hear Frazier & Patterson's recording on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlrjyWMKRQE] and at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/po-black-sheep]<br> | ||
See/hear versions by Dom Flemons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ltJtX0DZU] and the Carolina Chocolate Drops [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Y6_Fc2-Aw] on youtube.com.<br> | See/hear versions by Dom Flemons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ltJtX0DZU] and the Carolina Chocolate Drops [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Y6_Fc2-Aw] on youtube.com.<br> | ||
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POOR BLACK SHEEP. AKA - "Po' Black Sheep." American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBBB or AAB'B'BB. Mike Seegar describes this piece as a 'six-part tune' from the Tennessee African-American duo of Nathan Frazier (fretless banjo) and Frank Patterson (fiddle), who recorded it in 1942 for Professor John Work in his home in Nashville (AFS 06679 A02). Frazier was a street musician and Patterson a veteran of earlier string bands; it is unclear how much the duo had played together before the 1942 recordings. See also the related “Ladies on the Steamboat.”
