Annotation:Red Fox Waltz

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RED FOX WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. According to Vivian Williams during the 1960's the tune became popular for a time at the Weiser, Idaho, national fiddle contest, played and popularized by fiddlers originally from Missouri where it is a frequently heard waltz. Taylor McBain (1910–1994, Columbia, Missouri) has been singled out for having one of the finest renditions of the tune. The waltz has been attributed to fiddler Harold Allen (1925–2012), originally from Nebraska but who later lived in Oregon where he was active in the Idaho and Oregon old-time fiddlers' associations.

Source for notated version: Lonnie Robertson (Ozark County, Missouri) [Christeson]; Vivian Williams (Seattle, Washington) [Phillips].

Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; p. 145. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 299. Williams (The Mandolin Player's Pastime), 1992. Silberberg (Fiddle Tunes I Learned at the Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 126.

Recorded sources: American Heritage Music Corporation AH-4-1-4, Harold Allen – “Fiddling Around” (on the album Allen is credited with composing the tune). American Heritage Music Corporaton AH10-345, Virg Evans – "The Flying Fiddler" (1975). Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Cyril Stinnett (1912–1986, Mo.) – "Plain Old Time Fiddling." Voyager 323, Vivian Williams – “Fiddler.”

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
See/hear the tune played by Vivian and Phil Williams on youtube.com [2]
See Charlie Walden's standard notation transcription [3] and view his tutorial [4]
Hear Cecil Snow's recording at Slippery Hill [5]
Hear a field recording of Harold Allen playing the waltz at Weiser, Idaho, in 1966 [6] (courtesy Vivian & Phil Williams).

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