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Originally a mandolin piece. The Roane County Ramblers fiddler Jimmy McCarroll called the melody "Georgia Fox Trot," but the tune was issued by Columbia under the 'Alabama' title, | ---------- | ||
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|f_annotation='''ALABAMA TROT.''' American, Originally a mandolin piece. The Roane County Ramblers fiddler Jimmy McCarroll called the melody "Georgia Fox Trot," but the tune was issued by Columbia under the 'Alabama' title, probably to appear as a fresh tune but retaining the link to the then-popular fox trot dance. McCarroll learned the tune originally from a mandolin piece<ref>Tony Russell Old Time Music No. 8, Spring 1973, p. 8.</ref>. Kerry Blech traces modern popularity of the tune to Major Contay and the Canebreak Rattlers who played the tune a lot in the 1970's, and to Blech's own Ohio band, the Rhythm Gorrillas, in the 1980's. Blech himself helped popularize it on the west coast when he moved there. | |||
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|f_recorded_sources=Columbia 15570-D (78 RPM), The Road County Ramblers (1929). County 403, Roane County Ramblers (East Tenn.., featuring "Uncle" Jimmy McCarroll on fiddle) - "Complete Recordings 1928-29" {1971. Originally recorded 1929 on Columbia 15570}. County CD 3511, The Roane County Ramblers - "Rural String Bands of Tennessee" (1997). | |||
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ALABAMA TROT. American, Originally a mandolin piece. The Roane County Ramblers fiddler Jimmy McCarroll called the melody "Georgia Fox Trot," but the tune was issued by Columbia under the 'Alabama' title, probably to appear as a fresh tune but retaining the link to the then-popular fox trot dance. McCarroll learned the tune originally from a mandolin piece[1]. Kerry Blech traces modern popularity of the tune to Major Contay and the Canebreak Rattlers who played the tune a lot in the 1970's, and to Blech's own Ohio band, the Rhythm Gorrillas, in the 1980's. Blech himself helped popularize it on the west coast when he moved there.
- ↑ Tony Russell Old Time Music No. 8, Spring 1973, p. 8.