'''EVENING SHADE'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Tennessee. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A slower tempo than the usual breakdown speed. On a home recording by Arthur Smith's son Ernest the tune is entitled "Evening Shade Falling," though on Smith's LP it is listed simply as "Evening Shade."
|f_annotation='''EVENING SHADE'''. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Tennessee. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is credited to Arthur Smith (1898-1971), born in Humphreys County, middle-eastern Tennessee, and is a slower tempo than the usual breakdown speed, and a change of pace from the usual blazingly fast Arthur Smith breakdowns. On a home recording by Arthur Smith's son, Ernest, the tune is entitled "Evening Shade Falling," although on Smith's LP it is listed simply as "Evening Shade." [[File:arthursmith.jpg|290px|thumb|left|Arthur Smith]]
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|f_source_for_notated_version=Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (Tenn.) [Milliner/Koken, Phillips].
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|f_printed_sources=Stephen F. Davis ('''Devil's Box'''), vol. 24, No. 2, Summer 1990; p. 51. Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 189. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 48.
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|f_recorded_sources= Field Recorders Collective FRC-403, "Lonnie Seymour" (2015. Ohio-based fiddler). Folkways FTS-31007, The McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith - "Milk 'Em in the Evenin' Blues" (1968).
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|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/e03.htm#Eveshisf]<br>
''Source for notated version'': Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (Tenn.) [Phillips].
Hear Arthur Smith's recording at Slippery Hill [http://slippery-hill.com/M-K/GDAE/G/EveningShade.mp3] and at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JN4bSfjago]<br>
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See banjo tab at taterjoes.com [http://taterjoes.com/banjo/EveningShade.pdf]<br>
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''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes'''), vol. 2, 1995; p. 48.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Folkways, The McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith - "Milk 'Em in the Evenin' Blues" (1968)</font>
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See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/e03.htm#Eveshisf]<br>
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EVENING SHADE. American, Reel (cut time). USA, Tennessee. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is credited to Arthur Smith (1898-1971), born in Humphreys County, middle-eastern Tennessee, and is a slower tempo than the usual breakdown speed, and a change of pace from the usual blazingly fast Arthur Smith breakdowns. On a home recording by Arthur Smith's son, Ernest, the tune is entitled "Evening Shade Falling," although on Smith's LP it is listed simply as "Evening Shade." Arthur Smith
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (Tenn.) [Milliner/Koken, Phillips].
Printed sources : - Stephen F. Davis (Devil's Box), vol. 24, No. 2, Summer 1990; p. 51. Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 189. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 48.
Recorded sources : - Field Recorders Collective FRC-403, "Lonnie Seymour" (2015. Ohio-based fiddler). Folkways FTS-31007, The McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith - "Milk 'Em in the Evenin' Blues" (1968).
See also listing at : Jane Keefer's Folk Music: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Arthur Smith's recording at Slippery Hill [2] and at youtube.com [3]
See banjo tab at taterjoes.com [4]
