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'''BILL CHEATUM [1]'''. AKA – "Bill Cheatem," "Bill Cheatham," "Cheatum," "Cheat 'Em," "Old Bill Cheatum." | |f_annotation='''BILL CHEATUM [1]'''. AKA – "Bill Cheatem," "Bill Cheatham," "Cheatum," "Cheat 'Em," "Old Bill Cheatum." American, Reel (cut time). USA, widely known. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Kaufman). Krassen and others note this is a common fiddle tune throughout the Southern part of the United States, where it probably originated (Christeson says he did not hear the tune in Missouri until the mid-1940's). The title ("Old Bill Cheatum") appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. The tune was a fiddle contest "category" tune in 1899 in Gallatin, Tenn.—each fiddler would play a version, with the best rendition being awarded a prize (C. Wolfe, '''The Devil's Box''', vol. 14, No. 4, 12/1/80). The earliest sound recording of the tune is by Texas fiddler Eck Robertson, in 1922, played as part of his "Brilliancy Medley." The Allen Brothers recorded it as "Cheat 'Em," as did the Dallas, Texas-based Red Headed Fiddlers. Tennessee's "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith" recorded it in 1940. | ||
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Some note similarities with [[Charter_Oak]] {{#info: | |||
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</score>|service}} a reel printed in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883). | |||
Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozarks Fiddle Music'''), 2008; p. 171. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Floyd Smith (Cole County, Missouri) [Christeson]: Max Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]: Krassen credits the Texas based Red Headed Fiddlers and Henry Reed (Va.) for the version he gives in his book: A.L. Steeley & the Red Headed Fiddlers [Kaufman]; Glen Bilyeu (1919–1977, Taney County, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozarks Fiddle Music'''), 2008; p. 171. | |||
Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 41. | Brody ('''Fiddler's Fakebook'''), 1983; p. 41. | ||
R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1'''), 1973; No. 34, p. 24. | R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1'''), 1973; No. 34, p. 24. | ||
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Silberberg ('''93 Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern'''), 2004; p. 5. | Silberberg ('''93 Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern'''), 2004; p. 5. | ||
Thede ('''The Fiddle Book'''), 1967; p. 103 (appears as "Bill Cheatem"). | Thede ('''The Fiddle Book'''), 1967; p. 103 (appears as "Bill Cheatem"). | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Alcazar Dance Series ALC 202, Sandy Bradley – "Potluck & Dance Tonite!" (1979). | |||
Brunswick 470 (78 RPM), Red Headed Fiddlers (1929). | |||
County 515, Red Headed Fiddlers - "Mountain Banjo Songs & Tunes" (1968). | |||
Alcazar Dance Series ALC 202, Sandy Bradley – "Potluck & Dance Tonite!" (1979). | |||
Brunswick 470 (78 RPM), Red Headed | |||
County 515, "Mountain Banjo Songs | |||
County 542, Blind Joe Mangrum (b. 1853, Paducah, Ky.) – "Nashville: the Early String Bands, vol. 2" (originally recorded in 1928 for Victor). | County 542, Blind Joe Mangrum (b. 1853, Paducah, Ky.) – "Nashville: the Early String Bands, vol. 2" (originally recorded in 1928 for Victor). | ||
County 719, Kenny Baker – "Portrait of a Bluegrass Fiddler" (1968). | County 719, Kenny Baker – "Portrait of a Bluegrass Fiddler" (1968). | ||
Document DOCD-8038 Red Headed Fiddlers - "Texas Fiddle Bands, vol. 1" (1998). | |||
Folkways 2492, New Lost City Ramblers – "String Band Instrumentals" (1964. Learned from recordings of the Red Headed Fiddler and Eck Robertson). | Folkways 2492, New Lost City Ramblers – "String Band Instrumentals" (1964. Learned from recordings of the Red Headed Fiddler and Eck Robertson). | ||
Front Hall 010, Fennigs All Star String Band – "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again." | Front Hall 010, Fennigs All Star String Band – "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again." | ||
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Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend – "Le Violin/The Fiddle." | Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend – "Le Violin/The Fiddle." | ||
Victor 40298A (78 RPM), Eck Robertson – "Brilliancy Medley." | Victor 40298A (78 RPM), Eck Robertson – "Brilliancy Medley." | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b07.htm#Bilch]<br> | |||
Hear the Red Headed Fiddlers 1929 recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cheat-em] and youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SepsDZsD8I]<br> | |||
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Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/b07.htm#Bilch]<br> | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:19, 2 December 2022
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BILL CHEATUM [1]. AKA – "Bill Cheatem," "Bill Cheatham," "Cheatum," "Cheat 'Em," "Old Bill Cheatum." American, Reel (cut time). USA, widely known. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Kaufman). Krassen and others note this is a common fiddle tune throughout the Southern part of the United States, where it probably originated (Christeson says he did not hear the tune in Missouri until the mid-1940's). The title ("Old Bill Cheatum") appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. The tune was a fiddle contest "category" tune in 1899 in Gallatin, Tenn.—each fiddler would play a version, with the best rendition being awarded a prize (C. Wolfe, The Devil's Box, vol. 14, No. 4, 12/1/80). The earliest sound recording of the tune is by Texas fiddler Eck Robertson, in 1922, played as part of his "Brilliancy Medley." The Allen Brothers recorded it as "Cheat 'Em," as did the Dallas, Texas-based Red Headed Fiddlers. Tennessee's "Fiddlin' Arthur Smith" recorded it in 1940.
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