Annotation:Flannery's Dream: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (22 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{TuneAnnotation | |||
|f_annotation='''FLANNERY'S DREAM'''. AKA - "[[Son of Hober]]." American, Reel (cut time). A Minor/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). The reel, according to John Hartford, was very popular in the Big Sandy River valley (the Big Sandy is a tributary of the Ohio river and, for its entire length, marks the border between West Virginia and northern Kentucky. It is an archaic-sounding modal tune and was in the repertories of older regional east Kentucky fiddlers. There are several variants of "Flannery's Dream, variously more or less distanced from one another, played sometimes under the title "Flander's Dream" (although there are also different tunes by that name, one in the key of 'C') or as "Flandery's Dream." It was in the repertoire of regionally influential fiddler Ed Haley (1885-1951) according to northeast Kentucky fiddler J.P. Fraley<ref>As reported by John Hartford with his transcription in '''The Devil's Box'''. </ref> (1923-2011). Warner Walton tells the (rather apocryphal) story that Flannery was a Revolutionary War fiddler who was under a sentence of death. The commanding officer, knowing he could play, agreed to set him free if Flannery could play him a tune he hadn't heard. Flannery dreamt this tune the night before his scheduled execution. John Hartford pointed out that Flannery may have been a Civil War figure rather than a Revolutionary War soldier, and, in any case, the story is quite similar to one told about West Virginia's Solly Carpenter (see note for "[[annotation:Camp Chase (2)]]"). Hartford notes the Flannery family is a large and old one from Elliott County, Kentucky. Another common story attached to the tune (and told by Alva Greene, for one) is that a man named Flannery dreamed this tune and won a contest with it (Hartford, 1996). Folklorist Steve Green related another apocryphal story he had from collector Bruce Greene about a contest between Kentucky fiddlers J.W. Day and Jim Flannery to see who would run out of tunes first. Evening wore into night without a clear winner, and, too exhausted to play any more the pair went to sleep. While dozing, Flannery had a dream about being chased by a bear playing a tune. Flannery, upon waking, recalled the tune and called it "Flannery's Dream," promptly played it and was declared the victor in the competition. Kentucky fiddler Alva Greene had a similar story with different fiddling protagonists: Wade Flannery<ref>??Wade Houston Flannery (1837-1901, Scott, southwestern Va.??) </ref> and Alva's uncle Jimmie Greene were the contestants, with Wade dreaming the tune and playing it the next morning to best his rival<ref>John Harrod & Mark Wilson, liner notes to FRC 731, "Along the Ohio's Shores", 2003. </ref>. | |||
</ | |||
- | |||
< | |||
< | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</ | Bluegrass multi-instumentalist Ricky Skaggs (who learned the tune from Santford Kelly) recorded a version of the reel calling it "Son of Hober," in honor of his father, however, the tune has currency among bluegrass musicians as "Flannery's Dream," apparently popularized by Skaggs. Alva Greene's version is recognizable as a precursor to the bluegrass version. | ||
</ | <br /> | ||
<br /> | |||
Spaw's Creek, Morgan County, east Kentucky, fiddler Santford Kelly (1898-1973) was recorded by Peter Hoover playing the tune when the fiddler was in his 60's, but still playing strongly. His version, albeit rather 'crooked' (irregularly metered), has become the most influential of the many versions of the tune, and was Kelly's signature tune. Reclusive Fleming/Bath County, northeast Kentucky, fiddler Warner Walton also had an excellent version that came serendipitously to light. Collector John Harrod heard of Walton from northeast Kentucky fiddlers who were more accessible, and with whom he had formed a relationship. He sought out Walton, hoping to get his permission to make some field recordings, and finally found him; but the man was reticent and denied to Harrod that he had ever been able to play the fiddle. Harrod could only make the best of it and went away empty handed A few years later, however, another local fiddler, Alfred Bailey, whom Harrod had recorded and kept in touch with, passed along three reels of tape, saying that Warner consented to let Harrod have them. He was never recorded in person by field collectors, but the three tapes he sent to Harrod reveal a fiddler of exceptional talent. | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Transcribed by John Hartford from the playing of Kentucky fiddler Warner Walton, from a tape given to him by Gus Meade ['''Devil's Box''']; Emma Lee Dickerson (1923-2001, Ashland, Ky.) [Beisswenger & Andrade]; Santford Kelly [Milliner & Koken]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Beisswenger & Andrade ('''Appalachian Fiddle Tunes'''), 2021; p. 54. Stephen F. Davis ('''Devil's Box'''), vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 1995; p. 15. Clare Milliner & Walt Koken ('''The Milliner Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 204. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Berea AC007, Roger Cooper (Garrison, Ky.) - "Snakewinder." County CD 2714, Brad Leftwich - "Say Old Man." Field Recorders Collective FRC503, "Santford Kelly" (2005). Field Recorders Collective FRC731, Emma Lee Dickerson - "Along the Ohio's Shores" (2003). Rounder 0151, Ricky Skaggs (appears as "Son of Hober," a title which honors Skaggs' father). Rounder 0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush (and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard)" {1996. Learned from Ricky Skaggs who learned it from Sanford Kelly}. Rounder Records 036, Alva Greene (et al) - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers." CO 2714, Brad Leftwich & Linda Higginbotham - "Say Old Man." Rounder Records 0215, James Bryan - "The First of May." Shanachie Records 6040, Gerry Milnes & Lorriane Lee Hammond - "Hell Up Coal Holler" (1999. Learned from an old Kentucky fiddler, Santford Kelly). Yodel-Ay-Hee YOD 011, Bruce Molsky - "Warring Cats." Gerry Milnes - "Old Time Music." Robin Kessinger - "Road Kessinger." The Kessingers - "Roots and Branches." Blue Road - "Its Been a Long Road." | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/f04.htm#Fladr]<br />Hear Kentucky fiddler Santford Kelly's field recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/flannerys-dream] and at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3817]<br />Hear West Virginia fiddler Gerry Milnes' 1987 concert recording at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/2712]<br />Hear fiddler Glen Fannin's (Magoffin County, Ky.) field recording by Bruce Greene at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/1225]<br /> | |||
Hear fiddler Warner Walton's home recording at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3835]<br /> | |||
Hear Ky. fiddler Emma Lee Dickerson's 1974 field recording by Barbara Kunkle at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/flannerys-dream-0]<br> | |||
|f_tune_annotation_title=https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Flannery's_Dream > | |||
}} | |||
---------- | |||
------------- | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/f04.htm#Fladr]<br></ | |||
<br> | |||
--- | |||
< | |||
Latest revision as of 00:26, 3 August 2021
X:1 T:Flannery's Dream N:From the playing of Spaw's Creek, near West Liberty Morgan County, east N:Kentucky, fiddler and banjo player Santford Kelly (1898-1973), N:recorded in the field by John Harrod. M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" R:Reel D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3817 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Ador V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] +slide+[A2A2][A2A2]||SAGED CEDC|A,G,A,C A,2[A,E][A,E]|([EA]G)E-D CEDC|A,G,[A,E][A,E] [A,2E2][A,E][A,E]| ([EA]G)E-D CEDC|A,G,[A,E]-[CE] [A,2E2][A,E][A,E]|([EA]G)E-D CEDG|E+slide+[A2A2][AA] [A2A2][AA]A| AGED CEDC|A,G,A,C [A,3E3][A,E] [A,2E2]||[A2A2]-|[AA]A[A=c]-[A^c][A2A2][A2^c2]|[M:5/4]A([A2^c2]d) [d2e2]-[e4e4]| +slide+[e4e4] +slide+[e4e4] ([de][^ce]) A2 GB|[M:3/2]A-^c2-d[e2e2]([ee]d) =c-AG-A|[M:C|] [A2A2][AA][AA] [A2A2][GA]-| [A3A3][A=c]-[A2d2]+slide+[e2e2]-|[M:5/4][ee]d e2 a3a- ab |[M:C|]a2g2e2d2|=cAGc A2 ABS||
FLANNERY'S DREAM. AKA - "Son of Hober." American, Reel (cut time). A Minor/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). The reel, according to John Hartford, was very popular in the Big Sandy River valley (the Big Sandy is a tributary of the Ohio river and, for its entire length, marks the border between West Virginia and northern Kentucky. It is an archaic-sounding modal tune and was in the repertories of older regional east Kentucky fiddlers. There are several variants of "Flannery's Dream, variously more or less distanced from one another, played sometimes under the title "Flander's Dream" (although there are also different tunes by that name, one in the key of 'C') or as "Flandery's Dream." It was in the repertoire of regionally influential fiddler Ed Haley (1885-1951) according to northeast Kentucky fiddler J.P. Fraley[1] (1923-2011). Warner Walton tells the (rather apocryphal) story that Flannery was a Revolutionary War fiddler who was under a sentence of death. The commanding officer, knowing he could play, agreed to set him free if Flannery could play him a tune he hadn't heard. Flannery dreamt this tune the night before his scheduled execution. John Hartford pointed out that Flannery may have been a Civil War figure rather than a Revolutionary War soldier, and, in any case, the story is quite similar to one told about West Virginia's Solly Carpenter (see note for "annotation:Camp Chase (2)"). Hartford notes the Flannery family is a large and old one from Elliott County, Kentucky. Another common story attached to the tune (and told by Alva Greene, for one) is that a man named Flannery dreamed this tune and won a contest with it (Hartford, 1996). Folklorist Steve Green related another apocryphal story he had from collector Bruce Greene about a contest between Kentucky fiddlers J.W. Day and Jim Flannery to see who would run out of tunes first. Evening wore into night without a clear winner, and, too exhausted to play any more the pair went to sleep. While dozing, Flannery had a dream about being chased by a bear playing a tune. Flannery, upon waking, recalled the tune and called it "Flannery's Dream," promptly played it and was declared the victor in the competition. Kentucky fiddler Alva Greene had a similar story with different fiddling protagonists: Wade Flannery[2] and Alva's uncle Jimmie Greene were the contestants, with Wade dreaming the tune and playing it the next morning to best his rival[3].
Bluegrass multi-instumentalist Ricky Skaggs (who learned the tune from Santford Kelly) recorded a version of the reel calling it "Son of Hober," in honor of his father, however, the tune has currency among bluegrass musicians as "Flannery's Dream," apparently popularized by Skaggs. Alva Greene's version is recognizable as a precursor to the bluegrass version.
Spaw's Creek, Morgan County, east Kentucky, fiddler Santford Kelly (1898-1973) was recorded by Peter Hoover playing the tune when the fiddler was in his 60's, but still playing strongly. His version, albeit rather 'crooked' (irregularly metered), has become the most influential of the many versions of the tune, and was Kelly's signature tune. Reclusive Fleming/Bath County, northeast Kentucky, fiddler Warner Walton also had an excellent version that came serendipitously to light. Collector John Harrod heard of Walton from northeast Kentucky fiddlers who were more accessible, and with whom he had formed a relationship. He sought out Walton, hoping to get his permission to make some field recordings, and finally found him; but the man was reticent and denied to Harrod that he had ever been able to play the fiddle. Harrod could only make the best of it and went away empty handed A few years later, however, another local fiddler, Alfred Bailey, whom Harrod had recorded and kept in touch with, passed along three reels of tape, saying that Warner consented to let Harrod have them. He was never recorded in person by field collectors, but the three tapes he sent to Harrod reveal a fiddler of exceptional talent.
