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|f_annotation='''SWEET LITTLE JULIE.''' American, Reel (cut time). A Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Sweet Little Julie" is from the | |f_annotation='''SWEET LITTLE JULIE.''' American, Reel (cut time). A Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Sweet Little Julie" is is a banjo and fiddle tune from southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. It was in the repertory of a few regional musicians from Surry County (N.C.) and the greater Galax area (Va.): Hillsville, Carrol County, fiddler [[biography:Norman Edmonds]] (1889-1976); the Meadows of Dan, Floyd County, trio of Dudley Spangler, Harry Pendleton and Maggie Wood (from a 1940's broadcast over WPAQ); and banjo player James Thompson (also from Meadows of Dan, recorded in the field by Pete Hoover in 1960). It is not considered a common or widespread tune. The two parts of this "square" tune are very similar to each other. Mr. Thompson sang one line during his thirty seconds' performance: | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Field Recorders Collective FRC 301, "Norman Edmonds and the Old Timers vol. 1" (2015). Spring Fed Records CD SFR-DU 33002, Norman Edmonds - "Train on the Island" (1973). | <Blockquote> | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Norman Edmonds' recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sweet-little-julie] | ''Sweet little Julie, Salt Creek,''<br />''Sweet little Julie, Salt Creek.'' | ||
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|f_recorded_sources=County CO-CD-2711, Kirk Sutphin - "Old Roots and New Branches" (1994). <span>Field Recorders Collective FRC 301, "Norman Edmonds and the Old Timers vol. 1" (2015). </span>Heritage Records HR23, Harold Hausenfluck and Abe Horton ‑ "Cornbread, Molassees, and Sassafras Tea." Spring Fed Records CD SFR-DU 33002, Norman Edmonds - "Train on the Island" (1973). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Norman Edmonds' recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sweet-little-julie]<br />Hear a different Norman Edmonds version, from Mac Benford [[File:Sweet-little-julie-by-norman-edmonds.mp3|thumb|Norman Edmonds]]<br />Hear the 1940's radio recording by Spangler, Pendleton & Wood, from Kilby Spencer [[File:Sweet-little-julie-by-spangler-pendleton-wood.mp3|thumb|Spangler]] <br /> | |||
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SWEET LITTLE JULIE. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Sweet Little Julie" is is a banjo and fiddle tune from southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina. It was in the repertory of a few regional musicians from Surry County (N.C.) and the greater Galax area (Va.): Hillsville, Carrol County, fiddler biography:Norman Edmonds (1889-1976); the Meadows of Dan, Floyd County, trio of Dudley Spangler, Harry Pendleton and Maggie Wood (from a 1940's broadcast over WPAQ); and banjo player James Thompson (also from Meadows of Dan, recorded in the field by Pete Hoover in 1960). It is not considered a common or widespread tune. The two parts of this "square" tune are very similar to each other. Mr. Thompson sang one line during his thirty seconds' performance:
Sweet little Julie, Salt Creek,
Sweet little Julie, Salt Creek.
