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|f_annotation= | |f_annotation='''SMOKY MOKES.''' American, Cakewalk or Two Step (2/4 or cut time). USA; Missouri, Nebraska. C Major ('A' and 'B' parts), F Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. "Smoky Mokes" was composed in 1899 by Tim-Pan-Alley composer Abe Holzmann (1874-1939), and was described as a two-step and cakewalk. 'Mokes' is a derogatory term for Blacks, and there were lyrics in dialect to the tune (which is usually heard as an instrumental). The very popular end of the century cakewalk was a favorite of the John Phillip Souza band. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version= | |f_source_for_notated_version=Pat Scott (Dixon, Missouri) [Christeson]. | ||
|f_printed_sources= | |f_printed_sources=R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddlers’ Repertory, vol. 2'''), 1984; pp. 122-123. | ||
|f_recorded_sources= | |f_recorded_sources=Columbia 3858 (cylinder), Vess L. Ossman (1899. banjo solo). Edison 712 (cylinder), The Peerless Orchestra (1899. Not to be confused with the Peerless Quartet. The Peerless Orchestra was effectively the house band for Edison studios at the time). | ||
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|f_see_also_listing=Hear the tune played at Slippery Hill by Dennis Pash & Meredith Axelrod [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/smoky-mokes] and at youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puXDVvjIu8] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ82pDuMBVI] | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:34, 27 October 2021
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SMOKY MOKES. American, Cakewalk or Two Step (2/4 or cut time). USA; Missouri, Nebraska. C Major ('A' and 'B' parts), F Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. "Smoky Mokes" was composed in 1899 by Tim-Pan-Alley composer Abe Holzmann (1874-1939), and was described as a two-step and cakewalk. 'Mokes' is a derogatory term for Blacks, and there were lyrics in dialect to the tune (which is usually heard as an instrumental). The very popular end of the century cakewalk was a favorite of the John Phillip Souza band.
