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|f_annotation='''JOHN SHARP'S HORNPIPE'''. AKA and see "[[John Sharp's Tune]]," "[[John Sharp's Reel]]," "[[Sharp's Hornpipe (1)]]."   American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time).  USA, Cumberland Plateau region of Ky./Tenn. A Major/Mixolydian. AEae or standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Phillips): AA'BB' (Milliner-Koken). John Sharp's band, the Kentucky Wildcats, was a popular Cumberland Plateau string band in the 1920's and 1930's. Sharp, born in 1894, recorded this tune and others in 1949 on a home disk cutter purchased by his neighbor, the decorated World War I veteran Alvin York. The melody is a variant of "[[Miller's Reel (1)]]."  Kerry Blech thinks Indiana fiddler Dick Summers' “[[Same Time Today as it was Yesterday]]" is a related tune <ref>FIDDLE-L, 5/28/96.</ref>.
'''JOHN SHARP'S HORNPIPE'''. AKA and see "[[John Sharp's Tune]]," "[[John Sharp's Reel]]," "[[Sharp's Hornpipe]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. AKA "John Sharp's Reel"?? John Sharp's band, the Kentucky Wildcats, was a popular Cumberland Plateau string band in the 1920's and 1930's. Sharp, born in 1894, recorded this tune and others in 1949 on a home disk cutter purchased by his neighbor, the decorated World War I veteran Alvin York. The melody is a variant of "[[Miller's Reel (1)]]."   
|f_source_for_notated_version=Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips]; John Sharp [Milliner-Koken, Phillips].<br>
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|f_printed_sources=Clare Milliner & Walt Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2015; p. 596 (as "Sharp's Hornpipe").  Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 127 (appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 225.Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 113.
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|f_recorded_sources=County Records , John Sharp Band – "Five Miles Out of Town—Traditional Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2." County 787, John Lusk Band (Ky.)  "Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music From the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2." County CD 2728, CD, Rafe Stefanini - "Hell and Scissors" (1999, as "Same Time Today as it was Yesterday").  Flying Fish FF 336, Pete Sutherland - "Poor Man's Dream" (1984, as "Coal Black Morning").  Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm – "Old Time Friends" (1987).   
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|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/j05.htm#Johshre]<br>
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''Source for notated version'': Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips].
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''Printed sources'': Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 127 appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 113.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County Records, John Sharp Band - "Five Miles Out of Town--Traditional Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2."</font>
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See also listing at:<Br>
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/j05.htm#Johshre]<br>
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JOHN SHARP'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "John Sharp's Tune," "John Sharp's Reel," "Sharp's Hornpipe (1)." American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). USA, Cumberland Plateau region of Ky./Tenn. A Major/Mixolydian. AEae or standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Phillips): AA'BB' (Milliner-Koken). John Sharp's band, the Kentucky Wildcats, was a popular Cumberland Plateau string band in the 1920's and 1930's. Sharp, born in 1894, recorded this tune and others in 1949 on a home disk cutter purchased by his neighbor, the decorated World War I veteran Alvin York. The melody is a variant of "Miller's Reel (1)." Kerry Blech thinks Indiana fiddler Dick Summers' “Same Time Today as it was Yesterday" is a related tune [1].


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips]; John Sharp [Milliner-Koken, Phillips].


Printed sources : - Clare Milliner & Walt Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2015; p. 596 (as "Sharp's Hornpipe"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 127 (appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 225.Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 113.

Recorded sources : - County Records , John Sharp Band – "Five Miles Out of Town—Traditional Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2." County 787, John Lusk Band (Ky.) "Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music From the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2." County CD 2728, CD, Rafe Stefanini - "Hell and Scissors" (1999, as "Same Time Today as it was Yesterday"). Flying Fish FF 336, Pete Sutherland - "Poor Man's Dream" (1984, as "Coal Black Morning"). Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm – "Old Time Friends" (1987).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]



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  1. FIDDLE-L, 5/28/96.