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KNOXVILLE RAG [1]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Ky., Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The name of the city of Knoxville, east Tennessee, commemorates an American hero of the Revolution, Henry Knox, George Washington's commander of Artillery. The tune was recorded in Richmond, Indiana, on October 29, 1928, played by the trio of Dick Taylor (fiddle), Richard Burnett (banjo) and Byrd Moore (guitar). It is sometimes credited to the more famous pairing of Burnett and Rutherford, and in fact the flip side of the 78 RPM recording ("Goodnight Waltz") was credited to Moore, Burnett & Rutherford, indicating that all were in attendance during the recording session, and configured and reconfigured at will.

Source for notated version: Ralph Troxell [Phillips]; Taylor, Moore & Burnett [Milliner-Koken].

Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 364. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 73.

Recorded sources: Carryon Records 002, "Ace Weems & the Fat Meat Boys." Gennett 6760 (78 RPM), Burnett, Moore & Taylor (1928). Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine as Frog Hair" (1995). Morning Star 45004, Taylor, Burnett & Moore - "Wish I Had My Time Again." Rounder 1004, "Ramblin' Reckless Hobo; the Songs of Burnett and Rutherford."

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-'''KNOXVILLE RAG [1]'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Ky., Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Phillips): AABBCC (Christeson). The name of the city of Knoxville, east Tennessee, commemorates an American hero of the Revolution, Henry Knox, George Washington's commander of Artillery. The tune was recorded in Richmond, Indiana, on October 29, 1928, played by the trio of Dick Taylor (fiddle), Richard Burnett (banjo) and Byrd Moore (guitar). It is sometimes credited to the more famous pairing of Burnett and Rutherford, and in fact the flip side of the 78 RPM recording ("Goodnight Waltz") was credited to Moore, Burnett & Rutherford, indicating that all were in attendance during the recording session, and configured and reconfigured at will.
+'''KNOXVILLE RAG [1]'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Ky., Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The name of the city of Knoxville, east Tennessee, commemorates an American hero of the Revolution, Henry Knox, George Washington's commander of Artillery. The tune was recorded in Richmond, Indiana, on October 29, 1928, played by the trio of Dick Taylor (fiddle), Richard Burnett (banjo) and Byrd Moore (guitar). It is sometimes credited to the more famous pairing of Burnett and Rutherford, and in fact the flip side of the 78 RPM recording ("Goodnight Waltz") was credited to Moore, Burnett & Rutherford, indicating that all were in attendance during the recording session, and configured and reconfigured at will.
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-''Source for notated version'': Frank Reed (Randolph County, Missouri) [Christeson, Phillips].
+''Source for notated version'': Ralph Troxell [Phillips]; Taylor, Moore & Burnett [Milliner-Koken].
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-''Printed sources'': R.P. Christeson ('''Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2'''), 1984; No. 65, p. 45. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 133.
+''Printed sources'': Milliner & Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2011; p. 364. Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 73.
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