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LITTLE WHISKEY. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard or AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is known as a "tie-hacker" tune, one that was carried to the Mid-West by railroad workers. In the case of "Little Whiskey" the source was Nile Wilson of Bucklin, Missouri, whose people were 'tie-hackers' from Illinois. Wilson learned the tune from his great-uncle Charlie Davis.

Source for notated version: Geoff Seitz with the Ill-Mo Boys [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. I, 1994; p. 144.

Recorded sources: Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine As Frog Hair" (1995). MSOTFA 202-CD, Nile Wilson - "The Tie-Hacker Hoedown." MSOTFA, "Now That's a Good Tune: Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling."

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

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+'''LITTLE WHISKEY.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard or AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is known as a "tie-hacker" tune, one that was carried to the Mid-West by railroad workers. In the case of "Little Whiskey" the source was Nile Wilson of Bucklin, Missouri, whose people were 'tie-hackers' from Illinois.  Wilson learned the tune from his great-uncle Charlie Davis.
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