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'''FORT SMITH BREAKDOWN [2]'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There are some similarities to the Kentucky tune "[[Across the Plains]]," aka "[[Old Red Rooster]]," and is vaguely reminiscent of the similarly titled "[[Fort Smith (1)]]." Banjo and harmonica player Luke Hignight (1898-1940) formed a string band playing out of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and recorded several sides in Memphis in 1928. The fiddler for the group is Frank Gardner, about whom little is known. Milliner & Koken (2011) note that Hignight's name is often mistakenly spelled 'Highnight'. | '''FORT SMITH BREAKDOWN [2]'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There are some similarities to the Kentucky tune "[[Across the Plains]]," aka "[[Old Red Rooster]]," and is vaguely reminiscent of the similarly titled "[[Fort Smith (1)]]." The first strain is cognate with "[[Old Fort Smith]]." Banjo and harmonica player Luke Hignight (1898-1940) formed a string band playing out of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and recorded several sides in Memphis in 1928. The fiddler for the group is Frank Gardner, about whom little is known. Milliner & Koken (2011) note that Hignight's name is often mistakenly spelled 'Highnight'. | ||
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FORT SMITH BREAKDOWN [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There are some similarities to the Kentucky tune "Across the Plains," aka "Old Red Rooster," and is vaguely reminiscent of the similarly titled "Fort Smith (1)." The first strain is cognate with "Old Fort Smith." Banjo and harmonica player Luke Hignight (1898-1940) formed a string band playing out of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and recorded several sides in Memphis in 1928. The fiddler for the group is Frank Gardner, about whom little is known. Milliner & Koken (2011) note that Hignight's name is often mistakenly spelled 'Highnight'.
Source for notated version: Luke Hignight's Ozark Strutters (of Hotsprings, Ark., who originally recorded the tune in 1928) [Beisswenger & McCann, Brody, Milliner & Koken]; Chuck Silberstein [Phillips].
Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 185. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 111. Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 216. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 91.
Recorded sources: County CD 3506, Luke Highnight's Ozark Strutters- "Echoes of the Ozarks, vol. 2" (1995. Various artists). Folkways 31062, Ship in the Clouds- "Old Time Instrumental Music" (1978). Voyager 301, Fay Sneed- "Fiddle Jam Session."