Annotation:John Sharp's Hornpipe

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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. 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)."

Source for notated version: Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 127 (appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). 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." 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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