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'''NEW BORN BLUES.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was recorded by the Stripling Brothers band, from Pickins County, Alabama, in 1929. | '''NEW BORN BLUES.''' AKA and see "[[Wang Wang Blues (The)]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was recorded by the Stripling Brothers band, from Pickins County, Alabama, in 1929. | ||
[[File:stripling.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Stripling Brothers band]] As with many of their country-blues melodies, "New Born Blues" is in the key of 'C' (although it sounds in B flat, perhaps due to the recording process used). | [[File:stripling.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Stripling Brothers band; Charlie Stripling, fiddle]] As with many of their country-blues melodies, "New Born Blues" is in the key of 'C' (although it sounds in B flat, perhaps due to the recording process used). | ||
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NEW BORN BLUES. AKA and see "Wang Wang Blues (The)." Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was recorded by the Stripling Brothers band, from Pickins County, Alabama, in 1929.
As with many of their country-blues melodies, "New Born Blues" is in the key of 'C' (although it sounds in B flat, perhaps due to the recording process used).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Document Records 8007, "The Stripling Brothers Vol. 1 1928 - 1934" (1997. Reissue compilation). Vocalion 5382 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (1929, backed with "Kennedy Rag").
See also listing at:
Hear the Stripling Brothers' recording on youtube.com [1], and at Slippery Hill [2]