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'''YEARLINGS IN THE CANEBREAK.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. A Dorian ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. See related tune "Cattle in the Cane" [1]. The tune is known as a Southwest melody. It was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Captain M.J. Bonner [http://traildriver.com/web%20content/projects/texas/mj_bonner/mjbonner.html] (“The Texas Fiddler”), a Confederate army veteran who recorded at the age of 78 in 1925. Bonner was the most accomplished old-time musician to play on the first radio station ‘barn dance’ broadcast on WBAP out of Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 24th, 1923. | '''YEARLINGS IN THE CANEBREAK.''' Old-Time, Breakdown. A Dorian ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. See related tune "Cattle in the Cane" [1]. The tune is known as a Southwest melody. It was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Captain M.J. Bonner [http://traildriver.com/web%20content/projects/texas/mj_bonner/mjbonner.html] (“The Texas Fiddler”), a Confederate army veteran who recorded at the age of 78 in 1925. Bonner was the most accomplished old-time musician to play on the first radio station ‘barn dance’ broadcast on WBAP out of Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 24th, 1923. | ||
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YEARLINGS IN THE CANEBREAK. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Dorian ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. See related tune "Cattle in the Cane" [1]. The tune is known as a Southwest melody. It was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Captain M.J. Bonner [1] (“The Texas Fiddler”), a Confederate army veteran who recorded at the age of 78 in 1925. Bonner was the most accomplished old-time musician to play on the first radio station ‘barn dance’ broadcast on WBAP out of Fort Worth, Texas, on Jan. 24th, 1923.
Source for notated version: Kerry Blech (Florida) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 261.
Recorded sources: County CO-CD-3524, Captain M.J. Bonner – “Old Time Texas String Bands, Vol. 2.” Yodel-Ay-Hee 020, Rafe Stefanini & Bob Herring - "Old Paint."