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BILLY WILSON [1]. AKA and see "Ace of Spades," "Little Billy Wilson," "Old Bill Wilson." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). ABC (Silberberg): AABBCC (Kuntz, Phillips). "Billy Wilson" features pizzicato, or plucked notes. A three-part version was synthesized by fiddler and musicologist Joel Shimberg and entered 'revival' tradition, although based on Uncle Jimmy Thompson's "Billy Wilson." Most modern versions are based on Shimberg's tune, originally called "Old Bill Wilson." The first strain is shared with North Dakota fiddler biography:Joe Pancerzewski's "Original Canadian Hoedown." "Billy Wilson (1) " is a later part of Texas fiddler Eck Robertson's "Brilliancy Medley."

Sources for notated versions: Pete Sutherland (Vt.), and Tara Nevins via Liz Slade (Yorktown, N.Y.) [Kuntz]; Jane Rothfield [Phillips]; Greg Canote (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 78. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 90.

Recorded sources: County 2730, Rafe Stefanini - "Glory on the Big Spring." Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine as Frog Hair" (1993). Yodel-ay-hee #108327, The Critton Hollow Stringband - "Poor Boy" (1979).

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

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-'''BILLY WILSON [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Ace of Spades]]," "[[Little Billy Wilson]]," "[[Old Bill Wilson]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). ABC (Silberberg): AABBCC (Kuntz, Phillips). "Billy Wilson" features pizzicato, or plucked notes. A three-part version was synthesized by fiddler and musicologist Joel Shimberg and entered 'revival' tradition, although based on Uncle Jimmy Thompson's "Billy Wilson." Most modern versions are based on Shimberg's tune, originally called "[[Old Bill Wilson]]." The first strain is shared with North Dakota fiddler [[biography:Joe Pancerzewski]]'s "[[Original Canadian Hoedown]]."
+'''BILLY WILSON [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Ace of Spades]]," "[[Little Billy Wilson]]," "[[Old Bill Wilson]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). ABC (Silberberg): AABBCC (Kuntz, Phillips). "Billy Wilson" features pizzicato, or plucked notes. A three-part version was synthesized by fiddler and musicologist Joel Shimberg and entered 'revival' tradition, although based on Uncle Jimmy Thompson's "Billy Wilson." Most modern versions are based on Shimberg's tune, originally called "[[Old Bill Wilson]]." The first strain is shared with North Dakota fiddler [[biography:Joe Pancerzewski]]'s "[[Original Canadian Hoedown]]." "Billy Wilson (1) " is a later part of Texas fiddler Eck Robertson's "Brilliancy Medley."
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-''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes'''), vol. 2, 1995; p. 78. Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 90.
+''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 78. Silberberg ('''Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern'''), 2002; p. 90.
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