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'''ROCK THE CRADLE JOE [2].''' Old-Time, Breakdown. A version of  “[[Rock the Cradle Joe (1)]]," from the playing of West Virginia fiddler Franklin George (1928-2017), born in Bluefield, who learned the tune from Jim Farthing, originally from Franklin County, Va. Gerry Milnes says this version “maintains much more character and melody” than the “watered-down” version that has long been a staple of “revival” fiddlers’ conventions.  
'''ROCK THE CRADLE JOE [2].''' Old-Time, Breakdown. A version of  “[[Rock the Cradle Joe (1)]]," from the playing of fiddler Franklin George (1928-2017), born in Bluefield in southern West Virginia, who learned the tune from Jim Farthing who ws  originally from Franklin County, Va. Gerry Milnes says this version “maintains much more character and melody” than the “watered-down” version that has long been a staple of “revival” fiddlers’ conventions.  
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ROCK THE CRADLE JOE [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. A version of “Rock the Cradle Joe (1)," from the playing of fiddler Franklin George (1928-2017), born in Bluefield in southern West Virginia, who learned the tune from Jim Farthing who ws originally from Franklin County, Va. Gerry Milnes says this version “maintains much more character and melody” than the “watered-down” version that has long been a staple of “revival” fiddlers’ conventions.

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Recorded sources: - Shanachie Records 6040, Gerry Milnes & Lorriane Lee Hammond – “Hell Up Coal Holler” (1999).



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