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'''BETTY BAKER [3].''' American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This version of the tune is from Braxton County, W.Va., fiddler Melvin Wine. See also Kentucky fiddler Manon Campbell's tune of the same name, "[[Betty Baker (1)]]."
'''BETTY BAKER [3].''' American, Reel (cut time). G Major. GDad tuning (fiddle). AABB. This version of the tune is from Copen, Braxton County, W.Va., fiddler Melvin Wine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Wine] (1909-2003), who learned it from Tom Allen <ref>Gerry Milnes, "Play of a Fiddle", p. 34.</ref>. See also Kentucky fiddler Manon Campbell's tune of the same name, "[[Betty Baker (1)]]," a distanced but related version, but generally similar (allowing for considerable individual variation) to other Kentucky versions such as those of Hiram Stamper ("Pretty Betty Baker"--his "Indian Nation" [https://dla.acaweb.org/digital/collection/berea/id/135] is a also a version of "[[Betty Baker (1)]]"), Clyde Davenport and Ed Haley.
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -Augusta Heritage Records 002, Melvin Wine. Marimac AHS 2, Melvin Wine - "Hannah at the Springhouse" (1989).</font>
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -Augusta Heritage Records 002, Melvin Wine. Marimac AHS 2, Melvin Wine - "Hannah at the Springhouse" (1989). Christian Wig & Mark Ward - "Come Back Boys & Feed the Horses: Fiddling on the Frontier" (2011).</font>
 
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Hear Melvin Wine's recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/betty-baker-1]<br>
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BETTY BAKER [3]. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. GDad tuning (fiddle). AABB. This version of the tune is from Copen, Braxton County, W.Va., fiddler Melvin Wine [1] (1909-2003), who learned it from Tom Allen [1]. See also Kentucky fiddler Manon Campbell's tune of the same name, "Betty Baker (1)," a distanced but related version, but generally similar (allowing for considerable individual variation) to other Kentucky versions such as those of Hiram Stamper ("Pretty Betty Baker"--his "Indian Nation" [2] is a also a version of "Betty Baker (1)"), Clyde Davenport and Ed Haley.

Melvin Wine


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Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -Augusta Heritage Records 002, Melvin Wine. Marimac AHS 2, Melvin Wine - "Hannah at the Springhouse" (1989). Christian Wig & Mark Ward - "Come Back Boys & Feed the Horses: Fiddling on the Frontier" (2011). See also listing at:
Hear Melvin Wine's recording at Slippery Hill [3]



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  1. Gerry Milnes, "Play of a Fiddle", p. 34.