Annotation:Bill Brown: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "__NOABC__ <div class="noprint"> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="4"> Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] </font></p> </div> ---- {{#lst:{{PAGENAME}}|abc}} ---- <div style="page-b...") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
<div style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 90px; margin-left: 70px; margin-right: 120px;"> | <div style="text-align: justify; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 90px; margin-left: 70px; margin-right: 120px;"> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
'''BILL BROWN'''. American, Reel (cut time). USA; Magoffin County, Ky. A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AABB. An irregular tune (the 'A' part has eight repeated measures, the 'B' part four repeated measures) in repertoire of Kentucky fiddler John Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County). It was named for the fiddler who played the tune. Jeff Titon (2001) suggests it might have been named after William H. "Bill" Brown, who was executed by hanging for the murder of Irish peddler Morris Hagerty in Morgan County, Ky., in 1855. Bruce Greene likened the tune to "[[Sugar in the Gourd]]," according to Bruce Molsky. | '''BILL BROWN'''. American, Reel (cut time). USA; Magoffin County, Ky. A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AABB. An irregular tune (the 'A' part has eight repeated measures, the 'B' part four repeated measures) in repertoire of Kentucky fiddler [[biography:John Salyer]] (Salyersville, Magoffin County). It was named for the fiddler who played the tune. Jeff Titon (2001) suggests it might have been named after William H. "Bill" Brown, who was executed by hanging for the murder of Irish peddler Morris Hagerty in Morgan County, Ky., in 1855. Bruce Greene likened the tune to "[[Sugar in the Gourd]]," according to Bruce Molsky. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
<p><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> | <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> | ||
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, "John Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942" (1993). Rounder 0361, Bruce Molsky - "Lost Boy" (1996). </font> | <font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, "John Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942" (1993). Rounder 0361, Bruce Molsky - "Lost Boy" (1996). </font> | ||
<br> | |||
<br> | |||
</font></p> | |||
<p><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> | |||
See also listing at:<Br> | |||
Hear John Salyer's c. 1941 home recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bill-brown]<br> | |||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 25 October 2018
X:1 T:Bill Brown N:John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.), N:from home recordings made in 1941/42 by his sons. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEac# tuning (fiddle) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/bill-brown D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4292 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A (B|c)BAA A,2E2|EFAE +slide+[c4c4]|cBAA A,2E2|EFAB [A3c3](B| c)BAA A,2E2|EFAE +slide+[c2c2][c2c2]|cBAA A,2E2|EFAB [A3c3]:|| [e3e3]([ce] [e2e2])(fe)|ceef (ec)([Bc][Ac])|[e3e3][ce] [ee][ce][cf][ce]|cAcB {B}([cc][Bc])[A2c2]:|
BILL BROWN. American, Reel (cut time). USA; Magoffin County, Ky. A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AABB. An irregular tune (the 'A' part has eight repeated measures, the 'B' part four repeated measures) in repertoire of Kentucky fiddler biography:John Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County). It was named for the fiddler who played the tune. Jeff Titon (2001) suggests it might have been named after William H. "Bill" Brown, who was executed by hanging for the murder of Irish peddler Morris Hagerty in Morgan County, Ky., in 1855. Bruce Greene likened the tune to "Sugar in the Gourd," according to Bruce Molsky.