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'''FAREWELL TO DUCKTOWN'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. A southeastern Tennessee tune. It was also in the repertoire of fiddler Tommy Magness (1911-1972), born in north Georgia near the southeastern Tennessee border. Ducktown is in the region where Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina meet. The area was also home to fiddler Allen Sisson (1873-1951). | '''FAREWELL TO DUCKTOWN'''. Old-Time, Breakdown. A southeastern Tennessee tune. It was also in the repertoire of fiddler Tommy Magness (1911-1972), born in north Georgia near the southeastern Tennessee border. Ducktown is in the region where Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina meet. The area was also home to fiddler Allen Sisson (1873-1951), who recorded the tune in the Edison studios in Orange, N.J., in 1925. | ||
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Revision as of 05:39, 22 April 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
FAREWELL TO DUCKTOWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. A southeastern Tennessee tune. It was also in the repertoire of fiddler Tommy Magness (1911-1972), born in north Georgia near the southeastern Tennessee border. Ducktown is in the region where Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina meet. The area was also home to fiddler Allen Sisson (1873-1951), who recorded the tune in the Edison studios in Orange, N.J., in 1925.
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Recorded sources: Edison (78 RPM), Allen Sisson (1925)