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'''JOHN SHARP'S HORNPIPE'''. AKA and see "[[John Sharp's Tune]]," "[[John Sharp's Reel]]," "[[Sharp's Hornpipe]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Sharp's band, the Kentucky Wildcats, was a popular Cumberland Plateau string band in the 1920's and 1930's. Sharp, born in 1894, recorded this tune and others in 1949 on a home disk cutter purchased by his neighbor, the decorated World War I veteran Alvin York. The melody is a variant of "[[Miller's Reel (1)]]."   
'''JOHN SHARP'S HORNPIPE'''. AKA and see "[[John Sharp's Tune]]," "[[John Sharp's Reel]]," "[[Sharp's Hornpipe (1)]]."   American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time).  USA, Cumberland Plateau region of Ky./Tenn. A Major/Mixolydian. AEae or standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Phillips): AA'BB' (Milliner-Koken). John Sharp's band, the Kentucky Wildcats, was a popular Cumberland Plateau string band in the 1920's and 1930's. Sharp, born in 1894, recorded this tune and others in 1949 on a home disk cutter purchased by his neighbor, the decorated World War I veteran Alvin York. The melody is a variant of "[[Miller's Reel (1)]]."  Kerry Blech thinks Indiana fiddler Dick Summers' “[[Same Time Today as it was Yesterday]]" is a related tune <ref>FIDDLE-L, 5/28/96.</ref>.
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<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips].
<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips]; John Sharp [Milliner-Koken, Phillips].<br>
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<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 127 (appears as "John Sharp's Tune").
<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Clare Milliner & Walt Koken ('''Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes'''), 2015; p. 596 (as "Sharp's Hornpipe").  Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1'''), 1994; p. 127 (appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2'''), 1995; p. 225.Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 113.
Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 113.
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -County Records, John Sharp Band – "Five Miles Out of Town—Traditional Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2."
<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> -County Records , John Sharp Band – "Five Miles Out of Town—Traditional Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2." County 787, John Lusk Band (Ky.)  "Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music From the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2." County CD 2728, CD, Rafe Stefanini - "Hell and Scissors" (1999, as "Same Time Today as it was Yesterday").  Flying Fish FF 336, Pete Sutherland - "Poor Man's Dream" (1984, as "Coal Black Morning").  Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm – "Old Time Friends" (1987).   </font>
Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm – "Old Time Friends" (1987).</font>
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Revision as of 20:17, 4 May 2019


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JOHN SHARP'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "John Sharp's Tune," "John Sharp's Reel," "Sharp's Hornpipe (1)." American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). USA, Cumberland Plateau region of Ky./Tenn. A Major/Mixolydian. AEae or standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Phillips): AA'BB' (Milliner-Koken). John Sharp's band, the Kentucky Wildcats, was a popular Cumberland Plateau string band in the 1920's and 1930's. Sharp, born in 1894, recorded this tune and others in 1949 on a home disk cutter purchased by his neighbor, the decorated World War I veteran Alvin York. The melody is a variant of "Miller's Reel (1)." Kerry Blech thinks Indiana fiddler Dick Summers' “Same Time Today as it was Yesterday" is a related tune [1].

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips]; John Sharp [Milliner-Koken, Phillips].

Printed sources : - Clare Milliner & Walt Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2015; p. 596 (as "Sharp's Hornpipe"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 127 (appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 225.Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 113.

Recorded sources: -County Records , John Sharp Band – "Five Miles Out of Town—Traditional Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2." County 787, John Lusk Band (Ky.) "Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music From the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2." County CD 2728, CD, Rafe Stefanini - "Hell and Scissors" (1999, as "Same Time Today as it was Yesterday"). Flying Fish FF 336, Pete Sutherland - "Poor Man's Dream" (1984, as "Coal Black Morning"). Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm – "Old Time Friends" (1987).

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



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  1. FIDDLE-L, 5/28/96.