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'''IDA RED'''. AKA – "[[Idy Red]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, southwest Virginia, Kentucky, north Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas. A Major (Kuntz, Phillips): G Major (Krassen, Titon). AEae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AB: AABB (Krassen). Ida Red was originally supposed to have been an African-American bad man, but the gender of the character in most versions is feminine or androgynous. Jeff Titon (2001) believes the lyrics suggest an African-American or minstrel origin. The tune, which varies widely in its melodic content although retains distinctive cadences, was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. Riley Pucket's (north Georgia) version of the tune, released in 1926, became the second best-selling country music record for the year. Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles plays a cross-tuned version. Titon records that the tune was included in the 1915 Berea College students' tune lists, but was not played in any of the Berea, Kentucky, fiddle contests of the era. | |f_annotation='''IDA RED'''. AKA – "[[Idy Red]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, southwest Virginia, Kentucky, north Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas. A Major (Kuntz, Phillips): G Major (Krassen, Titon). AEae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AB: AABB (Krassen). Ida Red was originally supposed to have been an African-American bad man, but the gender of the character in most versions is feminine or androgynous. Jeff Titon (2001) believes the lyrics suggest an African-American or minstrel origin. The tune, which varies widely in its melodic content although retains distinctive cadences, was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. Riley Pucket's (north Georgia) version of the tune, released in 1926, became the second best-selling country music record for the year. Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles plays a cross-tuned version. Titon records that the tune was included in the 1915 Berea College students' tune lists, but was not played in any of the Berea, Kentucky, fiddle contests of the era. | ||
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Georgia fiddler Bill Shores, a native Alabamian who spent most of his life in the Rome, Georgia, area (according to Wayne Daniels), recorded the tune with guitarist Riley Puckett in Atlanta in 1926. | Georgia fiddler Bill Shores, a native Alabamian who spent most of his life in the Rome, Georgia, area (according to Wayne Daniels), recorded the tune with guitarist Riley Puckett in Atlanta in 1926. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Double Decker String Band (Kuntz): Frank West (Murray County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Bob Wills and Sleepy Johnson (Texas) [Phillips]; Tweedy Brothers (W.Va.) [Phillips]; Jake Phelps and Street Butler (Pea Ridge, Todd County, Ky., 1965) [Titon]; James Cowan Powers [Milliner & Koken]; Bill Hensley [Milliner & Koken]; Ed Haley [Milliner & Koken]; John Dykes [Milliner & Koken]; Jim Bowles [Milliner & Koken]. | |||
|f_printed_sources='''The Devil's Box''', vol. 9, no. 1, 1975, p. 75. | |||
''The Devil's Box'', vol. 9, no. 1, 1975, p. 75. | |||
Kaufman ('''Beginning Old Time Fiddle'''), 1977; p. 37. | Kaufman ('''Beginning Old Time Fiddle'''), 1977; p. 37. | ||
Krassen ('''Appalachian Fiddle'''), 1973; p. 16. | Krassen ('''Appalachian Fiddle'''), 1973; p. 16. | ||
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Thede ('''The Fiddle Book'''), 1967; pp. 60–61. | Thede ('''The Fiddle Book'''), 1967; pp. 60–61. | ||
Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 65, p. 94. | Titon ('''Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes'''), 2001; No. 65, p. 94. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Davis Unlimited DU 33032, Clayton McMichen – "McMichen: The Traditional Years" (1977). | |||
Davis Unlimited DU 33032, Clayton McMichen – "McMichen: The Traditional Years" (1977). | |||
County 791, Tommy Jarrell – "Rainbow Sign" (1986). | County 791, Tommy Jarrell – "Rainbow Sign" (1986). | ||
Fretless 144, Double Decker String Band – "Giddyap Napoleon." | Fretless 144, Double Decker String Band – "Giddyap Napoleon." | ||
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Victor 19434 (78 RPM, recorded 1925), Fiddlin' Cowan Powers 1877–1952? (Russell County, S.W. Virginia). | Victor 19434 (78 RPM, recorded 1925), Fiddlin' Cowan Powers 1877–1952? (Russell County, S.W. Virginia). | ||
5 String Productions 5SP05002, The Hoover Uprights – "Known by their Reputation" (2005. Based on the Cowan Powers' version). | 5 String Productions 5SP05002, The Hoover Uprights – "Known by their Reputation" (2005. Based on the Cowan Powers' version). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/i06.htm#Idare]<br> | |||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/i06.htm#Idare]<br> | |||
Hear Fiddlin' Powers' 1925 recording at Roots of American Fiddle Music [http://www.1001tunes.com/PCvolume01/ida_red__FIDDLIN_POWERS.mp3]<br> | Hear Fiddlin' Powers' 1925 recording at Roots of American Fiddle Music [http://www.1001tunes.com/PCvolume01/ida_red__FIDDLIN_POWERS.mp3]<br> | ||
Hear Ed Haley's recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/ | Hear Ed Haley's recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/ida-red-3]<br> | ||
Hear Jim Bowles' recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/ | Hear Jim Bowles' recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/ida-red-0]<br> | ||
Hear Dykes' Magic City Trio's recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/ | Hear Dykes' Magic City Trio's recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/ida-red-1]<br> | ||
Hear Bill Hensley's recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/ | Hear Bill Hensley's recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/ida-red-2]<br> | ||
Hear Fiddlin' Cowan Powers' recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/ | Hear Fiddlin' Cowan Powers' recording at Slippery-Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/ida-red]<br> | ||
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X:0 T:Ida Red N:From the playing of fiddler James Cowan Powers (1877-1953, N:Scott County, southwestern Virginia), recorded with his family band N:in New York, August, 1924. The band consisted of Powers and his N:children, Charles, Orpha, Carrie and Ada. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:Edison 51662-L (78 RPM), Fiddlin' Powers and Family (1924) D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gua7dZ1p68k D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/ida-red-4 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A V:1 clef=treble name="0." [V:1] AB|c2c2 B2cB| ABAA F3F |A2AA BAFF|E-AAA A2AB| c2cc B2BB|ABAA F3F|A2 AA BAFF|EE A2 A2|| A2|[ce]-[ee]-[ee][ee] [e3e3]e|c2c2 A2AA|B2 AB cBAA|F2A2A2(AB| c)c[e2e2] [e4e4]|Jc4 A2AA|BBAB cBAA|F2A2A2||
IDA RED. AKA – "Idy Red." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, southwest Virginia, Kentucky, north Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas. A Major (Kuntz, Phillips): G Major (Krassen, Titon). AEae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AB: AABB (Krassen). Ida Red was originally supposed to have been an African-American bad man, but the gender of the character in most versions is feminine or androgynous. Jeff Titon (2001) believes the lyrics suggest an African-American or minstrel origin. The tune, which varies widely in its melodic content although retains distinctive cadences, was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. Riley Pucket's (north Georgia) version of the tune, released in 1926, became the second best-selling country music record for the year. Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles plays a cross-tuned version. Titon records that the tune was included in the 1915 Berea College students' tune lists, but was not played in any of the Berea, Kentucky, fiddle contests of the era.
Ida Red who lives uptown, weighs three hundred and forty pounds,
Down the road and 'cross the creek, don't get a letter but once a week.
Refrain
Ida Red, pearly blue,
My little honey don't I love you.
I don't know and I don't care, know there's hard times everywhere,
Ida Red you won't do right, won't do nothin' but quarrel and fight.
Down the road hat in my hand, hello sheriff I've killed my man,
Ida Red you won't do right, won't do nothin' but quarrel and fight.
Down the road a mile and a half, my little honey looks back and laughs,
Ida Red you're workin on the road, work enough money to buy a load.
Ida Red, Ida Blue, Ida bit a hoecake half in two,
If I'd a-listened to what Ida said, I'd a-been sleepin' in Ida's bed. . . . {Kuntz}
I went down town one day in a lope,
Fool around till I stole a coat;
Then I come back and I do my best,
Fool Around till I got the vest.
O weep! O my Idy!
For over dat road I'm bound to go. . . . {Thede}
Georgia fiddler Bill Shores, a native Alabamian who spent most of his life in the Rome, Georgia, area (according to Wayne Daniels), recorded the tune with guitarist Riley Puckett in Atlanta in 1926.
