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|f_annotation='''CRUEL WILLIE'''. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. DDad tuning (fiddle). Learned from Arthur Smith (Tenn.) by Nashville session fiddler Howdy Forrester, to whom it is sometimes attributed. It was also recorded by the Bing Brothers, Howdy Forrester and Junior Daugherty, and Lester Woody used to play it with the Stanley Brothers in the 1950's. Words have been set to the tune by Bill Caswell (formerly of Nashville, now an Oklahoman) and recorded by the Bing Brothers. | |f_annotation='''CRUEL WILLIE'''. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. DDad tuning (fiddle). Learned from Arthur Smith (Tenn.) by Nashville session fiddler Howdy Forrester, to whom it is sometimes attributed. It was also recorded by the Bing Brothers, Howdy Forrester and Junior Daugherty, and Lester Woody used to play it with the Stanley Brothers in the 1950's. Words have been set to the tune by Bill Caswell (formerly of Nashville, now an Oklahoman) and recorded by the Bing Brothers. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Briar 4204, Earl Collins - "That's Earl" (1975). Rounder SS-0145, J.P. Fraley (Rush, Ky.) - "Traditional Music on Rounder: A Sampler" (1981. The tune was learned by Fraley from Howdy Forrester). Jim Moss - "Sleeping Lady." Tony Ellis - "Sounds Like Bluegrass to Me" (played by Lester Woody). | |f_printed_sources=Briar 4204, Earl Collins - "That's Earl" (1975). Cub LP 8008, Howdy Forrester - "Fancy Fiddling' Country Style" (1960). Rounder SS-0145, J.P. Fraley (Rush, Ky.) - "Traditional Music on Rounder: A Sampler" (1981. The tune was learned by Fraley from Howdy Forrester). Jim Moss - "Sleeping Lady." Tony Ellis - "Sounds Like Bluegrass to Me" (played by Lester Woody). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Max Collins' 1976 home recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cruel-willie-1 ] | |f_see_also_listing=Hear Max Collins' 1976 home recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cruel-willie-1 ] | ||
Hear Howdy Forrester's 1960 recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cruel-willie]<br> | |||
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Revision as of 03:47, 10 April 2020
X:1 T:Cruel Willie N:From the playing of fiddler Howard "Big Howdy" Forrester (1922-1987, Vernon, N:Tenn.), a long-time member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys. M:C| L:1/8 R:March N:DDad tuning N:Drone liberally Q:"Moderate" N:Play AABBCC N:"+" = pizzicato note D:Cub LP 8008, Howdy Forrester - "Fancy Fiddlin' Country Style" (1960) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/cruel-willie Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D AB|d4 ((3efe) df|e+slide+d-d2- d-BAB|d3e dBAF|+slide+[A6A6] AB| d3e dBAB|d2 Bd AFE-D|F3B AF (E/F/E)|1D6:|2D8|| |:E-F-F2- F3 ((3E/F/E/D)|[G2A2]-[A2A2]- [A2A2]D2|+slide+F3B AF (E/F/E)|1D6:|2 D8|| "+".d2"+".A2 zF E-D| [G2A2]-[A2A2]- [A2A2]D2|"+".d2"+".d2 zF((3E/F/E/)|1D8:|2 D6||
CRUEL WILLIE. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. DDad tuning (fiddle). Learned from Arthur Smith (Tenn.) by Nashville session fiddler Howdy Forrester, to whom it is sometimes attributed. It was also recorded by the Bing Brothers, Howdy Forrester and Junior Daugherty, and Lester Woody used to play it with the Stanley Brothers in the 1950's. Words have been set to the tune by Bill Caswell (formerly of Nashville, now an Oklahoman) and recorded by the Bing Brothers.
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