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|f_annotation='''FLANNERY'S DREAM'''. AKA - "[[Son of Hober]]." American, Reel (cut time). A Minor/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). There are several variants of "Flannery's Dream, variously more or less distanced from one another, played by east Kentucky fiddlers, sometimes under the title "Flander's Dream" (although there are also different tunes by that name, one in the key of 'C') or "Flandery's Dream." Warner Walton tells the (rather apocryphal) story that Flannery was a Revolutionary War fiddler who was under a sentence of death. The commanding officer, knowing he could play, agreed to set him free if Flannery could play him a tune he hadn't heard. Flannery dreamt this tune the night before his scheduled execution. John Hartford pointed out that Flannery may have been a Civil War figure rather than a Revolutionary War soldier, and, in any case, the story is quite similar to one told about West Virginia's Solly Carpenter (see note for "[[annotation:Camp Chase (2)]]"). Hartford notes the Flannery family is a large and old one from Elliott County, Kentucky. Another common story attached to the tune (and told by Alva Greene, for one) is that a man named Flannery dreamed this tune and won a contest with it (Hartford, 1996). Bluegrass multi-instumentalist Ricky Skaggs recorded a version called "Son of Hober," however, the tune has currency among bluegrass musicians as "Flannery's Dream," apparently popularized by Skaggs. Alva Greene's version is recognizable as a precursor to the bluegrass version. | |f_annotation='''FLANNERY'S DREAM'''. AKA - "[[Son of Hober]]." American, Reel (cut time). A Minor/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). There are several variants of "Flannery's Dream, variously more or less distanced from one another, played by east Kentucky fiddlers, sometimes under the title "Flander's Dream" (although there are also different tunes by that name, one in the key of 'C') or "Flandery's Dream." Warner Walton tells the (rather apocryphal) story that Flannery was a Revolutionary War fiddler who was under a sentence of death. The commanding officer, knowing he could play, agreed to set him free if Flannery could play him a tune he hadn't heard. Flannery dreamt this tune the night before his scheduled execution. John Hartford pointed out that Flannery may have been a Civil War figure rather than a Revolutionary War soldier, and, in any case, the story is quite similar to one told about West Virginia's Solly Carpenter (see note for "[[annotation:Camp Chase (2)]]"). Hartford notes the Flannery family is a large and old one from Elliott County, Kentucky. Another common story attached to the tune (and told by Alva Greene, for one) is that a man named Flannery dreamed this tune and won a contest with it (Hartford, 1996). Bluegrass multi-instumentalist Ricky Skaggs recorded a version called "Son of Hober," however, the tune has currency among bluegrass musicians as "Flannery's Dream," apparently popularized by Skaggs. Alva Greene's version is recognizable as a precursor to the bluegrass version. | ||
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Spaw Creek, Morgan County, east Kentucky, fiddler Santford Kelly (1898-1973) was recorded by Peter Hoover playing the tune when the fiddler was in his 60's, but still playing strongly. His version, albeit rather 'crooked' (irregularly metered), has become the most influential of the many versions of the tune. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Berea AC007, Roger Cooper (Garrison, Ky.) - "Snakewinder." County CD 2714, Brad Leftwich - "Say Old Man." Field Recorders Collective FRC503, "Santford Kelly" (2005). Rounder 0151, Ricky Skaggs (appears as "Son of Hober," a title which honors Skaggs' father). Rounder 0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush (and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard)" {1996. Learned from Ricky Skaggs who learned it from Sanford Kelly}. Rounder Records 036, Alva Greene (et al) - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers." CO 2714, Brad Leftwich & Linda Higginbotham - "Say Old Man." Rounder Records 0215, James Bryan - "The First of May." Shanachie Records 6040, Gerry Milnes & Lorriane Lee Hammond - "Hell Up Coal Holler" (1999. Learned from an old Kentucky fiddler, Santford Kelly). Yodel-Ay-Hee YOD 011, Bruce Molsky - "Warring Cats." Gerry Milnes - "Old Time Music." Robin Kessinger - "Road Kessinger." The Kessingers - "Roots and Branches." Blue Road - "Its Been a Long Road." | |f_recorded_sources=Berea AC007, Roger Cooper (Garrison, Ky.) - "Snakewinder." County CD 2714, Brad Leftwich - "Say Old Man." Field Recorders Collective FRC503, "Santford Kelly" (2005). Rounder 0151, Ricky Skaggs (appears as "Son of Hober," a title which honors Skaggs' father). Rounder 0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush (and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard)" {1996. Learned from Ricky Skaggs who learned it from Sanford Kelly}. Rounder Records 036, Alva Greene (et al) - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers." CO 2714, Brad Leftwich & Linda Higginbotham - "Say Old Man." Rounder Records 0215, James Bryan - "The First of May." Shanachie Records 6040, Gerry Milnes & Lorriane Lee Hammond - "Hell Up Coal Holler" (1999. Learned from an old Kentucky fiddler, Santford Kelly). Yodel-Ay-Hee YOD 011, Bruce Molsky - "Warring Cats." Gerry Milnes - "Old Time Music." Robin Kessinger - "Road Kessinger." The Kessingers - "Roots and Branches." Blue Road - "Its Been a Long Road." | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/f04.htm#Fladr]<br />Hear Kentucky fiddler Santford Kelly's field recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/flannerys-dream] and at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3817]<br />Hear West Virginia fiddler Gerry Milnes' 1987 concert recording at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/2712]<br /> | |f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/f04.htm#Fladr]<br />Hear Kentucky fiddler Santford Kelly's field recording at Slippery Hill [https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/flannerys-dream] and at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/3817]<br />Hear West Virginia fiddler Gerry Milnes' 1987 concert recording at Berea Sound Archives [https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/2712]<br /> | ||
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FLANNERY'S DREAM. AKA - "Son of Hober." American, Reel (cut time). A Minor/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). There are several variants of "Flannery's Dream, variously more or less distanced from one another, played by east Kentucky fiddlers, sometimes under the title "Flander's Dream" (although there are also different tunes by that name, one in the key of 'C') or "Flandery's Dream." Warner Walton tells the (rather apocryphal) story that Flannery was a Revolutionary War fiddler who was under a sentence of death. The commanding officer, knowing he could play, agreed to set him free if Flannery could play him a tune he hadn't heard. Flannery dreamt this tune the night before his scheduled execution. John Hartford pointed out that Flannery may have been a Civil War figure rather than a Revolutionary War soldier, and, in any case, the story is quite similar to one told about West Virginia's Solly Carpenter (see note for "annotation:Camp Chase (2)"). Hartford notes the Flannery family is a large and old one from Elliott County, Kentucky. Another common story attached to the tune (and told by Alva Greene, for one) is that a man named Flannery dreamed this tune and won a contest with it (Hartford, 1996). Bluegrass multi-instumentalist Ricky Skaggs recorded a version called "Son of Hober," however, the tune has currency among bluegrass musicians as "Flannery's Dream," apparently popularized by Skaggs. Alva Greene's version is recognizable as a precursor to the bluegrass version.
Spaw Creek, Morgan County, east Kentucky, fiddler Santford Kelly (1898-1973) was recorded by Peter Hoover playing the tune when the fiddler was in his 60's, but still playing strongly. His version, albeit rather 'crooked' (irregularly metered), has become the most influential of the many versions of the tune.
