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KICK UP THE DEVIL ON A HOLIDAY. AKA - "Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday." American, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was published by Thomas F. Briggs in his Briggs' Banjo Instructor (1855, Oliver Ditson Co., Boston). It may have been composed by Briggs and is often credited to him, although no composer credit is given with the tune itself in the volume. The frontispiece of the volume declares that tunes were composed and arranged by Briggs, but clearly there are tunes by many composers in the contents and Briggs takes credit for the banjo arrangements. The original title, "Kick Up Dee Debbel on a Holiday" indicates the tune was intended for the blackface minstrel stage.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Thomas F. Briggs (Briggs' Banjo Instructor), 1855; p. 23.

Recorded sources : - Martin RecordsMAR2001, James Bryan & Carl Jones - Two Pictures (1995). Nettwerk America 0 6700 30422 2 2, Foghorn Stringband - "Wesier Sunrise" (2005. Learned from James Bryan). Rounder CD 0391, James Bryan & Carl Jones - "Old-Time Music on the Air, vol. 2" (1996).

See also listing at :
Hear the tune played by Barry Murphy and Dan Stewart [1]
See/hear the tune played by banjoist Angela M. Wellman [2] [3]
Hear James Bryan and Carl Jones recording at youtube.com [4]
Hear a festival recording of fiddler Jack Crack playing the tune [5]

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 |f_recorded_sources=Martin RecordsMAR2001, James Bryan & Carl Jones - Two Pictures (1995). Nettwerk America 0 6700 30422 2 2, Foghorn Stringband - "Wesier Sunrise" (2005. Learned from James Bryan). Rounder CD 0391, James Bryan & Carl Jones - "Old-Time Music on the Air, vol. 2" (1996).