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'''BUCKWHEAT BATTER'''. Old-Time, Jig. The melody also appears in a 1950 collection entitled '''Don Messer's Favorite Melodies''' (referencing the great 'down-east' style Canadian fiddler Don Messer). E.F. Adam ('''Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes for the Violin'''), 1928.  
'''BUCKWHEAT BATTER'''. Old-Time, Jig. The melody also appears in a 1950 collection entitled '''Don Messer's Favorite Melodies''' (referencing the great 'down-east' style Canadian fiddler Don Messer). E.F. Adam ('''Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes for the Violin'''), 1928. Though West Virginia's Tweedy Brothers 1928 recording shared the name Buckwheat Batter with modern Canadian versions, the tune is different than Messer's and predates Messer's recording. Buckwheat Batter is the repertoire of Western Maryland fiddler Shawn Craver and is similar to the Tweedy recording.
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 Theme code Index    
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Canada, United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    USA(New England), USA(Western/Pacific), CANADA(Maritimes/English), CANADA(Ottawa Valley/Ontario), CANADA(Western Canada)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Don Messer's Favorite Melodies
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 15
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1950
 Artist    Biography:Tom Owen's Barn Dance Trio
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Gennett 3292 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1926
 Media    
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BUCKWHEAT BATTER. Old-Time, Jig. The melody also appears in a 1950 collection entitled Don Messer's Favorite Melodies (referencing the great 'down-east' style Canadian fiddler Don Messer). E.F. Adam (Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes for the Violin), 1928. Though West Virginia's Tweedy Brothers 1928 recording shared the name Buckwheat Batter with modern Canadian versions, the tune is different than Messer's and predates Messer's recording. Buckwheat Batter is the repertoire of Western Maryland fiddler Shawn Craver and is similar to the Tweedy recording.

Recorded source: Gennett 6604 (78 RPM), 1928, Tweedy Brothers (W.Va. brother band Harry, Charles and George, who played twin fiddles and piano). Gennett 3292 (78 RPM), 1926, Tom Owen's Barn Dance Trio of WLS (Paul Tyler says that Owens, a caller, was a native of Missouri).


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