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STONE'S RAG. AKA and see "Whiskers," "Lone Star Rag (1)," "Forty-Eight Dogs in the Meathouse." American, Country Rag (whole time). USA; Tennessee (originally), Texas, Missouri, Nebraska. C Major. Standard tuning. AB (Christeson): AA'B (Phillips/1995, Silberberg): AABB' (Brody, Phillips/1989). A popular country rag composed and featured by Oscar Stone, fiddler for Dr. Humphrey Bates' Possum Hunters, a 1920's-1930's Nashville string band. Unfortunately, Stone himself never got to record it. However, it was first recorded in 1928 by his friend Charlie Arrington, a fiddler from Tennessee in fellow Grand Ole Opry band, Paul Warmack's Gully Jumpers. There supposedly are records from the Opry indicating Stone played his tune on broadcasts at WSM. A closely related melody, “Whiskers,” predates Stone’s copyright, Kerry Blech points out. Texas fiddler Bob Wills recorded a close variant of the tune in 1940 under the title “Lone Star Rag (1).”

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Stephanie Prausnitz/Glenn Berry [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 266. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 153. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tune Book), 1989; p. 40. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 137. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 151.

Recorded sources : - Catfish KATCD203, “Early Stars of the Grand Old Opry.” ConQ 81038, Thomas C. Ashley "Over at Tom's House." County 541, Paul Warmach and his Gully Jumpers "Nashville: the Early String Bands, vol. 1." Flying Fish FF 247, "Fiddle Fever" (1981. Appears as 2nd tune of "The Rags"). Folkways FA 2492, New Lost City Ramblers "String Band Instrumentals" (1964). Kicking Mule KM 325, Banish Misfortune "A Health to the Company" (1981). Rounder 0100, Byron Berline "Dad's Favorites." Stoneway 104, Chubby Wise "Chubby Wise and His Fiddle." Rounder (?), "Fiddle Fever."

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []

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