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|f_annotation='''EMMINENCE BREAKDOWN'''. AKA and see "[[Boys of the Lake (2)]]," "[[Collin's Reel (1)]]," "[[Corkonian]]," "[[Ike Forrester's Reel (1)]]," "[[Merry Blacksmith (The)]]," "[[Paddy on the Railroad]]," "[[Peeler's Jacket (1)]]," "[[Police Jacket (The)]]," "[[Railroad (2) (The)]]," "[[Shepherd in the Gap (1) (The)]]," "[[Shepherd on the Gap (1) (The)]]." Old Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title honors Emminence, Shannon County, Missouri, birthplace of fiddler Gene Goforth (1921-2002), who popularised the melody. It was played under this title by Missouri fiddlers Gene and Cecil Goforth, "as far back as I can remember," says John Hartford, who identifies it as a variant of the (mostly) Irish "Merry Blacksmith" family of tunes. Beisswenger & McCann remark that the 'A' part has similarities to Alton Jones's "Sadie" and with an untitled reel in R.P. Christeson's '''Old Time Fiddler's Repertory''', vol. 2 (1984, p. 59), collected from African-American fiddler Bill Katon. | |f_annotation='''EMMINENCE BREAKDOWN'''. AKA and see "[[Black Water Thame (The)]]," "[[Boys of the Lake (2)]]," "[[Collin's Reel (1)]]," "[[Corkonian]]," "[[Ike Forrester's Reel (1)]]," "[[Merry Blacksmith (The)]]," "[[Paddy on the Railroad]]," "[[Peeler's Jacket (1)]]," "[[Police Jacket (The)]]," "[[Railroad (2) (The)]]," "[[Shepherd in the Gap (1) (The)]]," "[[Shepherd on the Gap (1) (The)]]." Old Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title honors Emminence, Shannon County, Missouri, birthplace of fiddler Gene Goforth (1921-2002), who popularised the melody. It was played under this title by Missouri fiddlers Gene and Cecil Goforth, "as far back as I can remember," says John Hartford, who identifies it as a variant of the (mostly) Irish "Merry Blacksmith" family of tunes. Beisswenger & McCann remark that the 'A' part has similarities to Alton Jones's "Sadie" and with an untitled reel in R.P. Christeson's '''Old Time Fiddler's Repertory''', vol. 2 (1984, p. 59), collected from African-American fiddler Bill Katon. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Gene Goforth [Beisswenger & McCann]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=Gene Goforth [Beisswenger & McCann]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozarks Fiddle Music'''), 2008; p. 46. | |f_printed_sources=Beisswenger & McCann ('''Ozarks Fiddle Music'''), 2008; p. 46. | ||
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EMMINENCE BREAKDOWN. AKA and see "Black Water Thame (The)," "Boys of the Lake (2)," "Collin's Reel (1)," "Corkonian," "Ike Forrester's Reel (1)," "Merry Blacksmith (The)," "Paddy on the Railroad," "Peeler's Jacket (1)," "Police Jacket (The)," "Railroad (2) (The)," "Shepherd in the Gap (1) (The)," "Shepherd on the Gap (1) (The)." Old Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title honors Emminence, Shannon County, Missouri, birthplace of fiddler Gene Goforth (1921-2002), who popularised the melody. It was played under this title by Missouri fiddlers Gene and Cecil Goforth, "as far back as I can remember," says John Hartford, who identifies it as a variant of the (mostly) Irish "Merry Blacksmith" family of tunes. Beisswenger & McCann remark that the 'A' part has similarities to Alton Jones's "Sadie" and with an untitled reel in R.P. Christeson's Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 2 (1984, p. 59), collected from African-American fiddler Bill Katon.
