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''Printed sources'': Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 127 appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 113.
''Printed sources'': Phillips ('''Traditional American Fiddle Tunes'''), vol. 1, 1994; p. 127 appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). Songer ('''Portland Collection'''), 1997; p. 113.
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JOHN SHARP'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "John Sharp's Tune," "John Sharp's Reel," "Sharp's Hornpipe." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Sharp's band, the Kentucky Wildcats, was a popular Cumberland Plateau string band in the 1920's and 1930's. Sharp, born in 1894, recorded this tune and others in 1949 on a home disk cutter purchased by his neighbor, the decorated World War I veteran Alvin York. The melody is a variant of "Miller's Reel (1)."

Source for notated version: Pete Sutherland (Vermont) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 127 appears as "John Sharp's Tune"). Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 113.

Recorded sources: County Records, John Sharp Band - "Five Miles Out of Town--Traditional Music from the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2."

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]




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