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[[File:thompson.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Uncle Jimmy Thompson]] | |||
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'''KARO'''. AKA and see "[[Roscoe Trillion]]" (Ga.), "[[Flop Eared Mule (1)]]," "Johnnie (Johnny) Karo" | '''KARO'''. AKA and see "[[Roscoe Trillion]]" (Ga.), "[[Flop Eared Mule (1)]]," "[[Johnnie (Johnny) Karo]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas, Tennessee. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of the tune more familiarly known as "[[Flop Eared Mule (1)|Flop Eared Mule]]." It may be named for the Mississippi River town "Cairo," pronounced 'kay-row.' One of four tunes recorded by 77 yr. old Tennessee fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Jimmy_Thompson] (1848-1931) for Columbia in 1926; only two, including this one, were released. Thompson was born in Baxter, Smith County, Tennessee. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Maloy | ''Printed sources'': Maloy ('''The Devil's Box''', vol. 9, no. 3), Sept. 1, 1975; p. 55. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Columbia 15118 (78 RPM), Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1926). County 542, Uncle Jimmy Thompson | ''Recorded sources'': | ||
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Columbia 15118 (78 RPM), Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1926). | |||
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KARO. AKA and see "Roscoe Trillion" (Ga.), "Flop Eared Mule (1)," "Johnnie (Johnny) Karo." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas, Tennessee. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A version of the tune more familiarly known as "Flop Eared Mule." It may be named for the Mississippi River town "Cairo," pronounced 'kay-row.' One of four tunes recorded by 77 yr. old Tennessee fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson [1] (1848-1931) for Columbia in 1926; only two, including this one, were released. Thompson was born in Baxter, Smith County, Tennessee.
Source for notated version: Uncle Jimmy Thompson (Texas, Tenn.) [Maloy].
Printed sources: Maloy (The Devil's Box, vol. 9, no. 3), Sept. 1, 1975; p. 55.
Recorded sources: Columbia 15118 (78 RPM), Uncle Jimmy Thompson (1926). County 542, Uncle Jimmy Thompson – "Nashville, Early String Bands, Vol. 2."
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