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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
Accidental
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Time signature
History	USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
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Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Gene Goforth
Title of recording	Emminence Breakdown
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder RO-0388
Year recorded	1997
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BLACK RIVER. Old-Time Breakdown. See note for "Ladies in the Ballroom (2)," and "Rattlesnake Bit the Baby." Liner notes to Gene Goforth's album say that Ken Curtis, who played the character Festus on American TV's long-running Gunsmoke, whistled the tune and called it "Cherokee Square Dance." John Hartford calls it a 'cousin' to Howdy Forrester's "Ladies in the Ballroom (2)," and Bill Monore's "Boston Boy."

Recorded sources: Rounder RO-0388, Gene Goforth -"Emminence Breakdown" (1997. Learned in 1958 from a tape of 'old man' Walter Alexander, of Leasburg, Mo.). Rounder 0442, John Hartford - "Hamilton Ironworks" (2001. Learned from Walter Alexander of Leasburg, Missouri).

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-'''BLACK RIVER'''. Old-Time Breakdown. See note for "Ladies in the Ballroom [2]," and "Rattlesnake Bit the Baby." Liner notes to Gene Goforth's album say that Ken Curtis, who played the character Festus on American TV's long-running Gunsmoke, whistled the tune and called it "Cherokee Square Dance." John Hartford calls it a 'cousin' to Howdy Forrester's "Ladies in the Ballroom," and Bill Monore's "Boston Boy."
+'''BLACK RIVER'''. Old-Time Breakdown. See note for "[[Ladies in the Ballroom (2)]]," and "[[Rattlesnake Bit the Baby]]." Liner notes to Gene Goforth's album say that Ken Curtis, who played the character Festus on American TV's long-running Gunsmoke, whistled the tune and called it "[[Cherokee Square Dance]]." John Hartford calls it a 'cousin' to Howdy Forrester's "[[Ladies in the Ballroom (2)]]," and Bill Monore's "[[Boston Boy]]."
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