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'''LAUGHING BOY.''' Texas Style, Breakdown. USA; Texas. A Major (Phillips, Silberberg): G Major (Beisswenger & McCann). AEae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Beisswenger & McCann, Phillips). Known as a Texas tune, but popularised by Kenny Baker in his 1968 recording so that it has become more widespread. Usually played in the key of 'A', crosstuned. | '''LAUGHING BOY.''' Texas Style, Breakdown. USA; Texas. A Major (Phillips, Silberberg): G Major (Beisswenger & McCann). AEac# (Benny Thomasson), AEae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Beisswenger & McCann, Phillips). Known as a Texas tune (played by Benny Thomasson and others), but popularised by Kenny Baker in his 1968 recording so that it has become more widespread. Usually played in the key of 'A', crosstuned. | ||
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''Sources for notated versions'': Kenny Baker | ''Sources for notated versions'': Benny Thomasson (1909-) via Kenny Baker [Phillips]; Carthy Sisco [Silberberg]; Cleeson Box (b. 1919, Wright County, Missouri [Beisswenger & McCann]. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 703, Benny Thomasson - "Texas Hoedown" (1965). County 719, Kenny Baker - "Portrait of a Bluegrass Fiddler" (1968. Learned from Benny Thomasson). County 724, Benny Thomasson.</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>County 703, Benny Thomasson - "Texas Hoedown" (1965). County 719, Kenny Baker - "Portrait of a Bluegrass Fiddler" (1968. Learned from Benny Thomasson). County 724, Benny Thomasson. Voyager VRCD 345, Benny Thomasson - "Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle?" ().</font> | ||
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LAUGHING BOY. Texas Style, Breakdown. USA; Texas. A Major (Phillips, Silberberg): G Major (Beisswenger & McCann). AEac# (Benny Thomasson), AEae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (Beisswenger & McCann, Phillips). Known as a Texas tune (played by Benny Thomasson and others), but popularised by Kenny Baker in his 1968 recording so that it has become more widespread. Usually played in the key of 'A', crosstuned.
Sources for notated versions: Benny Thomasson (1909-) via Kenny Baker [Phillips]; Carthy Sisco [Silberberg]; Cleeson Box (b. 1919, Wright County, Missouri [Beisswenger & McCann].
Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 172. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 138. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 88.
Recorded sources: County 703, Benny Thomasson - "Texas Hoedown" (1965). County 719, Kenny Baker - "Portrait of a Bluegrass Fiddler" (1968. Learned from Benny Thomasson). County 724, Benny Thomasson. Voyager VRCD 345, Benny Thomasson - "Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle?" ().
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
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