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LOGAN COUNTY BLUES. Old-Time, Country Blues. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The tune may be named for Logan County, West Virginia, or Logan County, Kentucky; however, there are also Logan Counties in Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Illinois. Guitar player Frank Hutchison (1897-), who grew up in Logan County, West Virginia, recorded a guitar solo called "Logan County Blues," however, it is a version of "Spanish Fandango."

Source for notated version: Ruthie Dornfeld (Seattle) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 79.

Recorded sources: Reed Island Rounders - "Wolves in the Woods" (1997).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear/see Benton Flippen play the tune on youtube [2]
Hear/see the Freight Hoppers play the tune on youtunbe [3]
Hear Mt. Airy, N.C., musician Fred Cockerham fiddle the tune at Juneberry 78's [4]

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+'''LOGAN COUNTY BLUES.''' Old-Time, Country Blues. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The tune may be named for Logan County, West Virginia, or Logan County, Kentucky; however, there are also Logan Counties in Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, and Illinois. Guitar player Frank Hutchison (1897-), who grew up in Logan County, West Virginia, recorded a guitar solo called "Logan County Blues," however, it is a version of "[[Spanish Fandango]]."
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